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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 94

Scheme Sought to Avoid Newcastle Street Floods Newcastle

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 August 1928 · page 1

Invariably, when a heavy fall of rain is registered at Newcastle, Hunter-street West is flooded to a depth varying from six indies to eighteen inches, and the…

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Storm's Fury Nth. Bavaria Hit Like a Battlefield Berlin

Evening News · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 10

AN amazing hurricane and had storm, although it tested only five or ten minutes, has left parts of Northern Bavaria like a battle area…

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Clarence River Dairying. Effects of Last February's Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 7

GRAFTON.—The Grafton Co-operative Dairy Company has decided to pay an Interim bonus of 1d per lb on all butter manufactured for the six months ended June 30, the amount…

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Dairying Decrease on the Clarence Aftermath of Summer Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 19

GRAFTON--The effect of the disastrous February floods is seen in the half-yearly reports of the big butter factories on the Clarence…

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£1,000,000 Damage Storm Sweeps Florida Jacksonville (Florida), Wed

The Sun · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 1

A terrific tropical storm sweeping south and central Florida caused an estimated property damage of £1,000,000. Scores of houses…

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St. Cedda. in a Thunderstorm

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 8

In the days when our holy faith flourished in England, the diocese of London was governed by a holy Bishop, whoso name was Cedda…

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Great Service. At Menin Gale. Impressive Scenes. (British Oftlclal Wireless.) LONDON, Aug. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 11

Deep emotions were touched among the 11,000 British Legion pilgrims, hended by the Prince of Wales, at the Service of Remembrance at Menin Gate memorial at Vpres to-day. The…

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Law Report. High Court of Australia. (Before Sir Adrian Knox, C.J., Sir Isaac Isaacs, J., Mr. Justice Higgins, Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, and Mr. Justice Starke.) Intoxicating Liquor. Russell v Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 8

Alexander Russell, a sergeant of police, appealed from a judgment of Mr. Justice Long Innes, who upheld the determination of a magistrate that the evidence was insufficient…

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Flood Escape Canal Wanted. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 12

The Coraki Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the Public Works Department to expedite the survey of fhe proposed flood escape canal from Boggy Creek, which flows…

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Damage by Floods Bolwarra Shire Active Maitland

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 6

At the meeting of Bolwarra Shire this evening it was said that over £1090 damage had been done to the reads and bridges by the recent flood. In one…

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Gale Caused Wreck of White Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 5

The sole survivor of the crew of six of the Newcastle 754-ton collier White Bay, Francesco Ricupero, was the central figure yesterday at…

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The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 12 August 1928 · page 3

THE wind sighed and moaned. "What is the matter now?' asked Mother Earth, but the Wind did not answer. It moaned all the louder, and presently…

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Storm Over a Tea Cup Charlie "Doesn't Like Stewed Tea" and There's No Love Lost Now Lively Time at Leslie's

Truth · Sunday 12 August 1928 · page 21

WHEN Ethel Maud Leslie, of Sebastopol Street, Marrickville, threw a cup of tea at her lawfully-wedded spouse, she started more than a storm in a tea-cup. The sequel to the domestic turmoil was heard at the Newtown Police…

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106 Days' Trip Finnish Barque Here Indian Ocean Storms

Evening News · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 10

AFTER A wages of 106 days from [?] with a cargo of 4000 lons of [?] Finished barque Pomm[?] dragged another in…

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Storm-tossed Ordeal of Barque Pommern Safe in Port

The Sun · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 6

For almost five weeks her decks were flooded, but she battled on. A huge sea swept over the forecastle head, hurling the watch along the…

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Rescued at Height of Sea Storm Cruiser Australia's Officer; Vessel at Montreal MONTREAL

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 4

During the voyage of the cruiser Australia from Portsmouth, a petty officer was washed overboard during a storm at sea…

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Icy Flood Indian Terror Barrier Bursts Villages Inundated Calcutta

Evening News · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 10

VILLAGES in Kashmir and the northern parts of Punjab are in grave danger as the result of the collapse of a mammoth…

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Flooded P.o. Bursting of Hydrant Mail Bags Wet

The Sun · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 11

A three-inch hydrant, on the second floor at the Parcels Post office, near the Central Railway Station, burst shortly after 2 o'clock this…

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Shortening Sail in a Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 1

Shortening soil on the Finnish four-masted barque., pommern, during the blow that the vessel encountered in the Indian Ocean…

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Rowdy Scene Waterloo Storm Compliments Fly

Evening News · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 11

THE Mayor of Waterloo, Ald. Mulcahy, found to difficult to keep his team in order at last night meeting of the local New [?]…

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