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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 94

Wilkins' Graphic Story 2200 Miles' Flight. Thrilling Arctic Triumph. Fighting the Storms. 'Plane Tossed Like Cork by Winds Dramatic Page in Polar History. (Message copyright to Australian Press Association and"New York Times.")

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 11

Wilkins' own narrative of his flight across the Polar regions from Point Barrow (Alaska) to Spitzbergen is a simple story of a thrilling achievement. He reveals that the 'plane covered 2200 miles in exactly…

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Queensland Flood Toll Now 5 Dead, 7 Missing "Light Out" Says. Neighbor Hectic Night at Manly Party

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 9

THE hearing of the case of Lily Carlyle Levy, married, in which remarkable evidence was given concerning a party at…

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The Floods. Tragedy Feared. Family Missing. Farm Swept Away. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 11

Reports are filtering through to Rockhampton from the Dawson Valley regarding the toll exacted by the flood waters, and they cause the gravest doubt as to the safety of settlers…

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Fitzroy Basin. Floods in Central Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 10

The torrential rain in the eastern portion of Central Queensland is not unprecedented. The Fitzroy River, with a basin covering nearly 60.000 square miles of country[?] much of it…

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Flood 40Ft. High Down Dawson Valley Six People Drowned 4285 Pts. of Rain at Dam Rockhampton

The Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 9

Floods that swept down the Dawson Valley has made the condition of the people pitiable. The flood waters reached a…

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Queensland Floods Many Centres Isolated Telegraph Lines Down Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 9

An urgent telegram was received by the P.M.G.'s Department from Queensland to-day stating that as a result of further floods at Capricorn…

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An Inch of Rain an Hour Bellingen Floods All Traffic Held Up Bellingen

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 6

Twelve inches of rain have [?] since Tuesday last, six inches of which came in six hours. The result was a rapid rise in the river to 14ft…

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Flood Fiend Menaces Homes Residents Flee Mississippi Again Mobile Alabama

Evening News · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 1

TRIBUTARIES of the Missin[?] sipp[?] River are again over flowing and grievous distress has resulted in many sections of…

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Six Dead Family Missing , Red Roll Grows Queensland Floods Rockhampton, Wednesday

Evening News · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 9

THE last ray of hope for the safety of Lawrence Muldoon and his employees, who were swept away by flood waters on…

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Queensland Rugger Floods Do Not Deter : Early Form : Rugby Union in Secondary Schools

Referee · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 17

The menace of floods did not deter the Rugby League officials from going forward with their fixtures on Saturday. So big is the season's programme that no day can be lost, consequently there was never any intention of postponing Saturday's games. The decision proved wise, as the…

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FLOODS. Farm Washed Away. One Body Found. Six Others Missing. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 11

A message from Rockhampton states that the last ray of hope for the safety of Muldoon and his employees, who it was surmised had been swept away at Gelobera on…

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Eight Drown Dawson Valley Flood Toll Family Wiped Out Cotton=growing Areas Suffer Great Damage Rockhampton

The Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 6

It now seems certain that the six members of the Williams, family at Gelobera, in the Dawson Valley, have perished in the flood-waters. A dilig[?] search for traces of them is being maintained…

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Whole Family Swept to Death Seven Perish in Flood Central Q'land Is Devastated by Raging Rivers Further Tragedies Feared Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 1

THE PRESENT FLOOD is the most disastrous in the history of Central Queensland. Enormous dan[?] has been done, much of the area being devastated. THE BODY OF ONE of the Victims of the Gelobera homestead tragedy…

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Seven Perish in Flood House Swept Bodily Away

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 2

ROCK HAMPTON, Tuesday.--It is now regarded as certain that seven persons lost their lives at Konora, near Mount Morgan, when…

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Damage by Flood Council Can't Help Lithgow

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 4

A SEQUEL to the cloudburst on February 19, which overflowed Farmers's Creek and flooded properties along its course, was heard at the council meeting…

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Floods in Alabama. New York, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 11

Tributarles of the Mississippi are again overflowing, and causing grievous distress in many parts of Alabama and other States. The flood waters have already driven…

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Toll of Floods. Nine Missing. Another Tragedy Feared. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 15

A message from Rockhampton says:—It is feared that a tragedy, [?]psing the one at Ceclobera, When seven people were drowned, has happe[?]ed at Dundalba, situated near…

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Toll of Q'land Flood Now Twelve Whole Family Is Missing Settlers Isolated Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 1

OWING to telegraphic interruptions, only meagre information concerning the plight of the Dawson Valley settlers is drifting in…

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Settlers in Peril Queensland Floods Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 6

The flood water have caused wide spread desolation in the Callide, Dawson and Dev Valleys, and settlers are in a pitiable plight…

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Miss Gale's Recital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 17

The recital given last night at the Conservatorium by Miss Ne[?] Gale revealed this young [?] as a player of [?] charm, a quality aided in her case by [?] well-deeloped…

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