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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Dry Spell Breaks Heavy Rain at Darwin May Extend to West Q'land

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 17

"Four inches of rain have fallen in the last 24 hours." This was a telegram received from Darwin today by the Australian…

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Queensland Rains. Floods Expected. Shipping Delayed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 12

Rain fell over the greater part of the coastal divisions, on enstern parts of the central highlands, and on the Darling Downs, and at one or two places in the Maranoa…

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Storms and Heavy Rain. Damage Caused in Many Districts

The Land · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 15

All districts in the State, with the unfortunate exception of the drought area in the south-western corner, benefited from good falls of rain towards the latter end of last week, at the week-end and during the early days of this week…

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Melbourne Storm Floods Forecast Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by [?] over the city and [?] the power and…

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Fires and Gales Los Angeles Peril Montreal

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

LOS ANGELES, Southern California is threatened with serious damage from forest fires and gales. Two fires started in the Virdugo Hills…

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Rail Washaways at Several Centres Storms in Country

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 10

RAILWAY washways are reported from several centres as the result of recent storms in the country…

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Vivid Lightning Storm Over Sydney Week-end Prospects

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 9

SHORTLY after 3 o'clock this afternoon the sultry conditions experienced earlier in the day were followed by overcast and threatening skies and by 3.30…

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Capsized in Rose Bay Tragedy Feared in Sudden Storm

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 9

DURING a particularly heavy squall about 4 p.m. to-day, a small sailing boat, which containing at least two men,…

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Like Night Storm Drenches City Sweeping Rain Washaways in Country

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 9

Thunder-clouds gathered over the city about 3.30 this afternoon. The city heard the first real…

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Denied Right to Stage Door No Private Key Now Storm in Paris Gay Males Are Upset Paths

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

GAY males who haunt the stage-doors and have the privilege of entry behind the scenes are annoyed at the decision yesterday…

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Water-Main Bursts Street Flooded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

The Messrs. Hatch, of Sturt-street, Guildford, had a letter before Holroyd Council on Tuesday night,complaining of the condition of the southern end of…

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Drowned in Flooded Creek

The Land · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

When Henry Francis Archer, aged 21, attempted to swim his horse across the flooded Dumaresq Creek near Armidale on Tuesday he was swept away…

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Thunderstorm?

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

City Forecast, Cloudy and warm to hot and sultry: a thunderstorm is likely towards evening;…

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Storm Swept. Metropolitan Area. Heavy Rain in South

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 18

The storm which swept over the metropolitan area yesterday afternoon was the most severe experienced in Sydney this summer. It broke over the city shortly before 4 o'clock,…

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City Hit by Big Storm Heavy Rain Gale Rages at 54 Miles an Hour Hail and Lightning

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 5

AT first stifling heat; then heavy rain, had, lightning and thunder. This was the unpleasant experience of city residents yesterday…

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The Riverina. Deluge of Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 18

WAGGA, Friday.—Heavy storms occurred east of Wagga this morning, and a big area of country received a deluge ot rain. The storms came from the east, which is…

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Country Storms Railway Submerged Cowra

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 3

Stormy conditions resulted in a fall of 63 points. Though it was not general, in some parts the fall was very heavy, and portion of the railway line…

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Junee's Worst Storm Junie

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 6

The Worst storm in town's history yesterday caused damage throughout the district, chiefly at E[?]gilty. About [?] the wind fr[?]ned to a gale, blowing…

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The Storm in Fell Fury

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 1

Those who made the trip to Manly yesterday afternoon during the storm will long remember the Voyage. The wave crests were whipped off by the force of the gale, while the torrential rain obscured all prospects beyond a few hundred yards. The picture, taken while passing The Heads, shows one of the Manly ferry boats…

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Cyclone in W. A. Churches Destroyed Thousands Damage

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 6

A CYCLONE which visited Kalgoorile, Cool[?] and the Boulder yesterday afternoon lasted only two miutes but did thousands of po[?]mds'…

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