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Floods & storms, 1942

604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 31

Would Have Flooded 'Em Niagara Can Run

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 4

A BIG future is predicted for the two-year-old Niagara, who would have started a pronounced favorite at Randwick on Saturday had the races been held. His owners, Messrs. "S. J. Ande"…

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Floods in Sydney Suburbs Last Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 7

Heavy flooding occurred in many Sydney suburbs as a result of the rain last week. Top: A flooded foolway at Hurlstone Park where waters from Cook's River covered extensive areas. Lower: A green on the Marrickville Golf Course surrounded by flood waters…

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Flood Rains Break Drought City Gains Six Months' Water Five Deaths; Extensive Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 5

Flood rains—the heaviest ever recorded in the metropolitan district—last week gave Sydney at least six months' and probably nearly a year's supply of water…

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Flood Rain (Continued)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 6

Principal metropolitan recording for the week were:—Turramurra, 1.508 points: Hornsby, 1,437 points; Wahroonga, 1.408 points; Riverview, 1,141…

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Japs Withdraw to Lae Base Floods Cover Vital Valley

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1

Huge floods have wrested from the Japanese all the land they had occupied in the Markham Valley, from which they hoped to threaten Port Moresby…

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Flooded Rivers May Bring Nazi Armies Into Gigantic Natural Trap

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 2

GERMANS IN THE UKRAINE and parts of the southern sector in Russia are confronted with a dilemma. Either they must with draw west of the large river systems before the thaw, or must risk being cut off and their armies wiped out piecemeal. The…

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Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1

TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young,. Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…

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Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1

TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young, Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…

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Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1

TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young, Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…

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Floods Bog Japanese Enemy Retreats In New Guinea As Wet Season Begins

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1

TROPICAL downpours along the north coast of New Guinea have forced the Japanese to withdraw their entire forces from the Markham Valley, cables Barry Young, Daily Mirror war correspondent in New Guinea. The Markham River is in heavy flood. Arrival of the wet season should seriously…

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Floods Cause Japanese Withdrawal From Our War Correspondent in Papua

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 5

PORT MORESBY, Monday.— A small Japanese force of one heavy twin-engined bomber and three Zero fighters carried out…

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Householders Want Flood Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 6

Residents of Golf Parade and Pittwater Road, Manly, will petition the Manly Town Council tonight to approach the Government for flood…

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Big Jap Flood Losses Water Five Feet Over Markham Valley Dromes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 1

ALL aerodromes occupied by the Japanese invasion forces, in the Markham Valley are now five feet under wafer, and it is believed that the enemy has lost considerable quantities of stores and equipment in…

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Big Jap Flood Losses Water Five Feet Over Markham Valley Dromes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 1

ALL aerodromes occupied by the Japanese invasion forces in the Markham Valley are now five feet under water, and if is believed that the enemy has lost considerable quantities of stores and equipment in…

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Storms Restrict Libya Patrols

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 8

LONDON, March 31.—A communique issued from British G.H.Q., Cairo, says that stormy weather limited the patrol activity of both…

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Record Flood Rains. Local District Drenched

The Propeller · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 7

Countless millions of tons of water--the most formidable fall ever recorded--swamped St. George and Sutherland Shire during the tropical…

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Yesterday's Sporting American News Louis-Smion Gale Receipts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 7

(Turf News on Page 3.) NEW YORK. April 1 (A.A.P.). —Joe Louis and the promoter, Mr. Mike Jacobs, presented a…

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Electric Storm Damage Electrician Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday.—An electrician, Edward Walter Harrington, aged 56, of Myrtleton, was killed last night while he was repairing a switch at a…

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R.A.F. Defies Heavy Gales To Reach German Targets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--Bombers, which raided western and north-western Germany on Wednesday night, fought their way to their targets through appalling weather…

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Near Cropper Tidemark Ebb On Flood

Truth · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 2

I THINK I should have won that race," declared Harold Badger when he dismounted from Tidemark, who ran third in the first…

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