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Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 98

Beat Gale Don's Car Record Brooklands Epic London

The Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 1

After thousands had left the course, disappointed at his failure to achieve a record, Kaye Don, the British…

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Rain After Fine Holiday? City Storm Likely To-night

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 5

According to Mr. Mares, the weather also will return to serious work to-day, or not later than to-morrow…

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Row in Bulk Maxwell Bunch Wins Through Storm Night Was Wild

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 13

THE committee room at the Sports Club was packed tight last Tuesday evening on the occasion of the 46th annual…

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Grim Silence Still Broods Over Lost 'Plane! Cyclone and Rain Impede Search for Southern Cross How Fate Tricked "Smithy" Out of Last Minute Weather Warning from Wyndham "Sun" 'Plane for Drysdale To-day?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 2

With the Southern Cross and her gallant crew still swallowed in silence, all hopes are now concentrated on the efforts of the rescuers, who are trying to reach…

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Urgent Measures to Prevent Flooding of Town Narrandera

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 4

The Public Works Department has promised to send an engineer to Narrandera immediately after Easter for the purpose of conferring with the…

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Heavy Rain at Darwin. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 12

Reports from Darwin are that the abnormal wet season continues. Rain has been falling incessantly during the holidays. Yesterday's fall was live and a half inches…

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High Seas Whipped by Gale

The Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 7

A moderate gale from tho E.N.E. is quickly whipping up big seas along the coast. South Head signal station reported…

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Wind, Rain Drenched City "Moderate Gale"

The Sun · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 13

Wind blew along city streets at various, rates to-day. At the Observatory the highest velocity recorded was 46 miles an hour…

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Fierce Storm in City 47 Miles an Hour Show: Race Crowds Drenched

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 9

A FIERCE gale, accompanied by blinding rain, swept over Sydney, just efter mid-day to-day. At 2.15 p.m. the wind bad reached a velocity of 47 miles an hour, and high seas were running at South Head. There was great…

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Motorist Shatters Brookland's 21-year-old Record in Gale Car Hurled on Track Missed Top Edge of Cup by Inches Daytona Next ! LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 4

After thousands had left the course disappointed at his failure to achieve a record, Kaye Don dramatically covered a lap at…

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Heavy Rain Canberra Gets It Port Kembla Flood

The Sun · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 14

Canberra, Thursday.--Floods have swept Canberra, and the Molonglo River is running a banker. Water banked up in the hills beyond…

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State Is Deluged Heavy Rain Strong Seas Running Flood Warning

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 5

THE steady rain experienced in the city yesterday and last night according to Mr. Mares, the direct outcome of a tropical disturbance…

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Best Weather Sheet For 12 Months--Mr. Mares City Pelted by Rain and Lashed by Gale Forecast Indicates More; Floods Expected in North-East

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 3

Mr. Mares yesterday studied, what he described as the brightest weather sheet he had seen for 12 months. Nearly every town in the State had reported rain. Floods are expected in the M'Intyre, Gwydir, and…

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Sydney Missed Full Force of the Cyclone Going South Centre Shifts Rough Over Tasman

Evening News · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 15

THE tropical disturbance operating over inland N.S.W. developed into a cyclone last night. The centre of the movement has shifted…

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Man Drowned in Wreck , of Fishing Boat Coff's Harbor Tragedy Swept in Gale Awful Smash on Breakwater

Evening News · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 14

HARRY Whear, of Dutton Park, Brisbane, was drowned when the fishing boat Wanderer was wrecked in a gala to-day…

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Flooded Ring at the Showground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 12

The lake at the Southern end yesterday afternoon. The Ladies' hunting contest was postponed. At night the Show was closed…

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Flood Danger Lismore Precautions Lismore

The Sun · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 16

Beside bringing a decided feeling of depression throughout the district the continued heavy rains are beginning to make people talk of floods…

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Storm Gone, Says Mares South Gets It in Cyclone Form

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

Although Mr. Mares was able to say last night that central and northern parts of the State had seen the tail of the cyclone,…

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Cyclone Fences

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 11

A new type of sheep, cattle and pig fencing, made with a special ring, designed to prevent any of the wires slipping or stackening out, was shown…

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Gale's Fury Moth Held Up Goulburn

The Sun · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

Captain Matheson had arranged to leave at dawn to-day in his Gypsy Moth for Wyndham, but owing to the fact that a strong gale was blowing he…

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