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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

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Operation In Storm

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 3

While a blinding tropical storm raged, an urgent operation was carried out at midnight…

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Dander in The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1943 · page 2

ONE day, when my brother, Robin and I were out riding at Bundanoon a thunderstorm broke. Suddenly there was a…

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Big Flood Loss in W. Virginia

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.—Flooding of the Ohio River has caused damage estimated at £1,000,000 in several American States…

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Swam flood to enlist--rejected

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 January 1943 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sat.--James Crawford, of Kihee Station, Eromanga, swam a swollen river walked 30 miles, and…

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Sailing Storm Ahead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 7

It the anger displayed by some skippers at the conclusion of the League's 18-footer handicap on Sunday over incidents prior to the start and at the finish, has not abated, there…

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French Hurl Bick Nazi Tanks Tunisia Attack Fails Storms Hamper Libya Forces From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 7

LONDON, January 5.—When French forces flung back a German tank attack on Eonndouk (important road junction southeast of Pichon, southern Tunisia) on…

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Dust Storms from Inland Menace Whole Nation

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 4

SOME weeks ago a reader drew attention to the gigantic plan for inland irrigation outlined by Ion L. Idriess in his book "The Great Boomerang." It has since been suggested that such an irrigation scheme…

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Quality Important Factor in New Markets for Our Dairy Products (New Year Message from T. Flood Plunkett, M.L.A., Chairman, Australian Dairy Board.)

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

IN all my former greetings to the dairymen of Australia at this special season for the expression of goodwill, I emphasised the urgent need for the greatest possible production of dairy products of quality…

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Wheat Crop Harvested This Season Under Difficulties Much Damage by Heavy Rain

The Land · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

A MOST difficult wheat harvesting season is now drawing to a close in many New South Wales districts. Some of the problems of harvesting and transport, however, were considerably eased by the co-operation of farmers and local townsmen and the work of war…

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Convoy's Fight with Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 9

LONDON, Jan. 8.—One of our convoys to Malta had to fight its way through some of the worst gales in the Mediterranean for…

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Grim Toll by Cyclone 11,000 Killed in Bengal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

LONDON. Jan. 8 (A.A.P.).—It is now revealed that 3,000 square miles were affected by the terrific cyclone which swept…

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Many died in snows and storms

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 4

Canada suffered from the worst weather to hit the country in 50 years. Since Christmas, widespread…

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May Be Storm Over Envoy's Post In Aust

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 18

WASHINGTON, Saturday.— Appointment of Edward J. Flynn as Roosevelt's personal representative to Australia is…

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American Minister Nelson T. Johnson's Sudden Retirement -- "Going Home" Storm Over 'New U.S. Ambassador'

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 1

Powerful US political leader, Edward J. Flynn, yesterday named himself President Roosevelt's "new ambassador and personal representative to Australia." Last night, Nelson T. Johnson, American Minister in Canberra for the…

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Making Most of Sudden "Deluge"

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 3

Children rushed to get into bathers when this wafer main burst in Telopea-street, Redfern, today. Their expressions show that the water was cold. A column of water 40 feet high shot into the air when the water main burst…

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Boys Saved From Flood Ordeal in Tree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 6

TAMWORTH, Monday.—Two small boys had to cling grimly for four hours to the trunk of an old oak tree in the…

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Flood Maroons Boys in Tree

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Monday.--Two boys clung for four hours to the trunk of an old oak tree in the MacDonald River at Woolbrook, near Tamworth,…

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Two Boys Rescued From River Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 7

TAMWORTH, Monday.-- After clinging to a tree in the flooded MacDonald River at Woolbrook, near Tamworth, two boys were finally…

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50 Nurses in Storm Over Food

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 2

The hunger strike at Balmain District Hospital has now extended to the entire trainee nursing staff, with the exception…

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Storm Over Envoy Move By Senators

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee may summon…

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