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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 94

Havoc Left in Storm's Track Tweed Heads Struck by Cyclone Esplanade Reduced to Chaos; Hotel Balconies Hurled Through Air; Houses Unroofed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 5

TWEED HEADS, Tuesday.--A gale of cyclonic force struck Tweed Heads and Coolangatta this morning, and damage was done, amounting to several thousands of pounds. The gale came from the north-east, afterwards veering…

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Swept by Gale Glen Innes Suffers Glen Innes

The Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 11

From two to tour inches of rain fell throughout the district yesterday. The rain was accompanied by wind of gale force. Hundreds of acres of…

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Cyclone. at Tweed Heads. Buildings Wrecked. Amazing Strength of Wind. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 15

With dramatic suddenness a gale of cyclonic force struck the towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta this morning, and within a few minutes some of the principal buildings on…

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Gale Hits Tweed Heads Roofs Torn Off Iron and Timber Scattered Some Narrow Escapes Tweed Reads Tuersday

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 6

A GALE of cyclonic fury [?] Tweed Heads and [?] this morning Business [?] and stocks were damaged to [?] extent of several thousandsd…

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Thames Bursts Its Banks During Disastrous London Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 18

Soldiers at salvage work in the Millbank Military Hospital, flooded when the Thames Embankment wall gave way near Grosvenor-road. Westminister early on the moring of January 7…

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Railway Works Close Down Town Flooded with Second-hand Trucks for Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 13

DARWIN, Tuesday.--Attracted by the profits made by contract carriers in the building of the earthworks on the railway a large number of motor…

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Washaways Victorian Deluge Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 13

Trains have been held up at Goorambat Crossing, near Yarrawonga, owing to a washaway caused by last night's tropical rain. The…

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Homes Flooded Queensland Storms Maryborough

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 13

The largest flood in the history of the new settlement of Minto, in Upper…

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The Cyclone. in the North. Rivers in Flood. Streets 8Ft Under Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 12

Messages delayed for more than 24 hours by a dislocation of the telegraph services show that the cyclone, which did much damage to property at Tweed Heads and Coolangatta…

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Storm in Melbourne. Theatre Audience Drenched. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 15

Following an unpleasantly humid day, a severe thunderstorm, which was accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, broke over the city and suburbs late to-night. Heavy rain…

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Brisbane Is Storm-swept Trams Derailed Embankment Collapses Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 1

HEAVY rain, driven by gule-force wind, has swept Brisbane and Queensland coastal districts. Trains and trams were delayed in…

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In Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Long Innes.) Alleged Insufficient Proff. Ex Parte Russell, re Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 7

This was an appeal by, way of special case from a decision of the presiding magistrate at the Newtown Police Court on November 16 last dismissing an information laid by…

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Town Isolated Kempsey Floods Crops in Danger Kempsey

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 7

FLOOD waters have isolated Kempsey from the township on the western bank of the river. Much damage has been done, and fears…

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Grafton Floods River Now Receding

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 14

OWING to floods, the Clarence River at Grafton, rose to 19ft last night, but to-day it had dropped four feet. The Railway Department advised…

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Bellinger River. Floods and Landslips. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 12

All day yesterday the upper readies ot me Bellinger River were deluged with rain, while an accompanying wind blew with gale force. On the road leading to Dorrigo trees were…

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Flood Boats Out Many Rescued at Grafton Danger Again Threatens City Escaped Flooding by Inches Grafton

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 13

Flood -boats Were busy in South Grafton last night, rescuing people from perilous situations in low- lying areas. Grafton escaped flooding by inches only. In places the water was actually trickling over the lowest…

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Streets Under Water West Kempsey Flooded Kempsey

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 13

At the height of the flood last night the water flooded two or three streets at West Kempsey. The occupants of several houses had to remove to higher…

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Disastrous Inundation Threatened at Grafton Almost Encircled by Flood Apprehensive Citizens Feverishly Removing Furniture; Many Narrow Escapes Houses Already Submerged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday.--Grafton to-night is filled with, apprehension of flood waters entering the town. Hundreds of people are watching the half- mile wide expanse of muddy water creeping higher and higher…

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Heavy Rain. In Queensland. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 12

Light to heavy rain fell generally during the 24 hours'ended at'9 this morning cast from 'lines joining "owen," Barcaldine, and Thargomindah, and; in coastal districts' north from…

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Children's Escape Junee Deluge Junee

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 9

Torrential rains commenced at 8.30 last night, and continued until nearly midnight. The flood waters rushed down from…

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