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Floods & storms, 1941

759 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 38

Roof Blown 80 Yards In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

PORTION OF THE ROOF from Mr. L. W. Brown's house in Ashfield was blown 80 yards down Oak Street by last night's tornado, and finally came to rest against a fence on the other side of the street, Three rooms of the house were unroofed…

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Roof Blown 80 Yards In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

PORTION OF THE ROOF from Mr. L. W. Brown's house in Ashfield was blown 80 yards down Oak Street by last night's tornado, and finally came to rest against a fence on the other side of the street, Three rooms of the house were unroofed…

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Roof Blown 80 Yards In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

PORTION OF THE ROOF from Mr. L. W. Brown's house in Ashfield was blown 80 yards down Oak Street by last night's tornado, and finally came to rest against a fence on the other side of the street, Three rooms of the house were unroofed…

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Roof Blown 80 Yards In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

PORTION OF THE ROOF from Mr. L. W. Brown's house in Ashfield was blown 80 yards down Oah Street by last night's tornado, and finally came to rest against a fence on the other side of the street, Three rooms of the house were unroofed…

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Roof Blown 80 Yards In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 3

PORTION OF THE ROOF from Mr. L. W. Brown's house in Ashfield was blown 80 yards down Oak Street by last night's tornado, and finally came to rest against a fence on the other side of the street, Three rooms of the house were unroofed…

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Flood As Weapon

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 August 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Russians may flood a vast area of the south-western Ukraine by blasting the great…

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Reds Smash Gigantic Dam Stalin's Immense Ukraine Flood Deluge Roars Down Towards Nazi Hordes London

The Sun · Thursday 21 August 1941 · page 1

The gigantic Dnieper dam in the Ukraine, one of the biggest in the world, has been utterly destroyed by Marshal Budenny, in charge of the…

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Storm Holds a "Black-Out"

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 August 1941 · page 1

During a severe[?] electrical storm on Monday night overhead electric cables were struck by lightning on the Western Road, causing a black-out in…

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London Visit Plan Debate Storm in Parliament Labour Members' Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Features of the debate in the House of Representatives to-day on the Cabinet's proposal that Mr. Menzies should be sent to London as Prime Minister were:—…

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Sown by Flood in 1916

The Land · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 7

Shelterbelt of self-sown red gums on "Lachlan Valley," Cowra. The trees, grew up following the 1916 flood…

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Rain Falls on Catchment Storms on Rural Areas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 August 1941 · page 15

Thunderstorms, with rain, occurred on parts of the Sydney water catchment area last night. There was heavy rain during…

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Thunderstorms Disrupt Lighting, Phones As-- Towns in Country Get Rain

The Sun · Saturday 23 August 1941 · page 3

Hope for substantial rains on the drought-stricken catchment and inland areas has been aroused by…

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Storm Damage Gundagai and Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 6

WAGGA, Sunday.—A severe thunderstorm which swept through Gundagai last night, tore tools from houses, uprooted…

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"Nazi Blood Flows In Fearful Flood!"--P.M

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--"Nine weeks ago today, without a vestige of provocation, Hitler hurled millions of soldiers, with all their apparatus, upon a neighbor he had called his friend with the avowed object of destroying Russia and tearing…

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Nazi Blood Flows in Fearful Flood!

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--"Nine weeks ago today, without a vestige of provocation, Hitler hurled millions of soldiers, with all their apparatus, upon a neighbor he had called his friend, with the avowed object of destroying Russia and tearina…

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"Nazi Blood Flows In Fearful Flood!"--P.M

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--"Nine weeks ago today, without a vestige of provocation. Hitler hurled millions of soldiers, with all their apparatus, upon a neighbor he had called his friend with the avowed object of destroying Russia and tearing…

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202 Casualties in U.s. Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Two people were killed and 200 injured, and £625,000 worth of damage was done by 100 m.p.h. gales along the Atlantic…

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Queensland Shearing Pastures Succeed Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 4

Shearing is prosgressing in Queensland, although the recent floods caused some delays. Good pastures have succeeded the…

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Frank Browne's Best--THE Exchange Cash Gale Has Chance in Graded W.P. FIELD

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 9

Good fields are drawn in the majority of the races at Wentworth Park tonight, chief interest being in the President's Stake, which brings together some of our best stavers…

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Frank Browne's Best -- the Exchange Cash Gale Has Chance in Graded W.P. FIELD

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 9

Good fields are drawn in the majority of the races at Wentworth Park tonight, chief interest being in the President's Stake, which brings together some of our best stayers…

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