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Floods & storms, 1941

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'Waterbug' floods picture theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 June 1941 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Saturday. -- A "waterbug," who turned on 10 taps in cloakrooms at the Regent Theatre last night, caused £100 damage. The taps, which were turned on after the night screening…

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Storm Gathers Over Cyril Towers Won't Deny League Game "Read It in Paper"

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 28

"The first I knew of it was when I read the paper,"said Cyril Towers,famous Rugby Union international, commenting on a statement that the had taken part in a Rugby League match at Wollongong on…

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Storm Gathers Over Cyril Towers Won't Deny League Game "Read It in Paper"

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 28

"The first I knew of it was when I read the paper,"said Cyril Towers,famous Rugby Union international, commenting on a statement that the had taken part in a Rugby League match at Wollongong on…

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Storm Gathers Over Cyril Towers Won't Deny League Game "Read It in Paper"

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 28

"The first I knew of it was when I read the paper," said Mr. Cyril Towers, famous Rugby Union international, commenting on a statement that the had taken part in a Rugby League match at Wollongong on…

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Storm Gathers Over Cyril Towers Won't Deny League Game "Read It in Paper"

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 28

"The first I knew of it was when I read the paper," said Cyril Towers,famous Rugby Union international, commenting on a statement that the had taken part in a Rugby League match at Wollongong on…

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Floodlights Used for Football

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 13

Floodlights were switched on in the second half of the Rugby Union match between Randwick and Parramatta at Parramatta Oval on Saturday…

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Gale Upsets Ferry Service

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 7

Huge seas, swept up by the south-west gale, disrupted Manly ferry service yesterday. Because of the heavy swell, some…

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Old Woman Dies Lost In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--An all-night search, in a howling gale, with the temperature near freezing point, ended this morning in the discovery of the body…

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Storm Tricks with Planes London

The Sun · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 2

Clouds charged with electricity played the queerest tricks with British bombers which last night raided Germany, including Berlin, where they left large areas in the centre of the city ablaze…

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Menace to Gibraltar Grows Nazis Rush Bases In North Africa 'Tourists' Flood Spain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- There is every possibility that the Axis move will be against Gibraltar and Malta, by way of Spain and French North Africa. Because of the swiftly hardening attitude of the United States…

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Menace to Gibraltar Grows Nazis Rush Bases In North Africa 'Tourists' Flood Spain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- There is every possibility that the Axis move will be against Gibraltar and Malta, by way of Spain and French North Africa. Because of the swiftly hardening attitude of the United States,…

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Menage to Gibraltar Grows Nazis Rush Bases In North Africa 'Tourists' Flood Spain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- There is every possibility that the next Axis move will be against Gibraltar and Malta, by way of Spain and French North Africa. Because of the swiftly hardening attitude of the United States…

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Menace to Gibraltar Grows Nazis Rush Bases In North Africa 'Tourists' Flood Spain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- There is every possibility that the next Axis move will be against Gibraltar and Malta, by way of Spain and French North Africa. Because of the swiftly hardening attitude of the United States…

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Menace to Gibraltar Grows Nazis Rush Bases In North Africa 'Tourists' Flood Spain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- There is every possibility that the Axis move will be against Gibraltar and Malta, by way of Spain and French North Africa. Because of the swiftly hardening attitude of the United States…

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Buckinbah Show & Sale Team High Class Sheep For Sydney; Floods Affect Appearance

The Land · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 16

In addition to the usual highclass team of stud rams and stud ewes for exhibition at the Sydney Sheep Show,…

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Cyclone In India

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.-- A message from Calcutta states that a cyclone has ravaged the Ganges Valley and many villages have been…

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Cyclone In India

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Monday. -- A message from Calcutta states that a cyclone has ravaged the Ganges Valley and many villages have been…

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Cyclone In India

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.-- A message from Calcutta states that a cyclone has ravaged the Ganges. Valley and many villages have been…

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Cyclone In India

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.-- A message from Calcutta states that a cyclone has ravaged the Ganges Valley and many villages have been…

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5000 Drowned by Cyclone, 1000 Killed Calcutta

The Sun · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 4

Five thousand people, it is estimated, have been drowned in a cyclone which swept over many villages in the…

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