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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

759 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 38

Terrific Storms End British Heat-wave London, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

The Sun · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 1

Britain's heat-wave, which lasted a month, ended abruptly on July 12 with terrific storms throughout the country. Lightning killed two men and a…

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Storms Follow Heat Wave

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday. -- During great thunderstorms which ended June's month-long heat wave, two men and a girl were killed by…

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Storms Follow Heat Wave

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday. -- During great thunderstorms which ended June's month-long heat wave, two men and a girl were killed by…

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Lightning Kills Five in Storm: Baby Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.). -- Lightning Killed three men and two girls, and a six-month-old baby was drowned in a cellar when a terrific storm swept Britain on July 12…

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Water Supply Need of Flood Rains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 5

The annual report of the Water Board for the year ended June 30, submitted to members yesterday, shows that for…

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Torrential Rain Floods 76,000 Tokio Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 1

TOKIO, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Although Tokio missed the worst of last night's typhoon, 70 hours of torrential rain has flooded 76,000 homes and drowned more than 35 persons in the city area…

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Shearing Shed Wrecked by Storm

The Land · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 5

Not a bomb-battered ruin in Germany's Rhineland, but all that was left of the modern all-electric shearing shed on Kyalla Investment Co.'s "Kyalla Park" property, Orange, after the recent violent windstorm which left a trail of destruction through the district. Some iron from this shed was…

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Sydney Says Toast Of The Week MRS. W. Flood, of Bronte

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 10

WE drink to you, good lady, in celebration of your hundredth birthday, together with the robust, healthy cheerfulness which prompts you to say that "the young men and women…

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Chinese Typhoon Blows in Queensland Team Bowed to Storm

Truth · Sunday 27 July 1941 · page 15

BRISBANE, Saturday.—A Chinese typhoon swept through the Exhibition Grounds today and crashed and crumbled the State's might, which included four internationals. With palate-tickling toe-ball de luxe it gave the locals a lesson in…

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Heavy Rain in Riverina. Branch President "Witness's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 July 1941 · page 4

Since starting out I have visited the following sheds: Boonoke: 45-50,000, 40 stands, blades and machines; Allan McLean,…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Nazi Ships Bombed From Mast Height Through Storms to Attack Navy Planes Raid Big Finnish Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Flying between the ship's masts and within a few feet of the muzzles of anti-aircraft guns, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command yesterday afternoon attacked several enemy ships in…

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Mice, Weevils and Floods' Only Small Loss To Pool Wheat

The Land · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 4

THE total loss [?] to the [?] plague in perts of New South Wales and [?] which [?] the No.2 pood whent was…

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Heavy Rain in Old

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 7

INNISFAIL, Saturday. -- Sixty-six points of rain recorded in the past 48 hours have brought the aggregate since the beginning of the year to…

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