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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Swept by Violent Storm Twenty-four Houses Damaged Town Deluged by Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Havoc was wrought by a storm, one of the worst in the town's history, which passed across Surat, between St. George and…

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Fierce Goulburn Storm Streets Flooded Goulburn

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 3

The Goulburn district between 6.30 and 8.30 last night experienced the worst storm for years. Rain poured down for nearly an hour, flooding the…

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Storm Rains in Riverina

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 11

LOCKHART, Friday. -- A thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, occurred this afternoon, and about half an inch of rain was registered in…

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Severe Storm Heavy Riverina Rains Railways Flooded Albury

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 7

A severe thunderstorm occurred over the eastern Riverina yesterday. Railway lines were flooded in some places;…

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Storm in Melbourne Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 3

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid [?] of lighting broke over melbourne and suburbs at 9 a.m. to-day heavy rain fell for more than half an…

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Storm's Havoc Railway Washaway Extent Not Known

Evening News · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 3

THE full extent of the washaways on the railway line between Junee and hay, as a result of a storm yesterday, when several inches of…

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Riverina. Towns Swept by Storm. Wasliaways Reported. COOLAMON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 17

Following hot, sultry weather conditions, a storm swept over the Riverina between Coolamon and Narrandera, between 5 and 6 o'clock this evening…

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Sultry Weather. Thunderstorms Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 18

Warm, sultry, lind unsettled weather continued over practically the whole State yesterday. Rain was recorded in many places, but it was confined chiefly to the northern half…

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Thunderstorms in the Air Sultry Weather to Remain With Us

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 2

Temperatures crept up a few more degrees over the State yesterday, with a corresponding increase in sultriness. Wilcannia reached 103 degrees, and…

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Swept by Storm Longreach Suffers Bookhampton

Evening News · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 7

A [?] which blaw with hurricane force for about an hour, did [?] at Longreach on Saturday…

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Heavy Storms. In Riverina. Houses Unroofed. Tornado at Uranquinty. ALDURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 11

Wind and thunderstorms in Riverina were particularly severe during the week-end. For the second time within a few weeks [?]ty was flooded. In half an hour nearly…

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Fences Go Bathurst Dist. Flood Anxiety at Gasworks Main Road Suffers Bathurst

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 10

Following a fall of about four inches of rain in the Orton Park district at the week-end, hundreds of acres of land were submerged in places to a…

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Flood Stock Losses Hillston

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 6

The recent phenomenal rains in the Hillston district caused serious damage in places, and in two instances there were severe losses of stock. Mr. P. W. H…

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Trains Held Up Lines Washed Away Heavy Rain Out West Narromine

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 5

THE railway lines between Gilgandra and Eumungeris were washed away to-day by heavy rain, and the Coonamble mail was…

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Storms in the Country. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 12

Several heavy storms have been experienced in the Armidale district during the past few days, At Saumarcz Station on Saturday night, one and a half inches were registered in 20…

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Cyclone. Sweeps Longreach. Extensive Damage. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 11

A cyclone struck Longreach late on Saturday, when considerable damage was done Telegraphic communication with Brisbane was irterrupted until to-day…

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Buses Trapped by Floods Women Carried by Men Glasgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

THE River Avon, a tributary of the Clyde, yesterday burst its banks 12 miles from Glasgow, and submerged the main road to a depth of several…

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Rivers Flooded Queensland Rains Brisbane

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 9

CREEKS are running bankers throughout South Queensland, and the Parce River is in flood, as the result of heavy rains during the past three days…

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Man Drowned Swept Away by Flood Armidale Tragedy Armidale

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 13

The floods in the Armidale district in the past few days, ended in a tragedy, when Henry Francis Archer, aged 21…

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Sonoma in Cyclone

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 17

When nearing Pago Pago, on the voyage from San Francisco to Sydney, which terminated today, Due Sonoma ran into a cyclone. Gusts…

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