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Floods & storms, 1941

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Gale Put Wind Up Ascot Punters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 October 1941 · page 18

RACEGOERS who braved the rain to attend Ascot this afternoon had an uncomfortable time when a gale struck the course midway…

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Gale Put Wind Up Ascot Punters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 October 1941 · page 19

RACEGOERS who braved the rain to attend Ascot this afternoon had an uncomfortable time when a gale struck the course midway…

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Gale Put Wind Up Ascot Punters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 October 1941 · page 19

RACEGOERS who braved the rain to attend Ascot this afternoon had an uncomfortable time when a gale struck the course midway…

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Czechs Try to Storm Prison

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 October 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—Czech patriots tried to storm Prague Jail, where Czech leaders are imprisoned, says Moscow radio. A bomb was thrown at the…

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Sydney Battered by Gale Heavy Rain Falls On Catchment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 5

A 65 m.p.h. gale, accompanied by heavy rain, swept Sydney for 14 hours yesterday…

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Gales and Rain

The Biz · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 5

Gales, rain, snow, and sleet swept large areas of the State yesterday, Storms brought heavy rain to the catchment area, more than an inch being…

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Newcastle Gale Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A 70-miles per hour gale tore down light and power lines, unroofed several sheds and garages, and shattered shop…

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Catchment Rains Gale Lashes State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 9

Gales, rain, snow, and sleet swept big areas of the State yesterday. They brought "Arclic…

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Storm Damage at Brighton

The Propeller · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 4

At the height of last night's storm, which was accompanied by terrific wind, a corrugated iron skillion roof, about 20 feet square, was torn from…

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Big Stock Loss In Rain Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 22

MOSS VALE, Thursdays-Heaviest loss for years has been caused among newly-shorn and crossbred…

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Trainees To-day Dry Out Wet, But Cheerful, After The Storm:--

The Sun · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 2

"Drying out" after the deluge was part of the task that faced 15,000 compulsory trainees…

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Told Fairy Tales to Hide Terro Child Veils of Storm Ordeal 3 Spend Night in School Building

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 2

IMPRISONED in an outbuilding at the Seventh Day Adventist school, Auburn, last night, 51-year-old Betty Dawes, of Northumberland Avenue, Auburn, told her two tiny companions fairy stories to lessen…

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Told Fairy Tales to Hide Terror Child Tells of Storm Ordeal 3 Spend Night in School Building

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 2

IMPRISONED in an outbuilding at the Seventh Day Adventist school, Auburn, last night, 5½-year-old Betty Dawes, of Northumberland Avenue, Auburn, told her two tiny companions fairy stories to lessen…

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Empire Airmen Flood England London

The Sun · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 1

Trained personnel from the Empire Air Scheme pool is now reaching the United Kingdom in great numbers. Among arrivals are contingents of Australian pilots, eager to maintain the fine…

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Flood Of U.S. Arms To Libya

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.--American war materials, particularly tanks, are pouring into Egypt in great…

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Flood Of U.S. Arms To Libya

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.--American war materials, particularly tanks, are pouring into Egypt in great…

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Flood Of U.S. Arms To Libya

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.--American war materials, particularly tanks, are pouring into Egypt in great…

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Windsors in Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 2

MONTREAL, Saturday.-- The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are marooned at their ranch, near Pekisko,…

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Windsors in Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 2

MONTREAL, Saturday.-- The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are marooned at their ranch, near Pekiso,…

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Windsors in Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 2

MONTREAL, Saturday.-- The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are marooned at their ranch, near Pekisko,…

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