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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 31

Troops Close In To Storm Pass

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--With British, South African, and Polish artillery constantly hurling heavy shells against the beleaguered Axis garrison, Hellfire Pass (Egyptian border) is living up to its aptly-descriptive name…

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Troops Close In To Storm Pass

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--With British, South African, and Polish artillery constantly hurling heavy shells against the beleaguered Axis garrison, Hellfire Pass (Egyptian border) is living up to its aptly-descriptive name…

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Timor Storm Subsides No Portuguese Action Our Own Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Jan. 15.—Diplomatic difficulties between Britain and Portugal arising from the occupation of Timor by Australian…

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Guns, Bombs Blast Hellfire Allied Infantry Closing In To Storm Forces On Pass Cloud of Dust Covers Field

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--With British, South African and Polish artillery constantly hurling heavy shells against the beleagured Axis garrison, Hellfire Pass (Egyptian border) is living up to its aptly descriptive…

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Storm Centre

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 12

ERA (E. Terrill) returning to Scale after winning the first division of the Nursery Handicap at Moorefield today. Punters…

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Storm Centre

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 12

ERA (E. Terrill) returning to scale after winning the first division of the Nursery Handicap at Moorefield today. Punters…

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Storm Centre

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 12

ERA (E. Terrill) returning to scale after winning the first division of the Nursery Handicap at Moorefield today. Punters…

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Cyclone Does Heavy Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 5

WEE WAA, Friday.--A 20-minute cyclone in Wee Waa district yesterday killed sheep, unroofed sheds, knocked down chimneys and windmills,…

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Two Ships Hit In Gale LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 2

Flying in a gale, R.A.F. torpedo bombers scored hits on a big enemy tanker and an escorting destroyer in the Central…

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Floods--Then Drought

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

A water geyser at Ashfield early to-day provided bountiful supplies to an…

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"The Storm That Is to Come" --

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 1

Henry Lawson (born 1867 in a tent at Grenfell--died poor, 1922) wrote these three verses of "The Storm That Is To Come" nearly 40 years ago. To-day the bushman poet's lines…

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BRITAIN Churchill will ride yet another storm in the Commons

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 3

The storm of criticism over Pacific reverses that will break in the House of Commons may be the fiercest since Churchill took office, but out of it the Prime Minister will, come unscathed…

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Bushfire and Flood Warnings Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

When weather conditions in a particular region produce acute bushfire hazards immediately endangering Australian…

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Storm Damage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 5

Using spotlights, employees of Blacktown Council worked, through Sunday night to repair extensive damage to electric mains, caused by the…

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Last Sunday's Storm

The Propeller · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

A considerable amount of damage and Inconvenience followed in the wake of the sudden wind, rain, and lightning storm, which swept…

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We Face the Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

What Australia receives by having a place in the British War Cabinet (to be temporarily occupied by Sir Earle Page) is no great shakes so far. Australia's representation in a Pacific War Council is a bit more promising…

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We Face the Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

What Australia receives by having a place in the British War Cabinet (to be temporarily occupied by Sir Earle Page) is no great shakes so far. Australia's representation in a Pacific War Council is a bit more promising…

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We Face the Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

What Australia receives by having a place in the British War Cabinet (to be temporarily occupied by Sir Earle Page) is no great shakes so far. Australia's representation in a Pacific War Council is a bit more promising…

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We Face the Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

What Australia receives by having a place in the British War Cabinet (to be temporarily occupied by Sir Earle Page) is no great shakes so far. Australia's representation in a Pacific War Council is a bit more promising…

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We Face the Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

What Australia receives by haying a place in the British War Cabinet (to be temporarily occupied by Sir Earle Page) is no great shakes so far. Australia's representation in a Pacific War Council is a bit more promising…

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