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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 94

80=Mile Gale S.S. Suva in Trouble Two Days Late with List Suva

The Sun · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 3

The steamer Suva, from Sydney to FIJI, crept into port at daylight this morning, two days late, and with a 10 degrees list…

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In Circles Airmen Lost Bearings Record Flight Storm Stops Italians Rio De Janeiro

The Sun · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 1

Motoring into the town of Natal, off the Brazilian coast, from the municipal beach where they had landed, the Italian fliers,…

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The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 8 July 1928 · page 3

THE rain is pouring down upon the sombre bush. There is no happiness, no laughter there to-day. All is sad and gloomy, The little river's…

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Fierce Gale Auckland

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 July 1928 · page 24

The fiercest gale felt for very many yours struck Waihi last night, and wrecked 11 theatre. Heavy masses of iron and woodwork were, lifted by the wind and…

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News American Murderer Menaced by Mob 10,000 People Storm Gaol for Fiend A Church Elder and His Double Life From Here, There, and Everywhere

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 July 1928 · page 6

Sydney has in the space of the past few months witnessed a record of criminality and atrociousness hardly paralleled in its history. Week after week comes some new and appalling story of crime, and in many instances…

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Lost in Gale? Fishermen's Fate Missing Three Days Wellington, N.Z.

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 9

FEARS are held for the safety of Alfred Allan and P. Bartholomew, who left New Plymouth in a fishing launch on Friday…

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Beautiful Aurora Australis Thrills Homing Crowds Sunspots and Magnetic Storms Blamed Wireless, Cables, and Telegraphs Thrown Out of Order Another Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 2

Wireless, telegraphic, and cable services were thrown out of gear yesterday to make an Australian holiday…

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Captain Suicides on Bridge As Ship Goes to Her Doom 291 People Lost When Transport Founders Vessel Grounds Off Coast of Chile and Breaks in Two During Height of Storm Four Conscripts Reach Land Santiago (Chile)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 3

Only four conscripts were saved of a total complement of 295 when the Chilean Government's army transport, Augamos, foundered south of Lebu, on the southern coast of Chile…

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£950 Storm Damage

The Sun · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 13

Newcastle, Tuesday.--The Electrical Engineer, Mr. Allbutt, reported at the council meeting last night that the damage done by the recent storm had…

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Gale and Floods Train Strikes Tree Four Injured Auckland (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 17

Heavy rains have caused floods in the country districts, and large areas are under water. The northern train services have…

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Gale at Night 70 Miles an Hour Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 13

Last night's gale is estimated to have reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour. Extensive damage was done to gardens, hedges, trees, and fences…

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Storm in Tasman. Ulimaroa Delayed. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 12

The Ulimaroa has sent a wireless message, stating that owing to a storm in the Tasman she will not arrive until Wednesday. Heavy rain was experienced in country…

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The Murray. Governor's Visit. Flying in a Gale. WENTWORTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 11

The Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair), piloted by Captain Geoffroy Hughes, in the Aero Club's Rouseabout, arrived at Wentworth this afternoon, from Hay one and a half hours after…

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Tragic Cyclone 62 Dead, Hundreds Hurt 2000 Houses Down Warsaw

The Sun · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 13

Sixty-two persons were killed and several hundreds injured when a cyclone swept the Warsaw district. Two thousand houses collapsed…

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Gale Off Coast a Fishermen's Peril Reach River Mouth Ate Lantana Berries Coff's Harbor

The Sun · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 10

Five fishermen from Coff s Harbor, who were caught in their boat in a recent gale about 50 miles north of here…

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How to Oil the Wheels of Progress City Flood Water Pipe Bursts Firemen at Pumps

Evening News · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 5

CONSIDERABLE damage was caused last night by the bursting of a water pipe which supplies Mockbell's Cafe in the basenunt of…

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Gales Delay Shipping Ulimaroa Running Late

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 15

AUCKLAND, Tuesday. -- Tempestuous weather is still delaying shipping, and the Ulimaroa from Sydney is encountering mountainous seas and making slow…

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Big Gale in Melbourne Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 1

EXTENSIVE damage was caused to gardens, bedges, [?]ces and trees by a [?] gale which raged over Melbourne through the…

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Three Killed Lightning's Toll Storm-swept Canada Toronto

Evening News · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 1

FOLLOWING a heat wave the whole of the country from Toronto to Regins was swept by flerce storms…

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Tossed Like a Cork Caught in Gale Three Men in Open Boat Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 3

William Robson and the brothers Robert and William Kerr and lucky to be alive. They left Clifton this morning in an open boat on a fishing…

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