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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 31

BOOFHEAD Any Port In A Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 13

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Rabaul Raid Flight in Storm Our War Correspondent, G. H Johnston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 5

ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, April 15.—Despite bad weather and shocking visibility Allied aircraft to-day carried out one of…

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Pilots Brave Storm to Attack Japs Raids On Koepang, Rabaul Heavy Enemy Plane Losses

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

Since March 22 more than 60 Japanese planes have been destroyed or damaged in the New Guinea area, says the B.B.C…

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Pilots Brave Storm to Attack Japs Heavy Raids On Koepang and Rabaul Mounting Toll of Japanese Aircraft

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

Since March 22 more than 60 Japanese planes have been destroyed or damaged in the New Guinea area, says the B.B.C. Continuing their day-by-day offensive against…

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Pilots Brave Storm to Attack Japs Heavy Raids On Koepang and Rabaul Mounting Toll of Japanese Aircraft

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

Since March 22 more than 60 Japanese planes have been destroyed or damaged in the New Guinea area, says the B.B.C. Continuing their day-by-day offensive against…

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Pilots Brave Storm to Attack Japs Heavy Raids On Koepang and Rabaul Mounting Toll of Japanese Aircraft

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

Since March 22 more than 60 Japanese planes have been destroyed or damaged in the New Guinea area, says the B.B.C. Continuing their day-by-day offensive against…

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Pilots Brave Storm to Attack Japs Heavy Raids On Koepang and Rabaul Mounting Toll of Japanese Aircraft

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

Since March 22 more than 60 Japanese planes have been destroyed or damaged in the New Guinea area, says the B.B.C. Continuing their day-by-day offensive against…

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Flood Damage in Georges River

The Biz · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3

Cable Makers [?] Ltd. wrote to Liverpool Council on Tuesday evening, stating that, durin the recent flood in the river, a portion of their property was [?]…

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Books Flood in for the Camp Library a Colossal Job of Sorting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 9

Not by hundreds or thousands, but by tens of thousands, books and magazines are pouring in for the Camp Library, and the man who has the job of classifying and distributing them, finds himself doing a war-time job of unexpected…

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Calm That Took Lagoon to Flood Had Pep to Fly Home in Flying Fickle Astrid Flops

Truth · Sunday 19 April 1942 · page 3

TRAINER CLYDE COOK attributes Lagoon's improved form and stamina to a rest-cure he gave the three-year-old last Spring when the son of Pentheus-Muddy was growing. "If I hadn't put him out at the time I am sure he would…

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Germans Forced to Fight in Flooded Trenches Bitter Attacks By Russians Launched In Leningrad Zone LONDON

The Sun · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 2

Russian troops are defying the mud, as they did the winter cold, and are forcing the Germans to fight bitterly on the Leningrad front…

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"Flooded Out" Blames the Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 5

Mr. H. Down, of Park-avenue, Westmead, complained to Blacktown Council that he had been "flooded out once again, due to the council's…

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Beer Deluge Preceded Dry

The Sun · Sunday 26 April 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY'S bottled beer drought broke temporarily on Friday, in anticipation of a "dry"…

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"Stride Bravely Through The Storm" P.M's. Anzac Day Call to Australia

Truth · Sunday 26 April 1942 · page 18

IN half-deserted city streets old Diggers met yesterday to relive old memories on the 27th anniversary of Anzac and to pay homage to mates who did not return…

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Russians Ready for Summer Offensive Flooding Nazis From Forts LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 26 April 1942 · page 3

Moscow reports reveal that the Russians are paving the way for mighty blows when the weather improves. Moscow radio said last night that the Red Army,…

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Boats Lost in Floods Protest on Seizure. by Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 9

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for the Army. Mr. Forde, and the Minister for the Navy, Mr. Makin, made…

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Seized Boats Lost in Floods

The Biz · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 4

The Minister for the Navy. Mr. Makin, said in the House of Representatives yesterday that, because of f[?]ds in the Hawkesbury River area, 165 boats seized…

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Cloud-burst Floods Melbourne Streets

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A cloudburst this afternoon turned the city streets into three-foot-deep rivers in 20 minutes…

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Australiana Historic Flood

The World's News · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 19

A DISASTROUS flood occurred in the Brisbane River, Queensland, in the year 1893. The bridge across the river at the top of Queens-street…

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"Storm in a Teacup" A.I.F. Colour Patches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 7

Military circles regard the matter of A.I.F men and colour patches, referred to in State and Federal Parliaments, as a storm…

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