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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 94

Two Hours' Deluge Junee's Record Storm Streets Inundated Junee

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

Yesterday, the worst storm ever experienced locally caused great damage to the streets and Inconvenience to residents…

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Tropical Rain Storms Deluge Country Washaways on Railway Lines Delay Mail Trains Extensive Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 7

Further heavy rain was experienced yesterday over an extensive area of country. At Milby Valley, near…

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Storms in the Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

COWRA, Friday.—More rain has fallen, and was well distributed throughout the district. More than an inch was recorded, and it has filled all the tanks and dams…

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In Feet? Problem for Farmers Measuring Rainfall Storms in Country

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 7

"Let it rain, let it pour," was the song of farmers when the first showers which broke the recent dry spell were, recorded…

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Bathurst Flooded Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

The low lying parts of [?] were [?] by [?] of the most sever [?] that the city has known in south cases the water was…

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Blue Lightning Flashes Melb.'s Thunderstorm Men Receive Shocks Much Damage Done Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

Lightning, which accompanied last night's heavy storm, struck a house at Northcote, injured a plumber, and deatroyed a quantity of hay and a…

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A Second Flood?

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 12

WHEN a journalist gets £60.000 a year for "telling the world" the facts about his fellow citizens, he is not tempted to suppress the truth…

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Heavy Rain at Wagga. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Terrille rainstorms continued over the whole district yesterday. Rain fell in torrents, and the lagoons were soon overflowing. The rain will do a certain amount of good in…

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Makambo in Cyclone Seas Smash Doors

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 7

WHILE on her way to Vila on her latest voyage. the Makambo met a sever cyclonic storm. After a severe buffetting in tremendous seas she came…

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Thames Harness to Avert Floods London

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

OWING to the probability of further high tides in the Thames, special watch is being kept on the river at points which suffered in the recent disaster…

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Market Flooded? U.s.a. Petrol Pumps

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 10

THE reported flooding of the Australian market with American petrol pumps Mil be Investigated by the Minister for Trade and Customs, Mr. Pratten…

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More Floods? London's New Fear Special Wall Built London

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

A special watch is being kept on the flood danger points of the Thames, owing to the probability of further abnormally high tides…

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The Makambo. Buffeted by Cyclone

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

Overtaken by a cyclone when two days out from Vila, New Hebrides, the steamer Makambo had her decks swept with mountainous seas, which stove in the door of the third…

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Houses Unroofed Newcastle Cyclone Church Damaged Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 9

SEVERE [?] about [?] house in the [?] suburbs the afternoon [?] of the houses were unroofed. In…

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Buffeted by Storm Makambo Hove to

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 15

The steamer Makambo, of Burns, Philp, and Company's Line, returned to Sydney yesterday from the New Hebrides. She encountered a hurricane on the trip to the Islands, and was…

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Sky Magic Electric Storm at Sea Amazing Sight

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 12

A brilliant electrical storm, kept passengers from their beds on the Maunganui last night. They thronged the decks for hours,…

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IN 35 Minutes Two Inches of Rain Storm at Dorrigo Dorrigo

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 10

Thunder roaring in over-rising crescendo--lightning flashing in vivid tongues of fire--rain pouring in sheets. These were the elements of a terrific…

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Blown Over Residents at Mayfield Cyclonic Storm Nearly Twenty Houses Wrecked Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 13

Between 15 and 20 houses were wrecked to-day by a cyclonic storm at Mayfield, which swept along a narrow strip. Many people had narrow escapes. Some of them…

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£90,000 Relief Funds London Flood Victims London

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 10

IN addition to the £50.000 subscribed to the Lord Mayor's fund on behalf of the sufferers in the recent London flood niore than £40.000 has been raised…

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Rescued White Rabbit From Flood -- a Hill-climbing Engine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 8

FROM THE GOLDFIELDS. -- Mr. J. Royles, who returned from New Guinea by the St. Albans yesterday. He was met by Mrs. Royles. MISSIONARY FROM ROOT ISLAND. -- Rev. Mr. Warren, Mrs…

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