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Floods & storms, 1941

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Two People Missing in Flooded River. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 11

It is believed that Mr. Lloyd Siegert, a farmer, of Jamestown, and Miss Eva May Horner, 27, of Wirrabara, were drowned when the car in which they were riding was caught…

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Lovers Die in Flooded Creek Adelaide

The Sun · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 3

Swept from a buckboard down a swollen creek near Laura yesterday, the bodies of a young couple were found to-day, 16 hours after the…

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Swept to Death in Flood Youngman and Girl Lose Lives

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Monday.--A 24-year-old Jamestown farmer, Lloyd Siegert, and his fiancee, Eva May Horner (27),…

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Explosion, Cyclone Kill Thousands

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.). -- Heavy loss of life is reported in two big disasters--one in Yugoslavia, the other in India…

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More Useful Rain. Gales and Snow Expected. Light Falls on Catchment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 9

Beneficial light to moderate rains fell over a large area of inland New South Wales yesterday. The wheat belt again benefited…

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Many Drowned During Cyclone in India. Calcutta, June 9. (A. A. P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 10

It is reported than 5,000 persons were drowned when a cyclone struck numerous villages in the Barlsal district of the Ganges delta…

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Protest Against Flooding Of Burragorang Valley

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

"THAT a beautiful valley like Burragorang should be flooded to extinction is a shame," said the joint-secretary of the Burragorang Defence…

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Protest Against Flooding Of Burragorang Valley

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

"THAT a beautiful valley like Burragorang should be flooded to extinction is a shame," said the joint-secretary of the Burragorang Defence…

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Protest Against Flooding Of Burragorang Valley

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

"THAT a beautiful valley like Burragorang should be flooded to extinction is a shame," said the joint-secretary of the Burragorang Defence…

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Britain's Storm Troops — Training on 3.7 Anti-aircraft Gun — First 28-Ton Tank From U.s. Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 10

1 oughening Britain's storm troops by rigorous training. Top: Fully-equipped soldiers scaling a steep wall, Centre:. Tackling an enemy at close quarters demands a high standard of courage and aggressiveness. Lower: Emerging from a river after swimming across with full kit. Photographs from latest Fox…

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Burrinjuck Inquiry. Flood Prevention Cost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 7

The State Government has appointed a committee to inquire into the probability of floods at Burrinjuck Dam. It was on this flood probability that the…

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Protest Against Flooding

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 9

"IF Burragorang Valley were fully developed it would be found to have everything the B.H.P. has," said Miss Amy Knight last night at a…

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Protest Against Flooding

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 9

"IF Burragorang Valley were fully developed it would be found to have everything the B.H.P. has," said Miss Amy Knight last night at a…

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Protest Against Flooding

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 9

"IF Burragorang Valley were fully developed it would be found to have everything the B.H.P. has," said Miss Amy Knight last night at a…

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Protest Against Flooding

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 9

"IF Burragorang Valley were fully developed it would be iound to have everything the B.H.P. has," said Miss Amy. Knight last night at a…

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Fairbanks' Will Storm

Truth · Sunday 15 June 1941 · page 25

SOME time ago we predicted thunder in the air between young Douglas Fairbanks and his widowed step-mamma in the…

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Gale Wrecks Trees, Fences

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--A gale of cyclonic force began shortly after midnight this morning and raced fiercely for two and a half…

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Gale Wrecks Trees. Fences

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--A gale of cyclonic force began shortly after midnight this morning and raged, fiercely for two and a half…

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Gale Wrecks Trees, Fences

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--A gale of cyclonic force began shortly after midnight this morning and raged fiercely for two and a half…

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Quiet Before the Storm. Russo-German Tension Grows. Effects of Nazi-turkish Pact. Challis Professor of History, University of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 12

The tremendous possibilities latent in the Russo-German crisis continue to dominate the world scene, the one paramount fact in the present welter of rumours and speculation being that the crisis has been "Made in Germany." Far from having been foisted upon an unwilling…

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