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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 83

Storm at Murwillumbah. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 11

A storm passed over Murwillumbah about 1 p.m. to-day, accompanied by terrfic wind, which played havoc with trees and gardens A house in Wardrop-street, South…

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Desert Storm Fliers Turn Back Cairo

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

FLYING-OFFICERS [?] L. Piper and C. E Kay left Cairo yesterday for Bagdad, but were caught in a storm midway between Animan and Bagdad. They…

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Severe Gale. In Tweed District. Houses Blown Over. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 11

Much damage was done by a gale of cyclonic force which struck the south coast of Queensland and the Tweed district early this afternoon. Buildings were blown over and others…

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Storm Routed Picnickers Week-end of "Bits and Pieces"

Daily Pictorial · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 2

The barometer, the temperature, and the Sydney crowds lured out by the sunny promise of Saturday morning, all had…

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Laid Flat Houses Blown Off Blocks Coolangatta Storm Coolangatta

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 13

A brief cyclonic storm from the south-west, which swept Coolangatta and Tweed Heads yesterday afternoon, blew three houses on the outskirts of…

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Another Check Piper and Kay's Flight Caught in Storm. Amman

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 9

Flying Officers H. L. riper and C. Kay, of the Royal Air Force, who…

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Damage by Floods

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 7

This picture, by National Airways' mail from Brisbane, shows the effects of the recent serious floods on the foundations of…

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Floods Likely Central Coast Though Rain Passing

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 8

THERE is a possibility of floods on the lower areas around the central coastal rivers, particularly the Hunter and Manning according…

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Flood Warning

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 9

The following flood warning has been issued by the Weather Bureau: Very heavy rain has fallen between Kempsey and Newcastle, and…

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Burst Water Main Floods Houses Airedale Mothers Bunny Brood

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 16

WHEN Mrs. Blanche Leathers, of New Orleans, was married, one wedding present was a bottle of wine…

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Surf Gala Blacked Out by Thunderstorm Kiama

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 6

Perfect organisation and a record number of entries promised success when a thunderstorm caused the Kiama Surf Carnival to be abandoned, soon after its…

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Heavy Rain and No Races Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 6

HEAVY rain in Cessnock early this morning caused the postponement of the Bellbird races, to have been field…

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STORMS. Northern Districts. Extensive Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 11

A gale of cyclonic force, accompanied by torrential rain, swept the North Coast and northern tablelands on Sunday. Extensive damage to property is reported from many…

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Heavy Storms in the Country

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 15

FORSTER, Monday.--The unusually oppressive weather of Saturday and Sunday culminated in a heavy thunderstorm last night, rain falling heavily until this…

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Houses Lifted Bodily Cyclonic Gale Does Great Damage

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 3

COOLANGATTA, Monday.--Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was done in a few minutes yesterday afternoon by a…

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In Air Cyclone Moves Houses Roofs Fly Coolangatta

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 17

Houses were lifted from their blocks, roofs flew through the air like straws, farm buildings were demolished and many people had…

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Cyclone Swept Coolangatta and Tween Heads Badly Knocked About Coolangatta

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 1

Houses were blown over and unroofed, and trees uprooted, when Coolangatta and Tweed Heads were visited by a cyclonic storm…

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More Rain Area Is Extending Flood Danger

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 5

FURTHER heavy rain fell along the Central and North Coast yesterday aggravating flood conditions in those parts. The State…

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Flood Warning

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 5

THE Weather Bureau yesterday issued the following warning:-- Very heavy rain has fallen between Kempsey and Newcastle, and…

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Storms Ahead!

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 6

"The Gipsy's Warning," as seen by a Dublin "Herald" cartoonist…

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