House Collapses in Storm
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 7
Top: Mr. and Mrs. Phillips and their two children standing outside their home in Katoomba, which was badly damaged by a freak storm on Sunday evening. Lower: The wrecked bedroom and kitchen. The baby was in the bedroom and was…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 1
Ronald Charles Hope Richards (33) and his daughter, Margaret Bessie (4) died from injuries received when they were struck by a tree that was blown…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 6
Mr. Upton, president, informed the Water Board yester-day that during the storm on Sunday Mr. R. C. Richards and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Guinea Deluge Delays Advance
The Sun · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 1
Severe tropical storms and incessant rain are hampering Allied operations north of Eora…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Claims Shoe Market "Flooded with Junk"
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 October 1942 · page 11
The boot and shoe market was being "flooded with junk," Mr. G. D. Eldridge, Belmore boot repairer, declared yesterday. Some women's and children's…
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The Broadcaster · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 3
Mr. W. H. Lamb inquired in the Legislative Assembly: "Is the Minister for Public Works aware that there is doubt regarding the authority responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Shocking Condition" Storm-water Channels Whose Job to Clean Them?
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 8
In the Legislative Assembly last week, Mr. W. H. Lamb, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Works whether he was aware that there was doubt…
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The Sun · Thursday 29 October 1942 · page 3
A fire of interruptions assailed Mr. Treatt (UAP, Woollahra) in the Legislative Assembly today, when he advocated the amalgamation of the AIF and AMF for oversea service…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 30 October 1942 · page 1
Sydney is troubled with a plague of flies. The pests have taken the metropolitan area by storm, particuularly in the St. Peters, Erskineville, Leichhardt, Petersham, Bondi, Coogee, and Manly districts. THE Deputy-Director-General of…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 30 October 1942 · page 1
Sydney is troubled with a plague of flies. The pests have taken the metropolitan area by storm, particularly in the St. Peters, Erskineville, Leichhardt, Petersham, Bondi, Coogee, and Manly districts. THE Deputy-Director-General of…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 30 October 1942 · page 1
Sydney is troubled with a plague of flies. The pests have taken the metropolitan area by storm, particularly in the St. Peters, Erskineville, Leichhardt, Petersham, Bondi, Coogee. and Manly districts. THE Deputy-Director-General of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Tide Ebbs at Stalingrad Nazis Held Everywhere Soviet Reverse in Nalchik Area
Daily Mirror · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 5
LONDON, Monday. -- The German assault on Stalingrad is slackening. Repulsed everywhere in the northern factory area, the Germans Have had to yield ground at two points…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 5
LONDON, Monday. -- The German assault on Stalingrad is slackening. Repulsed everywhere in the northern factory area, the Germans have had to yield ground at two points…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 5
LONDON, Monday. -- The German assault on Stalingrad is slackening. Repulsed everywhere in the northern factory area, the Germans have had to yield ground at two points…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 5
LONDON, Monday. -- The German assault on Stalingrad is slackening. Repulsed everywhere in the northern factory area, the Germans have had to yield ground at two points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Postal Deluge For New Loan
The Sun · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 2
Distribution by post is taking place this week of 1,500,000 letters from the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to people in various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone's Havoc Disaster In India
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 7
CALCUTTA, Nov. 3. (A.A.P.).— It is officially revealed that 11,000 people were killed at Midnapore and Parganas, in…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 November 1942 · page 1
CALCUTTA, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--Eleven thousand people were killed when a cyclone swept several areas of Bengal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatality in Gale He Inquest
Nepean Times · Thursday 5 November 1942 · page 4
Struck by a limb of a tree in a gale, at Warragamba, on Sunday evening, October 12, Ronald Richard Hope Richards (33) and his daughter, Margaret…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Guinea Advance in Heavy Rain Three Raids on Dilli Big Solomons Battle Foreseen From Our Staff Correspondents and A.A.P.
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 November 1942 · page 5
Torrential rain is making progress in New Guinea difficult, but the Australian forces are steadily advancing towards Oivi, 10 track miles from Kokoda, which…
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