Staggering Blow at Axis War Industry Widespread Floods in Ruhr Blowing Up of Dams "Major Victory" From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 7
LONDON, May l8.—All conclusions point to the fact that the floods caused by the blowing up of the great Moline and Eder dams, in Western Germany, by the R.A.F. on Sunday night are the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Danger Passing River Levels Fall
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 6
Flood danger in New South Wales is passing, it was officially announced yesterday by the Assistant Divisional…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ruhr Floods Engulf 54 TOWNSHIPS Many Swept Away
The Sun · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday.--At least 54 towns and villages have been flooded in the Ruhr by the blowing up of the great Mohne and Eder storage dams. Fifty thousand people are homeless and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods at Port Kembla
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 7
CHILDREN playing in the water which flooded streets and gardens in the Port Kembla district after recent heavy rain…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 7
Ruined vegetable gardens, flooded crops, dead animals, and broken boats have emerged from the receding flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warnings Of Floods By Weather Bureau
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2
Floods are expected on all eastern rivers from the Shoalhaven to the Macleay, including tributaries, warned the Weather Bureau today. AT Robertson heavy rain has been…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2
Floods are expected on all eastern rivers from the Shoalhaven to the Macleay, including tributaries, warned the Weather Bureau today. AT Robertson heavy rain has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Panic Grips at Heart of Flooded Ruhr Homeless Face Typhus Plague
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday.--Chaotic conditions have arisen ®SSffl in the Ruhr, where the surging floods unleashed by the R.A.F. attacks on the Mohne and Eder Dams have inundated 54 towns and villages, rendered 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Panic Stricken Ruhr Fears Typhus Plague Dead Rot In Floods
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday.--The bombed and flooded civilian population of the Ruhr believes that it must now face another grim scourge of war-dysentery…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 12
Floods are expected on all eastern rivers, from the Shoahaven to the Macleay, including tributaries, the Weather Bureau warned today…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Panic Grips at Heart of Flooded Ruhr Homeless Face Typhus Plague
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday.--Chaotic conditions have arisen in the Ruhr, where the surging floods unleashed by the R.A.F. attacks on the Mohne and Eder Dams have inundated' 54 towns and villages, rendered 50,000…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2
Floods are expected on ail eastern rivers from the Shoalhaven to the Macleay, including tributaries, warned the Weather Bureau today. AT Robertson heavy rain has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surging Ruhr Floods Spread Wide Terror Homeless Face Typhus Plague
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday.--Chaotic conditions have arisen in the Ruhr, where the surging floods unleashed by the R.A.F. attacks on the Mohne and Eder Dams have inundated 54 towns and villages, rendered 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warnings Of Floods By Weather Bureau
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2
Floods are expected on all eastern rivers from the Shoalhaven to the Macleay, including tributaries, warned the Weather Bureau today. AT Robertson heavy rain has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Panic Grips at Heart of Flooded Ruhr Homeless Face Typhus Plague
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Wednesday.--Chaotic conditions have arisen in the Ruhr, where the surging floods unleashed by the R.A.F. attacks on the Mohne and Eder Dams have inundated 54 towns and villages, rendered 50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"A Deluge!" Floods in Suburbs
The Biz · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 3
A rain and wind storm, which swept part of New south Wales caused floods and did extensive damage in the country and in suburbs of sydney. The rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Deluge Lower Town Flooded Adventure with Cattle
Nepean Times · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 1
PENRITH'S lower township was flooded yesterday to an extent that was reminiscent of floods of many years ago, before an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wild Gales Sweep Britain
The Sun · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Thursday.-- Fierce gales with torrential rain and snowstorms swept parts of Britain 11…
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The Sun · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 3
Members of the Australian Society of Engineers, who had imposed an embargo on overtime in the blast and open…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Gale Delays Ferries Homes Flooded, Roofs Torn From City Flats
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 5
Recent storms, which flooded homes and tore roofs from flats in the metropolitan area and central coastal N.S.W., also extended to parts of the North Coast…
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