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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 31

America Producing Flood Of Ships

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 July 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.-- America is now mass-producing ships at a speed never before attained anywhere in the world…

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America Producing Flood Of Ships

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 July 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday.-- America is now mass-producing ships at a speed never before attained anywhere in the world…

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America Producing Flood Of Ships

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 July 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday.-- America is now mass-producing ships at a speed never before attained anywhere in the world…

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Army gag may cause political storm

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 July 1942 · page 3

Reports that servicemen are being discouraged from bringing grievances under the notice of members of Parliament may cause a storm in political circles…

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Big Storm Toll Fish Fleet PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 5 July 1942 · page 7

Three bodies, believed to be those of men who lost their lives when a fishing lugger was wrecked at Scarborough Beach…

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Floods Sweep Victoria MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1942 · page 3

Floods have spread over vast areas of the north-eastern and upper Goulburn Valley…

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Flood Water Recedes in Victoria Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 3

Floods in north-eastern Victoria and the Goulburn Valley have subsided slightly, and unless there is further heavy rain…

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Boat Rescues in Vic. Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Police in boats have rescued people from flooded homes in the Wangaratta district, north-eastern Victoria…

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Stop Press [?]Otorian Flood Menace

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 12

MELBOUNE, Tuesday -- Weather Bureau warns of floods in northeastern Victorin and Goulburn Valley. Coulburn River overflowed…

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Stop Press Victoriay Flood Menace

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tuesday, -- Weather Barvear warns of floods in northeastern Victoria and Goulburn Valloy, Gpoulburn River overflowed…

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Big Floods Caused Damage in Victoria

The Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 3

Riding to school through the floodwaters on the main Ovens Valley Road, in the Wangaratta (Victoria) district, where the worst floods since 1917 have been experienced…

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U.S. Soldier Drowned In Victorian Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An American soldier has been drowned in the worst floods in the Wangaratta district for 25 years. Hundreds of square miles of…

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Second Death Through Flood Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 3

The second flood fatality was reported this afternoon when the Mooroopna police recovered the body of Patrick Lynch, laborer…

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Heavy Country Rain Brings Flood Fears

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 5

Torrential rain in several New South Wales country centres has brought fears of floods. Stock is being moved from some threatened areas, under…

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Two Rivers in Flood Macquarie and Bell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 9

WELLINGTON, Friday.—For the second time in a month the Bell and Macquarie Rivers are in flood. This was caused by…

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Families Leave Flooded Homes

The Sun · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 3

Heavy rain in the country caused rivers to break their banks. At Wellington police…

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Western Rivers in High Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 3

FOLLOWING heavy rain, the Macquarie and Bell Rivers in western N.S.W. are in flood. The Bell has overflowed its banks…

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Carried Off by Flood

Truth · Sunday 12 July 1942 · page 18

SEVERE floods in the Namoi, Peel and Mooki Rivers have inundated large tracts of low-lying areas in the Tamworth, Manila and…

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Big Floods In North; Many Families Homeless Rush to Save Flocks

The Sun · Sunday 12 July 1942 · page 3

Heavy rain in the northern part of the State has caused floods over a wide area. Many homes have…

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Servicemen Caught by Flood: One Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 July 1942 · page 2

Attempting to rescue trapped horses in a flooded paddock at Tamworth yesterday, three servicemen were carried away, and one is believed to have been drowned…

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