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Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 94

More Heavy Rain in North

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 2

Three and three-qbarter inches of rain at Murwillumbah yesterday brought its total since Tuesday to 12 inches. Other heavy falls on the North…

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Severe Storms. In Western Australia. Houses Blown Down. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 17

A telegram from Corrigin states that a terrific storm, accompanied by rain and hall, passed over Bilbarrin yesterday, and did extensive damage. A hall was blown down…

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Danger Past Brisbane Flood Below Level of 1908 BRISBANE

Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 6

THE fresh in the Brisbane River, reached its Peak at 11.15 a.m. to-day, and after that the waters gradually subsided. Wharves were…

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Floods. in Brisbane. Heavy Damage. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 17

There was feverish activity on the entire river-front to-day Motor lorries horse driven vehicles were kept fully occupied in removing carge from wharves on the lower…

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Butter Supplies Decline Expected Some Areas Flooded

The Sun · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 2

Further heavy rains have fallen on the dairying centres, particularly on the north coast, where, unfortunately, the low-lying parts of the Tweed, Clarence, and Richmond…

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Swept to Death in Q'land Floods Two Men Drowned Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 6

Two men have lost their lives in the floods which are sweeping across Southern Queensland. Yesterday Charles William Smeaton,…

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Bad Outlook for Farmers Floods Cause Havoc Murwillumbal

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

There is no sign of any abatement in the terrible storms which are raging through the district. Farmers on the flats are flooded out…

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Lightning Kills Sheep Floods in Queensland Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

Squally weather, with heavy showers, continues, and all the low-lying land around Brisbane is under water Reel cabs and 'buses had to be used…

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North Coast Flood Danger Over

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 10

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.--The flood danger has apparently passed. The rain has stopped and the sun is shining fitfully through the clouds…

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That Alien Flood

Italo-Australian · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 1

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

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Storm in Match Box

The Sun · Sunday 22 April 1928 · page 2

Take a match box and paste the largest drawing to one side, and also paste the second largest on the opposite side. Now take the two smaller pieces and paste at…

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Delayed by Gales St. Albans and Suva

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 6

OWING to having been delayed by a gale on the Queensland coast, the St. Albans, from Japan and Hongkong, will not reach Sydney till Wednesday…

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Preparing for Federal Fray Storm Will Break Over Sale of Federal Steamers! Film Quota System

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 7

CANBERRA, Sunday.--Debates, which may become stormy, on the ground that the price, £1,900,000, is much top low, can be expected…

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Five Dead in Queensland Floods £2000 Claimed Verdict for £25 Oyster Freights

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 10

A DISPUTE between two shipping agents in Sydney, both of whom were interested in the North Coast oyster business, culminated in an…

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Brisbane Flood Abates. Boy Drowned in Creek. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 11

The danger of a great flood in the Brisbane River has now passed, and the only damage done on Saturday was the sweeping away by the current of the Metropolitan Baths from…

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150 Rescued Two Drowned Q'land Floods Fitzroy River Still Rising Rockhampton

The Sun · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 11

Latest advices are to the effect that the floods in the Fitzroy River are still rising and that the lower portions…

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Two More Deaths Q'land Floods Rockhampton Is Engulfed Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 1

TWO more lives have been added to the toll of the Queensland floods. Yesterday Thomas Stewart Major…

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Flood Danger Over

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--All risk of serious flooding of the low-lying areas around the metropolis were removed at midnight on Saturday, when the water…

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Some Heavy Rain Likely Good Falls Reported in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

Unsettled weather became more strongly established over the State yesterday, and indications point to general rains within 24 hours…

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Deluge at Mount Morgan Dam Breaks Banks Floods' Great Havoc Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 6

As a result of the torrential downpour of rain on Friday and Saturday last. Mount Morgan suffered severely, houses, buildings, fences, and bridges…

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