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Occupants of the unemployed camp at Long Bay have been flooded out by the persistent rain during the week. In the picture are Mrs. Hildren and her three children. Some of these unfortunate people are in sorry plight, and need immediate assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WET roads were responsible for a large number of accidents in the metropolis last night. One man was killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Caught by the easterly gale, rainwater, as it washed over the cliffs at South Head today, was flung more than 30ft. in the air and back across…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →While farmers and graziers in the west and south are jubilant at the prospect of general soaking rain, residents on the banks of far north coast rivers are entertaining fears…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →When Willam Mitchell, 21, was endeavouring to cross Webster's Bridge over the Stanley River, at Kilcoy, on the north coast, in a sulky about dusk to-day, he was washed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE Great Western Highway at South Creek bridge St. Marys, is impassable, Prince's Highway at Cabbage Tree bridge, two miles on the Sydney side of Wollongong, has water 4 feet over the decking…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shortly after 3 o'clock today, the rising tide of the George's River caused the floodwaters to burst the banks, and within an hour portions…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Lord Mayor (Ald. Hagon) today promised representatives of property owners in George-street West that consideration would be given to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →TORRENTIAL rains on the North Coast during the past few days have resulted in the rising of many of the northern rivers, and yesterday the Weather Bureau issued warnings that serious floods are expected, particularly in the Richmond and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ONE of the most interesting and, perhaps, significant, developments in connection with the Federal Government's tariff policy is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the grip of a fast running stream, a boy of ten was carried nearly half a mile along a storm canal at Lidcombe…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rains which fell during the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock yesterday morning were the most general [?]since the present disturbance commenced, and have effected a substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Unable to cope with the excess of storm water, which poured through the sewerage systems of Western Suburbs and Illawarra yesterday, the three-foot concrete overflow pipe, near the disused screen-house at Arncliffe Sewage Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →DESPITE the fact that he is only 10½ years old, Alfred Burns, of Bridge Street, Lidcombe, has more courage and determination…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hawkesbury River is rising so rapidly that the town of Windsor is expected to be isolated before morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →As a result of yesterday's consistent rain the drains were unable to accommodate the rapid flow of water at Rockdale. A motor car making its way through a miniature lake…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →COOK'S RIVER OVERFLOWED AND SUBMERGED THE LOW-LYING GROUNDS OF THE HORDERNIAN SPORTS CLUB IN WARDELL-ROAD, DULWICH HILL…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Above: FLOODED APPROACHES to Windsor, a few miles outside the town. To- day there was nearly half a mile of water, five feet deep, over the Windsor- road, between McGrath's Hill and Windsor, and a rowboat ferried passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →SWIRLING flood waters have covered over more than 2000 acres of the fertile river flats in the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ALTHOUGH the danger of floodings in rivers on the North Coast is not now acute, there is a strong possibility of…
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