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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 98

Floods Abate. Danger in South. Farmers' Losses. Resumption of Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 11

The floods on the North Coast are abating, but there is a possibility now that the South Const districts will be affected. "The prospects of floodings on the South…

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Aftermath of the Floods at Gloucester

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 14

VIEW OF PARK-STEEET, SHOWING WRECKAGE WHEN THE WATERS HAD SUBSIDED…

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Flood Ruin Digger Settlers' Plight Government Relief Cloudburst Near Tamworth

The Sun · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 15

Flood waters are now receding, and all danger on the Hawkesbury seems to be past. Great damage has been done by a cloudburst in the hills above Duri, near Tamworth. A great flood swept…

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More Rain Coming North and South Flood Probability Some Heavy Falls

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 8

MR. MARES stated last night that there is still a possibility of floods on the South Coast. "At present," he said, "it is also very…

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Nine-year-old Heroine Saved Girl Playmate From Raging River Epic of the Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday.--The rescue of Six-year-old R[?]ta Dahi from the flood torrent of the Orara River by her playmate, Recia…

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Old World in Ice King's Grip--tram's [?]Rong Turn--mountain Falls in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 16

OVER CLIFF TOP to destruction.--How a car came to grief when it ran over Ben Buckler on Tuesday night. POLITICS OR SPORT?--Three pickets outside a Sydney timber…

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Killed in Storm

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 11

During the storm last Friday, Vincent Dowling, aged 43, a barman, of Surry Hills, slipped when endeavoring to board a tram in Crown-street, and…

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Sierra in Gale Suva

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 7

The A.M.S. Sierra arrived at 10.20 p.m. yesterday, after what is described as the roughest trip in her history. A heavy head gale was encountered all…

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Any Brolly in a Storm

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 1

Humorously resourceful, the English skipper, obliged to sally out in the rain to the inspection of the wicket at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, possessed himself of his wife's sunshade. In spite of its inadequacy to his proportions, he could even spare a corner to Kippax…

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'Ware Gale on Way to Sydney Jazz Weather

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 13

Mr. Mares has been back a little over six weeks. During that time he has served up heatwaves, hot winds thick humidity,…

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Two Feet Deep Water in Shops Waechope Deluge From Page [?] WAUCHOPE

Evening News · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 9

A CLOUDBURST at Wauchope, between 7 and 10 o'clock last night resulted in the worst deluge expe[?]need here, 638 points being…

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Ambulance in Storm Water Channel Driver Rose to Occasion

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 7

Speeding to St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, with a sick patient last night, the Canterbury-Bankstown Ambulance came to grief…

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Tragedy and Distress Follow Rain Swirling Floods bring Disaster to a Thousand Farms Devastation on the Middle Rivers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 1

A countryside sweltering beneath a fierce summer sun; pastures dust-dry and barely visible waterholes empty; creeks and rivers chains of stagnant…

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The Flooded North Railwaymen Swept to Death by the Raging Torrent Tragedy in the Gloucester Valley

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3

(Continued from Page T[?].) drowned on the upper river, and another youth, George Falls, being swept to his doom while attempting…

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Flood Rains. Lower North Coast Suffers. Beneficial Falls in Other Districts

The Land · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 16

Rain, varying in intensity from light showers to flood falls, has been recorded over the greater part of the State during the week ended at 9 a.m. yesterday. The lower North Coast suffered heavily from floods, but the…

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'Twixt Flood and Drought. (Written for "The Land.")

The Land · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2

The North Coast recently suffered one of the driest periods since its settlement, followed now by disastrous Hoods. The farmer looked around the hills And cursed the months of luckless drought…

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Farms Devastated by Floods Enormous Damage. Lower North Coast Laid Waste. Five Lives Lost; Stock and Property Destroyed

The Land · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 13

Five lives were lost, and enormous damage done to stock, buildings, and farms when disastrous floods swept lower North Coast-districts last week-end and early this week, following on torrential rain over the watersheds of the Bellinger, Nambucca, Macleay, Hastings and…

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Flood Assistance For Soldier Settlers

The Land · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 13

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, was empowered by the State Cabinet on Wednesday to afford whatever measure of…

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