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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 98

Heavy Rains. Deluge in Queensland. 40 Inches in Two Days. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 12

Heavy rain continued at Rockhampton all Friday night until the early hours of Saturday morning, when there was a break, but only of brief duration, as heavy rain soon…

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Arafura at Mercy of Big Storm off Queensland Coast Peshawur Answers Urgent Wireless Call for Help Desperate Plight With Broken Propeller Shaft

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.--With a broken propeller shaft the Arafura lies at the mercy of a growing storm off the inhospitable coast north of Brisbane. The vessel, which is engaged in the Australia-Eastern trade,…

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Body Recovered Q'land Flood Victim Rockhamfton

Evening News · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 8

THE body of the flood victim, Frederick Fisher, who has been missing since Friday, was recovered yesterday morning against the railway fence, about 100…

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P.P. Union Funds for Farmers Advances to Flood Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 17

BERRY.--A meeting of the Berry branch of the Primary Producers' Union decided that, in view of the serious losses suffered by dairymen on the…

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Queensland. Cyclone Approaches Coast. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 12

The following statement was issued by the Weather Bureau to-night for tours between Thursday Island and Bowen:- "The cyclone was centered at 8 p.m…

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"No Liability" for Storm Damage

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 12

WOOLLAHRA Council was advised last night by an insurance company to repudiate liability for storm damage, in view of the recent…

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1 Drowned Cairns Flood Chinese in Panic Missing Boat Party Cairns

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 6

OWING to the sudden rise of the Mulgrave Fiver, Chinese market gardeners were matooned on the flat. One of them was too…

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100-Mile Walk. Story of the Flood. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 10

When the trains temporarily ceased running on the North Coast line owing to the floods, a South Grafton trainer, Mr. W. Atkins, who took a number of racehorses to the Armidale…

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Storm—tossed. Steamers in Narrow Waters. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 21

Heavy weather has been experienced during the past few days, the wind at times reaching gale force. The Taiping and Changte have been held up owing to the severe conditions…

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Party in Tree in Mid Stream Queensland Floods Cairns

Evening News · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

THREE brothers, William, Charles, and Jack Le Grande, with Arthur Redford and another friend named Hasting, were crossing…

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FLOODS North Queensland. Twelve Inches of Rain. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 17

The Weather Bureau reported this morning that the cyclone, which, yesterday, was approaching the tropical coast, crossed the coastline last night north of Cairns. Its…

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Recent Floods in the North and West Kempsey Under Water

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 11

The view shows the flood in Smith and Forth streets. All along the Macleay River a vast deal of damage was done. The construction of walls above and below the town of Kempsey is being advocated by some of the citizens. INTERSECTION OF WELLINGTON AND MITCHELL STREETS. Looking north along Mitchell-street…

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Gales Coming Warning to Shipping

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 5

THE following warning to shipping was issued by the State Meteorologist Mr. Mares, this morning:—"A cyclone has developed between the…

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Warning to Shipping Cyclone Over Tasman

The Sun · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 13

The following warning to shipping has been issued by the Weather Bureau:--A cyclone has developed between the…

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Forceful Reaches Arafura Meeting South-east Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 15

The tug Forceful has reached the E. and A. liner Arafura, which has been in trouble with her propeller off the Queensland coast. The Coringa…

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Cyclone ! Arafura's Ordeal Tug Disabled Peshawur Ordered Out

The Sun · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 13

Another cyclone is upon the crippled Arafura. The steering gear of the Coringa, which had in low…

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Gale at Bognor King Kept Indoors London

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 14

AN [?] 50 mile an hour gate blew [?] Craigwell house last night, and although the run shots brilliantly during to-day, the better wind…

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The Arafura. Delayed by Gale. at Brisbane on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 11

"Our progress is being retarded by a moderate south-easterly gale and high seas," stated a message sent from the Eastern and Australian line Arafura at 8.30 o'clock last…

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Crippled Arafura Again at Mercy of Cyclone in Good Order Kanowna's Gear Expert Testifies Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 13

WHEN the Kanowna inquiry was resumed in the Marine Court to-day, Captin Stewart Gifford Hooker, mautical and ship surveyor,…

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Serious Matter Ratepayer's Property Flooded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 17

The problem of running the stormwater from Station-street, to Lane-street, Wentworthville, through private property, is exercising the minds of Holroyd aldermen…

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