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Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 94

Flooding Forbes With Light New Motor Ship To Carry Wool

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 18

IN TRACK OF CYCLONE.--One of the many houses which were unroofed in Crebert-street, Mayfield. MOTORISTS will hail with approval the widening of the bend into Queen's Square…

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More Violent Storms Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

Further violent storms have been experienced in many centres, wind, hail, and rain playing havoc with the crops. Trees were uprooted and…

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Wild Rage of Cyclone U.S.A. Is Beset Terrific Storm Cars and People Flung About New York

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

The trans-Atlantic liner Aquitania arrived exceedingly late, and with many of her portholes smashed b[?] the fury of the raging seas…

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Killed by Lightning Many Others Stunned Terrific Storm Moruya

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 2

A 14-years-old boy, Ted McKinnery, was struck dead by lightning on the Showground to-day. Many other people present were…

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French Stars Shine Through Storm Snappy Play Borotra Delights Crowd

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 11

With his brilliant low volleys and his agile leaps across the court, Jean Borotra, the idol of the tennis public in many parts of the world, delighted the crowd yesterday in his match against Fitzgerald,…

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Might Have Been Easier in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

The task of Lieut. Quiller in judging his flight on Saturday might have been easier if an actual gale had been blowing…

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Terrific Storm Sweeps Suburbs Much Damage Is Done

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

A thunder and hailstorm which broke on Saturday afternoon played havoc in many outlying suburbs of Sydney. Fruit trees, crops, and…

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Storm and Calm. Passage Through Panama. Mr. Dangar's Recollections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 11

"My outstanding recollection of the start of the voyage was the thought, as I sat with the little wheel of the Ada in my hands, that the ship's head was turned towards Australia,…

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Seven Dead U.S. Snow Storm New York

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 1

THE eastern part of the United States has been gripped in a violent snow storm. Intensely cold temperatures are predicted to continue for…

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The Calm Before the Storm by F. R. Cumberworts

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 6

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The Man in the Street. To the Editor Bow to the Storm

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

Sir,--Concerning that Arbltra Bill: It's natural for a man of w[?] to bow before a [?]erce storm of pr[?] No captain would put to sea [?]…

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The Petroliferous Flood

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

Towards the last quarter of the just ended year the stocks of thirty-four oil companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange began to slide downward, and by December they were worth £200,000,000 less than they were at the same period of 1926…

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Aussies Suffer Flood of Immigrants A.W.U. Charges Hobart

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 8

The A.W.U. Conference this afternoon will appoint a committee, to issue a public statement on its attitude towards immigration…

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Flood and Snowstorm in England-- Engineering Miracle for Bridge

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 16

MANTLED IN SNOW.--The lions at the base of Nelson's monument in Trafalgar-square during London's heaviest snowstorm this year. A FOUR-MONTHS-OLD BABY being rescued from a house in [?]terbury, England, during recent record floods, by means of a ladder…

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Woolly-backs Cross the Border -- the Flood Fiend in the West

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 25

AN UGLY CUSTOMER. -- A tourist caught this stingray at Durras Lake, South Coast. MEALTIME CONVENTION IS TABOO. -- A…

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Northern Storm Damage. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

One farmer in the Kent Park locality estimates that £1200 would not compensate him for the damage which his crops suffered as a result of last week's hall storm. Great gashes were…

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Racing From the Storm. Wacca

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

Large flocks of swifts were seen in various parts or the district, at dusk, travelling towards the east. They were flying at a tremendous speed, and evidently flying away…

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Wheat Stacks Damaged by Rain Storms Heavy Losses in Temora District

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 12

Many of the wheat stacks in railway yards at Temora and adjacent districts, were severely damaged during the recent heavy rain storms…

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Storm-tossed Lindbergh Lost in Fog Maricar (Venezuela)

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 3

Col. Lindbergh has reached this city after one of the hardest voyages of his career in the air. For more than 10 hours he was swept by a…

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Crowd Storms Church Police on Guard Cordon Round Clergymen Third Darwen Riot London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

ST. CUTHBERTS CHURCH, Darwen (Lancashire), has once more been the scene of fighting over the High Church practices of the vicar…

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