Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 98

Wind and Rain Terrific Cyclone Sweeps the N.S.W. Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 3

Most unusual for this time of the your, a terrific gale, accompanied by torrential rain, swept the coast of New South Wales on Tuesday and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Washing Was Out Mum Celebrated After the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 13

Good-by-ee, don't cry-ee, There's a silver lining in the sky-ee; Now the sun's about, the washing's out -- Mr. Mares -- who cares, once its dry-ee!…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Flood Rains. Roads Inundated. Young Farmer Killed. Wauchope

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 12

The Hastings district escaped by the narrowest margin a repetition of the disastrous floods of February last. The upper river and tributaries rose rapidly last night, and all…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Hunter River Floods Railway Maitland

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 1

THE. Hunter River at Maitland reached 28ft. 3in. during last night, but to-day commenced to drop, indicating that…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Cyclone Ravages Mediterranean Ports LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 1

Terrific rain and thunderstorms are reported from the Mediterranean coast. A cyclone of unprecedented fury struck Toulon, causing enormous…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Wrecked in Storm? Sub. and Destroyer Helsingfors

Evening News · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 1

A QUANTITY of wreckage washed up on the E[?] coast to-day is believed to belong to the Russian submarine [?] and the destroyer…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The KINGDOM of the Car the Oakland Challenges the Weather Great Performance Over Test Course in Tuesday's Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 29

Mollison beat Limerick in the wet and Limerick beat Mollison on a dry track, tut to a good car all roads are the same. A particularly heavy storm -- rain, furious, flooding;…

Continued on Trove, page 29 →

Melted Snow Runs Bankers Mine Flooded for Day Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 1

Owing to the exceptionally heavy snowfall on Tuesday the mountains and creeks are running bankers. When miners entered the Cobar tunnel…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Pit Silage Survives Two Floods Still First-class Quality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 21

It is frequently asserted that the pit silo is unsuitable to the coastal districts. There is a good deal of evidence to the contrary…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

After the Storm

Truth · Sunday 15 September 1929 · page 1

Mr. Mark, (left) and Mr. Ma[?] exchange a pipe of tobacco…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Large Sheep Losses in Cyclone Wybong

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 5

DURING the recent cyclonic disturbances on the Upper Hunter, it is estimated that about 27,000 shorn sheep have…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

300 M.P.H. Gale Testing Air Engines London

The Sun · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 1

A man-made 300-mile an hour hurricane contributed materially to the success of the 2000 h.p. Rolls-Royce aero engines, which won the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

An Invitation To N.C.A. Members a Storm's Brewing

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 15

A HEARTY invitation is extended to all members and committeemen of the N.C.A. to attend a meeting of the Greyhound…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Storm at Sea. Weathered by 15-ton Launch. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 11

After a rough experience in the recent south-easterly gale, the motor launch Pelligan, 15 tons, which had been reported missing from Coff's Harbour, arrived safely in the…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Like Tank Stream. Water Main Bursts. Flood in Hunter-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 11

Turgid waters, spreading deeply across Hunter-street, eddying from footpath to footpath, and running strongly down Hamilton-street, led many old residents of Sydney to…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Hunter-street Flooded by Burst Water Main

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 14

A large volume of water which gushed from a burst water main in Hunter-street, between Pitt and George streets, yesterday afternoon, flowed into Hamilton-street and flooded a number of basements…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Session's Storm Centre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 6

Storm centre of the State session's first sitting yesterday, Mr. Jarvie, the member for Ashfield, sat passive and collected on the back seat of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Worst Gale Pakeha Wins Through Melbourne, Wednesday

The Sun · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 20

After a thrilling fight through terrific storms the steamer Pakeha arrived from the United Kingdom to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Hunter-street Offices Flooded Overnight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 18

When the mains were turned on after repairs had been effected in the pipe which burst in Hunter-atreet on Monday, a tap which had been left on in an upper office of 21 Hunter-street flooded a number of the rooms below. The picture shows the extent of the damage in the office of the Rpneo Company…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Tap Left Turned On. City Offices Flooded. Sequel to Burst Watermain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1929 · page 16

Extensive damage was done to stock and fittings of several shops in 21 Hunter-street during Monday night, owing to a tap being left turned on. When the offices were…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →