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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Nepal Floods Death Roll at Least 60

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 9

KATMANDU, (NEPAL,) - The death roll in Nepal's worst floods of this century has risen to at least 60…

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Nepal Floods Death Toll Nearly 1000

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

KATMANDU, (Nepal), Mon. — The Nepal monsoonal floods had claimed nearly 1,000 victims up to…

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Worst Personal Flood Disaster in Living Memory

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

TEHERAN, Sun.—More than 1,000 bodies of pilgrims have been found at the Moslem shrine of Imam Zadeh Davoud at Farahzad, 30 miles northeast…

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Warm Welcome Back for Jack Gale

Kiama Independent · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 2

Members of Kiama A.L.P. Branch gave a warm welcome; back to their President, Mr. Jack Gale, at their recent…

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Freak Storm Lashes Brisbane

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.—Wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour lashed Brisbane today when a freak storm broke…

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Sydney Craft Torn From Moorings By Gale

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Harbour craft in Sydney and Botany Bay were torn from moorings today when a gale caused y a depression centred between Sydney…

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Freak Storms Flood Chicago

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 3

CHICAGO, Mon.—Hundreds of persons were driven from their homes in the Chicago area…

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Rain Floods Shops At Narrandera

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Heavy rain flooded shops and caused damage to property at Narrandera today…

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Prisoners Benefit by Floods

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 8

DIBRUGARH (India).—The only people who rejoiced at the recent floods which have eaten into the city of…

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Accessories flood fashion limelight

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 8

Look fresh and you look sparkling...look brand new and you look inviting. The secret is as old as the hills and wrapped up in one word, simplicity. One of the salient points…

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Gales Sweep Victoria

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun. — Houses were unroofed, power lines torn down and small craft ripped from…

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Fierce Storm Swept Coast

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 1

Wollongong radio station 2WL had to conduct emergency programmes from its transmission station at Windang…

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7 die in UK gales

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.- Gales up to 100 miles an hour yesterday cut a path of destruction across the southern half of Britain from Kent to Cornwall causing…

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Cloudburst Floods Melbourne

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.—A thunderstorm and cloudburst flooded Melbourne to-day…

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Many Withdraw From Bulli Surf Carnival After Storm

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1954 · page 12

Saturday's surf carnival at Bulli was marred by torrential rain which drove spectators away and caused half the competitors to withdraw…

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Four Killed in Continental Gales

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1954 · page 10

LONDON, Mon.— At least four men were killed when; gales, raging between 60 and 80 miles per hour, swept…

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Heavy Rain Follows Work Of Rainmakers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.—Heavy rain has fallen in the Cloncurry area since the C.S.I.R.O. rainmaking team…

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Widespread flooding in south England

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.—Bright, cold weather gave a respite to storm battered Britain yesterday but rivers swollen by days of rain still menace thousands of homes. The flood danger peak…

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Floods, Gales, Fog Harass Uk., Eire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 14

LONDON, Wed. — Floods gales, fog and snow ageing harassed the British Isles yesterday but the position…

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Gales, Sleet Lash Britain

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.—Gales at times reaching 88 miles an hour swept the length and breadth of the British…

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