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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

685 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 35

City Warehouse Flooded When Water Pipe Bursts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1943 · page 4

WHEN employees of Philips Electrical Industries of Australia Pty., Margaret and Clarence Streets, arrived for work this morning, they…

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Hospital Patient Falls Two Floods To Death

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1943 · page 8

GEORGE READ (63), single, was killed when he fell two floors from a ward at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday morning…

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City Warehouse Flooded When Water Pipe Bursts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1943 · page 4

WHEN employees of Philips Electrical Industries of Australia Pty., Margaret and Clarence Streets, arrived for work this morning, they…

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Today's Peterson ... Withstanding the Storm

The Sun · Friday 3 September 1943 · page 4

This cartoon is reprinted in response to many requests since it first appeared in "The Sun" on August 27, 1940. A specially executed drawing of the original cartoon was sent to Mr. Churchill by one of his admirers as an Australian's tribute to the people of Britain. Today, on…

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Building Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1943 · page 9

A water pipe which burst on the fifth floor of Philips' Lamps (Australasia) Pty., Ltd., Clarence Street, city, early yesterday morning[?] flooded all…

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Foreign News Gathering Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 September 1943 · page 13

Angry Danes seized girls who continued to walk out with German soldiers, stripped them, slapped swastikas on them, drove…

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Floods Hold Up N.z. Prime Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1943 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Monday.—The worst floods of 11 years in the Gisborne distict delayed ihe Prime Minister, Mr[?] Fraser, on his election compaign…

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Flood of Bombs on Munich

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 September 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Despite numerous flares dropped by Nazi planes to illuminate the attacking bombers so that…

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German Armies Isolated As Key Bastion Falls Reds Storm Vital Town

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 September 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Communications between central and southern German armies in Russia have been severed by the capture of Bakhmach, key railway junction 100 miles…

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On the Record New Storm On Politics

Truth · Sunday 12 September 1943 · page 13

FOR some time there has been more or less open, though vague, hostility emanating from the White House and the State Department against those commentators who have been critical of our foreign policy. The President and Mr. Cordell Hull have used the case of columnist Drew…

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Salamaua Drome Falls; Militia's Flood Swim

The Sun · Monday 13 September 1943 · page 1

Swimming the flooded Francisco River, an Australian Militia unit has seized the airfield at Salamaua. Meanwhile Australian airborne troops have made a spectacular 17 -mile advance towards Lae. They are in contact with the Japs…

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China Weathers Storm Chiang's Assurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (A.A.P.). —China, had successfully passed through her economic crisis, and would be able to survive the…

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Bryansk Burns As Reds Storm City

The Sun · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Under clouds of smoke from blazing buildings, Russian troops last night were storming into Bryansk, wresting final control of the city from the Germans. German demolition troops were racing from street to…

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Russians Force Nazis Out of Bryansk Red Army Storms River Novorossisk Street Fighting From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1943 · page 7

LONDON, Sept. 14.—The Red Army has forced the Germans to abandon Bryansk, hinge between the central and southern fronts in Russia. Berlin Radio announced to-day that the vital base had…

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Marriage Tie Church Storm

The Sun · Thursday 16 September 1943 · page 3

CASINO, Thursday.--As the result of an outspoken attack on modern marriage, the Rev. Stuart Watts will face a motion of "protest and indignation" at the Grafton Anglican…

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Chesty Bond Any Portal In Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 5

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No Flood-gates Yet "Ridiculous to Ask"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1943 · page 3

In regard to the river improvement works, the Public, Works Department told Parramatta Council on. Monday that, owing to the manpower position…

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"Flood of Power" Going to Pacific Body Blows At Japs Planned Outline by U.S. GENERAL

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 September 1943 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday.-- Overwhelming air forces will be transferred, soon to the Pacific, said the U.S…

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Big Changes in Weather Snow to Hot Dust Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 7

New South Wales had a great variety of weather in the week ended 9 a.m. yesterday. It ranged from extensive frosts…

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Germans Strive to Stem Flood From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Sept. 23.—Along a front of 400 miles, the Germans are feverishly preparing to defend the Dnieper crossings…

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