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Floods & storms, 1941

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Two Cyclones May Bring More Floods Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 4

Two cyclones are converging on the Queensland coast and are causing heavy seas and torrential rains on the North Coast…

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Heavy Rain in North. Possibility of Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 9

Heavy rain has fallen on the North Coast, and there is a possibility of floods as more heavy falls in that district are forecast for to-day…

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Cyclone Is Due To-night

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

A severe cyclone, with heavy rain, is expected to strike Sydney to-night. A warning has been issued to…

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3-Minute Storm Blows in Window

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 2

A violent three-minute storm at Lakemba yesterday blew, in the plate-glass window of Harrison's store in Haldon Street…

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Bad Weather Forecast. Rain and Storms. Cyclone Threat to Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 15

A severe cyclone, which yesterday was moving towards the New South Wales coast at the rate of 400 miles a day, threatens heavy storm and rain…

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Fringe Of Cyclone Felt In Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 5

The fringe of a cyclone caused last night's unsettled weather conditions in Sydney, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said…

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Floods Due in March!

Truth · Sunday 9 February 1941 · page 20

THE coastal rains due in cycle early this month are now in progress, although they are showing a certain amount of variation from their former…

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Cyclone Goes South-east. Sydney's Muggy Weather

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 11

The cyclone which was expected to strike Sydney in the early hours of Saturday morning: lost its intensity and moved to the south-east. Weather…

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Heavy Rain in Country. Many Washaways. North-west Isolated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 13

Torrential downpours brought about nine inches of rain to the township of Gravesend, a few miles from Moree, on the north-western slopes, on…

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City of Alberni Damaged in a Gale

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

According to American papers, the five-masted schooner City of Alberni, from Fiji to Vancouver with sugar, sent a message on…

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Army Beer Rouses Storm Auckland

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 3

Despatch of 44,000 [?]allons of beer for troops in the Middle East has drawn a strong protest from the…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, February 14, 1941. the Storm Clouds Lowering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 6

Ministers and the Press have been striving for some weeks past, and especially during the last few days, to prepare the Australian public for the…

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Spray Irrigation; Cheaper and More Efficient Than Flooding Expert Compares Costs of Two Systems

The Land · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 5

IT is admitted that both the flooding and spray systems of irrigation serve the one purpose, that of saving and improving the crops. But we…

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Heavy Rain in Cairns District Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 3

Just over six inches of rain fell in the Cairns district during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day and it is still raining. Many low-lying areas are submerged and a number of houses are marooned…

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Storm-clouds in Pacific. Search for New Fronts in Europe. Ultimate Test of Democracies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 12

The seriousness of the position developing in the Pacific has been emphasised by four warnings which the Acting Prime Minister has issued in the last ten days, and by yesterday's meeting of the War Cabinet and the Chiefs of Staff of the various Services. The warnings…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, February 15, 1941. a Steady Front to the Coming Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 12

We shall see the situation in the Pacific in better proportion, and face its dangers with the steadier resolution, if we visualise ominous developments…

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N.Z.'s Finest Road Flooded Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 5

New Zealand's finest road, which cuts through the precipitous Ngahauranga Gorge, linking Wellington with the Auckland route, was badly…

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Storm Damage to N.z. Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 7

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday.--Torrential rainstorms yesterday caused thousands of pounds' damage to main highways into Wellington…

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Sunspot Cycles May Herald Great Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Active sunspot cycles which may herald a violent magnetic storm, have been recorded by Dr. Seth Nicholson,…

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Flying-Boat Sinks In Storm LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 1

The British flying-boat Clyde sank at her moorings in Lisbon Harbor (Portugal) when a violent cyclonic storm struck…

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