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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 94

Landed in Dust Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 14

The aeroplanes Lone Bird and Wattle Bird, of the Central Australia aerial expedition, have returned to Alice Springs from Hermensburg…

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Storm in Teacup Teachers' Federation

Evening News · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 6

IN view of the prominence that nu been given lately to the work of the Conciliation Committee, which is investigating the question of school…

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Ships Buffeted Terrific Storms Tasmania Suffers BURNIE(Tas.)

Evening News · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 5

TERRIFIC rain storms nave swept Tasmania during the past few days, and shipping has been severely buffeted…

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Floods Decrease Dairying

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 13

JONES ISLAND.--The Manning River Dairy Company paid suppliers is 2 34d for choicest butter for June, with a turnover of £17,182. The…

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Marooned in Car on Flooded Road Albury

Evening News · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 8

WHEN returning to Tallangatta in Victoria, after a ball in Albury, a man and a woman were trapped by a flooded creek…

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Country News Near- Floods Rise in the Murray Albury

The Sun · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 11

Consequent on the recent rains on the Upper Murray heights, creeks and lagoons between Albury and Wodonga filled rapidly during the week- end. All…

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Ships Warned Cyclone Coming

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 13

A depression which covers inland parts of N.S.W. is likely to become more severe on the coast and over the western half of the Tasman Sea…

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Fought Sea Storms Honor for Skipper

Evening News · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 9

FOLLOWING the recent Kenny passage of the Suva on her last trip to Fiji. a presentation will be made to-night to Captain Day, at the residence of Mr…

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In Flooded River Priest's Escape Goulburn

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 15

Springing on to an overhanging branch, Father Daneal, a member of the Passionist Order at Mary's Mount, Goulburn, saved himself from…

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Sydney Feels the Cyclone

Evening News · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 9

SYDNEY was in the throes of the cyclonic disturbance to-day. The velocity of the wind at 2.40 p.m. was 53 miles. Between 9 a.m. and 2.30 p.m…

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Timcke's Hint Nowra : Windsor Deluge in Sydney

Evening News · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 11

IN special warnings to-day, the Acting State Meteorologist, Mr. Timeke, stresses the possibilities of floods in the Nowra and Windsor…

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Mystery Storm Report Discounted

Evening News · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 13

THE arrival of the Kindur at Sydney to-day, without having encountered anything beyond light north-east winds completely discounted the report, in a…

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N.Z. Deluge Landslide Blocks Nine Men Inside Escape Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 7

Torrential rains have resulted in floodwaters invading To Aroba. Many shops and dwellings are feet deep in wate[?], and some of the…

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Cyclone Rain and Wind Lash Sydney Wild Dash for Cover Flood Warnings Issued by Weather Bureau

The Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 11

Lashed by a cyclone of hurricane force at lunch time to-day, Sydney quickly took to cover. Torrential rain beat down, transforming streets into running, rivers, flooding roof spoutings, blowing under verandahs, and causing…

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Cyclone Is on the Way May be Severe; To-day Will be Dismal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 2

Prepare for another dismal day. A cyclone is brewing, and Mr. Timcke predicts a cold, cloudy day, with more rain and squally east to south winds…

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Iron Crashes Man Is Injured Bank Building Mishap at Height of Storm

The Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 11

Crashing to the ground with startling suddenness, a quantity of scaffolding and sheet iron from near the roof of the…

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Warnings of Floods Two Records Pearce's Trials Olympians in Form London

Evening News · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 11

THE special representative of the Australian Press Association with the Olympic team at Amsterdam, gives the following details of…

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Severe Floods. In New Zealand. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 13

An unusually heavy rainfall in the Waikato and Wa[?]hi districts, and in the Thames Valley, resulted in serious floods in several districts. The inundation at Tearoha was one of the…

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Floods! Official Warning

The Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 11

A warning of the possibility of floods in the Richmond, Windsor and Penrith areas, and the Nowra and Shoalhaven districts, was issued by the…

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Flooded Shops Drain Overflows

The Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 11

Unable to cope with the volume of water which followed the downpour, the stormwater drain at the northern end of Pitt-street overflowed and…

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