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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 31

Flood Waters Receding

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

The flood waters of the Namoi and Macquarie rivers have fallen in the higher and central regions, and are receding from…

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Flood Waters Receding

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

The flood waters of the Namoi and Macquarie rivers have fallen in the higher and' central regions, and are receding from…

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Flood Wall to Save Town Threat to Warren Not Past

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 6

Municipal employees at Warren have built a flood bank two feet high and a mile and a half long, to protect the town from…

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Town Now Below River Level Warren's Peril In floods

The Sun · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 3

The Macquarie River at Warren has risen so high during the past week that the town is…

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Floods Threaten River Township

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

Floodwaters broke the banks of the Macquarie River at Warren last night and threaten the eastern side of the township. Several families were…

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Floods Now After Drought In Many N.S.W. Districts

The Land · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 1

LAST week-end many towns were endangered by Hood waters from the Macquarie, Namoi, and Castlereagh…

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Conservation of Fodder Lost Flood Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 3

"Efficient methods of fodder conservation would solve many of the problems with which we are faced, today," said Mr. A. C. Blaxland when…

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Flood Easing at Warren

The Sun · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 3

The Macquarie River at Warren receded three feet overnight and police stated today that the flood danger is passing…

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Driven Out By Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 6

Formers' families have been evacuated from flood isolated homes near Warren, on the…

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Ordent by Flood Complete Story

The World's News · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 10

TWO men and a woman sat in the slab hut. The woman held a baby on her lap. They sat silent listening. A…

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Floodlit Ship for Japanese London

The Sun · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 4

Japanese diplomatic and business men and their wives, who are being repatriated, embarked on the Egyptian liner. El Nil,…

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American Home News £1,500,000 Loss, 9 Dead in Pennsylvania Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 3

Floods in north and central Pennsylvania have caused more than £1,500,000 damage. Scores of towns and villages have been inundated, and thousands, of people made homeless…

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Barwon and [?] Above Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 11

THE Barwon and Namoi Rivers at Walgett had risen six inches above flood level and were still rising, said the assistant State Meteorologist…

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Barwon and Namoi Above Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 11

THE Barwon and Namoi Rivers at Walgett had risen six inches above flood level and were still rising, said the assistant State Meteorologist…

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Barwon and Namoi Above Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 11

THE Barwon and Namoi Rivers at Walgett had risen six inches above flood level and were still rising, said the assistant State Meteorologist…

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Barwon and Namoi Above Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 11

THE Barwon and Namoi Rivers at Walgett had risen six inches above flood level and were still rising, said the assistant State Meteorologist…

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Britain Nurtures "Orphans of World Storm" Terrors Of Blitz Forgotten Nurseries Replace Shattered Homes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 16

LONDON.--Eleven thousand children from bombed areas are being catered for by the Ministry for Health under a scheme which provides 360 residential nurseries to replace their wrecked homes…

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Britain Nurtures "Orphans of World Storm' Terrors Of Blitz Forgotten Nurseries Replace Shattered Homes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 16

LONDON.--Eleven thousand children from bombed areas are being catered for by the Ministry for Health under a scheme which provides 360 residential nurseries to replace their wrecked homes…

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Barwon Flood At Walgett

The Sun · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 3

Water from the Namo[?] River, which broke its banks and flooded several towns last week. is pouring into the Barwon and…

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A Speaker Among Storms Walter Maxwell Nairn Little=Known Politician

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 4

THOUGH Federal Speaker, Walter Maxwell Nairn, has been much in the…

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