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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 98

The Cyclone. Moving to the East

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 11

The cyclone which has caused heavy seas on the coast of New South Wales and the southern coast of Queensland is moving away from the continent…

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Cyclone Eases But Not Gone Shipping Is Warned

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 8

ONLY meagre reports concerning the strength of the cyclone which has been raging in the Tasman Sea for some days, were…

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Cyclone Flogs the Tasman Sydney Lucky Enough to Miss It

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

Saved by the barometer! That was Sydney's good fortune at the week-end. SINCE Friday a violent cyclone has…

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Yendys Too Speedy in Gale Wins S.F.S. Final

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 26

After a great race Yendys won the final of the S.F.S. event on Saturday over the triangular course. The handicaps worked out just right,…

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Heart Failed Death in a Storm Coroner Investigates

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 4

The story of a storm experience which resulted in the death of Elizabeth Jean Carruthers, 40, in a cave at McKenzie's Point, Bondi, on the…

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Died in Cave Storm Victim Bondi Woman's Fate

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 7

FOLLOWING the great storm on the night of February 4, the body of Mary Kennedy, a cook employed at the Royal Hotel, Bondi, was found…

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At Mercy of Cyclone Heroic Tug's Crew in Fight for Lives

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--After three days of privation and heroism and of well-nigh despairing conflict with the cyclone, the tug…

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Crippled Arafura Wallowed Helplessly in Raging Sea Hemmed in by Huge Walls of Water Steering Gear and Propeller Blades Broken Caught in Teeth of Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The crippled steamer Arafura, in tow of the tugboat Forceful, whose saltcaked funnels told of its mighty battle with the tempestuous waves in the teeth of a Pacific cyclone, slowly…

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N.Z. Dam Sudden Burst Stops Trams Wide Area Flooded Auckland

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 7

A RACING torrent swept a large area of country when the underground reservoir at Mount Eden,…

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FLOODS. Man Believed Drowned. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 12

W. R. King, of Lismore, who was employed by the Woodburn Shire Council, is believed to have been drowned while crossing a flooded creek on the Coraki-Lismore road. His…

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A Roar ! Reservoir Bursts Streets Flooded Auckland

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 9

Early this morning Mount Eden reservoir burst with a roar owing to the collapse of excavations for a new reservoir…

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Small Whale Caught at Dee Why Sudden Flood that Menaced Lismore

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 14

DOLPHIN AT DEE WHY.--This small member of the dolphin family was captured in the boiling surf at Dee Why yesterday. Surfers made quite a bit for their club out of him at 3d a look and he may be packed in ice for exhibition in the city. Inset: Mr. Max Bulbert, who made the capture. JUST HOME.--Girls from the Capital Theatre and male member of the Paramount staff played baseball at Redfern Oval…

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Floods and the Aftermath Dairying on the Macleay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 17

KEMPSEY.--During January the Upper Macleay Co-operative Dairy Co. manufactured 65,054[?]b. butter, as compared with 47,391[?]b. for December…

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Man Drowned in Flooded Creek His Dog Refuses to Leave Spot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

LISMORE, Sunday.--When crossing a flooded creek between South Lismore and Coraki, Walter Robert King, of Lismore, was drowned…

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Lost Cyclone Where Is It? Mr. Mares Can't Say

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 9

LIKE old soldiers, who are said to amply fade away, the cyclone which caused rough seas, floods on the North Coast, and hurricanes on…

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Cyclone Gone Sunshine Now Lord Howe as Secret Den of Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

Weather in the city to-day Should Ve mostly fine and cooler. A west to south-west wind is due this morning…

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Died in Cave While Storm Raged Verdict of Coroner

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 6

That death was due to natural causes,was finding of the City Coroner. Mr. May. at the close of the inquest yesterday into the death of…

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Heart Failed During Storm Death, of Woman in a Bondi Cave-- "I'm Frightened"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 11

"All she could say was, 'I'm frightened'." This was portion of the evidence, at the City Coroner's Court…

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Lismore Under Flood Waters

Evening News · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 1

Looking towards North Lismore, during the week-end flood, there was a broad expanse of water to the foot of the hill: The High School it in the background…

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Flood Waters From the Richmond River Invade the Town of Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 14

A VIEW OF NORTH LISMORE AT THE "WEEK END, SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE FLOOD. The Methodist Church, at the intersection of Woodlark and Keen streets, was almost surrounded by water. The North Coast S.N. Company's wharf and sheds, which were completely covered at…

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