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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

685 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 35

Deluge on Italy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1943 · page 4

After a week's heavy pounding of Sicily and its connections with the Italian mainland, the Allied air forces in the…

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Roofs Fly In Adelaide Gale

The Sun · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Houses were unroofed, electric light cut off, and fences and verandahs damaged when a gale hit…

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15,000 Die In Floods And Quake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Torrential rain following the earthquake which killed 15,000 people in the Black Sea towns of…

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15,000 Die In Floods And Quake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Torrential rain following the earthquake which killed 15,000 people in the Black Sea towns of…

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15,000 Die In Floods And Quake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Torrential rain following the earthquake which killed 15,000 people in the Black Sea towns of…

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15,000 Die In Floods And Quake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Torrential rain following the earthquake which killed 15,000 people in the Black Sea towns of…

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15,000 Die In Floods And Quake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Torrential rain following the earthquake which killed 15,000 people in the Black Sea towns of…

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Southern News "Flooded Twice" Complaints to Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1943 · page 2

"During the recent rains my house was flcoded twice, my carpets and linos ruined by mud and water, my front and back fences,…

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Flooded Out Residents' Experience

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 June 1943 · page 1

H. Moxham, 2 Surrey Street Guildford, wrote as follows to Holroyd Council: "During the recent rains my house was flooded twice, and my carpets and…

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Judge Causes Council Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--Six city councillors have given notice of dissociating themselves from the alleged…

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Judge Causes Council Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--Six city councillors have given notice of dissociating themselves from the alleged…

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Judge Causes Council Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--Six city councillors have given notice of dissociating themselves from the alleged…

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Judge Causes Council Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--Six city councillors have given notice of dissociating themselves from the alleged…

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Judge Causes Council Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--Six city councillors have given notice of dissociating themselves from the alleged…

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Calm After Canberra Storm Members Hurry To Electorates Date of Poll Not Fixed Yet

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Saturday.--After the sensational happenings of Thursday and Friday in the House of Representatives, culminating in an announcement by the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Calm After Canberra Storm Members Hurry To Electorates Date of Poll Not Fixed Yet

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Saturday.--After the sensational happenings of Thursday and Fridays in the House of Representatives, culminating in an announcement by the Prime Minister (Mr…

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CANADA Secession Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 June 1943 · page 14

Outspoken Major James H. Clarke, Speaker of the Ontario Legislature, said this from a Detroit radio station last…

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Still Steadfast, But Caspian Runs At Flood

Truth · Sunday 27 June 1943 · page 2

HOPES on a racecourse can be buried to abyssmal depths. During the week two gentlemen, one an estate agent, the other a…

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Application for Grant Repairing Flood Damage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 2

Referring at last week's meeting of Granville Council to the damage to roads and footpaths caused by recent heavy rains, the Mayor…

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Storm Jap Goal, Says Curtin CANBERRA

The Sun · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 1

If the Pacific war were likened to a football match, the first half was over, the Allies had…

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