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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 94

Storm's Toll of Telegraph Poles Extensive Damage in N.S W. MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 October 1928 · page 6

Mr. Brown Direct-General of Postal Services said to-day that full details of the damage caused to the telegraph and telephone lines in New…

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Racing Express Women Motorists Floods Spoil Dash

The Sun · Wednesday 10 October 1928 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday Miss Jean Robertson and Miss Kathleen Howell, of Melbourne, who were engaged in a…

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Murray in Flood Over Banks Between Albury and Wodonga

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1928 · page 20

ALBURY, Tuesday. -- The Murray at Albury to-day rose 13ft. 2in. owing to the heavy rain which fell in the upper reaches during the past week…

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Lesson of Gale Lidcombe Heeds

Evening News · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 18

AS a result of Sunday's gale, which unrooled several shops in Lidcombe, council last night decided to compel all persons erecting shops to…

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Sunday's Gale School of Arts Demolished

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 6

Among the fearful damage wreaked by Sunday's gale was the demolition of Ute North Rocks School of Arts. The roof was torn off in sections and…

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Storm Damage at Parkes. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 12

Government assistance has been asked for by the Mayor of Parkes (Aid. F. W. Spicer, M.L.C.) on behalf of, those residents whose homes were razed during the cyclone which…

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Gale at Granville Town Hall Damaged Roof Torn Off

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 3

Narrowly missing the Soldiers' Memorial, portion of the Town Hall roof at Granville was torn off on Sunday, and landed in Russell-street, 150 yards distant…

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The Storm Destruction at Dural Shop Damaged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 14

Like the rest of the district, Dural felt the full force of Sunday's hurricane. Quite a number of roofs were,…

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Hundreds Drowned Destructive Gale. Sweeps Japanese Coast Tokio, Oct. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 11

A typhoon, of which no warning had been given, is sweeping the cast coast. Many hundreds of fishermen were drowned. From several steamers messages of distress…

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Sunday's Storm Damage in the South Menacing Bush Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 7

The terrific windstorm on Sunday did a considerable amount of damages in almost every settled area in the Cumberland district. Outhouse, sheds,…

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Trail of the Storm Damage at Auburn, Lidcombe and Granville Many Shopkeepers Suffer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 3

The terrific gale which swept over the State on Sunday, left in its wake a trail of destruction at Auburn and Lidcombe…

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Flood at Albury. Murray Overflows. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 13

The Murray River at Albury this morning rose to 13ft 8in, this being only 4in below the official level for high flood. Motor traffic is interfered with, as the water is…

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Hot Race Dancers' Final Spurt Votes Flood in Randwick Makes Another Dash

The Sun · Thursday 11 October 1928 · page 13

Following on yesterday's sensational rise to third place in the United Charities Dancers competition poll, the Randwick candidates recorded a further 24,000 votes to-day and consolidated their position…

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Events of the Day Gale and Fire a Trail of Destruction Storm Swept State

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 4

A wind storm—one of the worst in the history of New South Vales—swept over a great portion of State on Sunday last, leaving a trail…

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The Cyclone. St. George Suffers

The St George Call · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 2

Considerable damage was caused throughout the district by the wind storm last Sunday. The top part of Mr. E. Grigg’s…

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Boiling Engines Sunday Storm's Effect

Evening News · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 11

MR. E. B. WARREN told the writer that, in all his experience of motoring, he never saw so many cars held up with engines boiling as during the storm last Sunday…

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Off Course Storms Deflect Zep. Atlantic Flight London

The Sun · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 1

Exactly four years after the first Zeppelin crossed the Atlantic, the huge Graf. Zeppelin LZ127 set out on a similar adventurous voyage this morning from Freidrichshaven (Wurtemberg) states the Freidrichshaven…

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Last Sunday's Storm. Damage by Fire and Wind

The Propeller · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 2

The severe wind storm last Sunday played havoc in all parts of the district. Roofs were torn off many dwellings, sheds and fences blown down,…

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The Land and the Producer the Fruitgrower Orchard and Market Gale Havoc

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 20

The high winds of last week and the gale of Sunday last caused great damage and loss to orchardists in almost every fruit-growing centre of the…

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High Winds Fan Big Bush Fires Storm Damage in Country

The Land · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 5

The high westerly gale which swept the State last week-end wrought considerable damage to crops and property in a number…

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