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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 98

On the Tucks Winalot's Nine Gallops in Gale Limerick Hits Out

Evening News · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 2

WINALOT is now doing loot soud work in preparation for big events of the Autuman. On the 3 can this boorning be galloped…

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"Times" Magazine Turns a Floodlight on the Week Rich Mean Streets Scot With £190,000 Lived 18 Years in a Slum Love of Gold Leads Miser to Poor Garret Strange Story of Rich Lawyer's Solitude

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1929 · page 23

PATRICK DUNN died in the East End of London, hugging his War Bonds to his breast, as if he would carry them with him…

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Continued Use of Choke Floods Cylinders

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1929 · page 12

If the engine fails to start when cranked, the cylinders are likely to be flooded with fuel, because the choke button has been kept out too long. The…

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Counter Attack Labor Refuses Tellers Two Suspended Word Storms Frequent in Parliament

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 14

As a counter-attack on the Government for having moved that Mr. Lamaro and Mr. Olde be adjudged guilty of contempt of the forms of the House for having refused to act as tellers on Friday, the Labor Opposition…

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Storm in House James' Outburst Tackles Bruce on Coal Anomaly Speaker's Threat Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 5

Mr. Rowley James, Labor member for Hunter, figured in an unusual scene in the House of Representatives this afternoon, when,…

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Thunderstorm May Come To-night Sultry in City To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 7

Warm and sultry conditions in the city to-day are expected by Mr. Mares to end in a thunderstorm in the evening…

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After the Storm

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 46

The recent rainstorms have been so severe that probably cars which have been employed continuously throughout the various downfalls have suffered severely. I AM not referring here particularly to…

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Cool Change Due This Evening Storm Expected First by Mr. Mares

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 3

Hot and sultry weather may make to-day uncomfortable, but a cool southerly is on the way, and should reach Sydney this evening…

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When the Richmond Broke Loose: The Floods at Lismore

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 15

When the Richmond River rose with what might be termed dramatic swiftness stretches of water prevented the mails for a time from being carried. The photographs on this page, in addition to those published last Week, show how extensive the floods were at Lismore. The water that invaded…

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Specials Sea Cadets—Lismore Floods—Bush Birds

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 1

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 16

A message from Cardwell states that heavy rain, at times torrential, has fallen since 8 p.m. yesterday, registrations being;: Cardwell 330 points, Tully 741, Ingham 473, Al Arish…

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Island Flight Lancaster in Storm Propellor Bent Guadeloupe (West Indies)

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 1

I left Porto Rice at daybreak, commencing an Island Sight around the Caribbean Sea to prove the value of the small light 'plane…

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Uphill Drainage Causes L"hardt Flood

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 4

ALD. LAMBERT complained at Leich[?]ardt Council last night that the Main Roads Board has carried the drainage from Parramatta-road into…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Ferguson), Mr. Justice Campbell, and Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) Soldier Settler Flooded. L'Green v Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 6

This case was before the Court on demurrers to three of the defendants' pleas in the action. The plaintiff. Athol Victor L'Green, sued the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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After Storms Assembly Calm a Day of Dullness

Evening News · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 5

SPARSELY occupied Galleries histened to a dreary dusousion in the Legisiative Assembly caterday It was a broken debate, for it was…

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Country News Fierce Storm Cattle Washed Away Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 10

Last night one of the heaviest rain storms on record swept over Eglinton, a village some four miles from…

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In the Mist and Storm Fleet Manoeuvres Off Jervis Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

JERVIS BAY, Thursday.--Braying the rough seas yesterday, a launch, carrying a "Sun" photographer, Mr. E. Rule, of Huskisson, and Mr. H…

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Capt. Lancaster in the Caribbees Flight Through Heavy Storm GUADELOUPE (West Indies)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

I left Porto Rico at daybreak yesterday, on a flight round the Caribbean Sea, to prove the value of a small, light 'plane…

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Golt. Manly Play Off Links Flooded

Evening News · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

The Open Mixed Foursomes set down for to-morrow at Manly have bea postponed, the Pinks being flooded. The draw and times stand goof for the…

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Flood Rains. North Queensland. Railways Interrupted. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 14

Further heavy rain has fallen at Cardwell and in the surrounding districts, extending from Ingham to Silkwood. The water this morning was 9ft 6in over the…

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