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Floods & storms, 1943

685 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 35

Storm May Have Ruined Pea Crop

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 4

Yesterday's storms may have ruined most of the new season's pea crop, said City Markets agents today…

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Storm May Have Ruined Pea Crop

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 4

Yesterday's storms may have ruined most of the new season's pea crop, said City Markets agents today…

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Hail Piled Up Like Snow in Record Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 6

Hail on the footpath of John Street, Lidcombe, which was more than one foot deep in parts, when one of the worst storms for many years struck Sydney and suburbs yesterday. In Lidcombe and Homebush and adjoining suburbs, many houses were flooded and fences washed away…

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Reds Storm Kremenchug. Last Base on Dnieper Fierce Battles At Bridgeheads

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--Kremesichug, last Nazi fortress on the east bank of the Dnieper and key rail junction, has fallen to the Red Army. Moscow celebrated the victory with salvos of guns…

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Russians Storm Big Dnieper City Tank Forces Cross River; Whole Nazi Line Menaced

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--Powerful Russian assault forces are swarming across the Dnieper River into Dnepropetrovsk, big rail town on the Dnieper Bend…

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Storm Destroys Vegetables Millions of Plants Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 7

Millions of lettuces, cabbages, and beetroot grown for the Sydney market were destroyed by Wednesday's storm in the…

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Record Storm Causes Damage in City and Suburbs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 10

SYDNEY experienced its heaviest rain storm in history on Wednesday, when 336 points of rain fell in an hour…

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Paddington "Flooded" with Young Players

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 12

Paddington cricket selectors are in the enviable and "embarrassing" position of having more players than they can place in teams -- the result of an advertising campaign for young players two years ago…

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Paddington "Flooded" I with Young Players

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 12

Paddington cricket selectors are in the enviable and "embarrassing"position of having more players than they can place in teams -- the result of an advertising campaign for young players two years ago…

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Paddington "Flooded'' with Young Players

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 12

Paddington cricket selectors are in the enviable and "embarrassing" position of having more players than they can place in teams -- the result of an advertising campaign for young players two years ago…

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Paddington "Flooded" with Young Players

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 11

Paddington cricket selectors are in the enviable and "embarrassing" position of having more players than they can place in teams -- the result of an advertising campaign for young players two years ago…

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Paddington ''Flooded" with Young Players

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 12

Paddington cricket selectors are in the enviable and "embarrassing" position of having more players than they can place in teams -- the result of an advertising campaign for young players two years ago…

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Storm Destroys Vegetable Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 10

Wednesday's storm, which deluged many of the western suburbs, caused many thousands of pounds' worth of damage to vegetable crops. Top[?] Some of the 55,000 cabbages which were destroyed on Mr. C. Bucca's farm at Canley Vale. In addition, 10,000 tomato seedlings, marrows, and beans were washed away. Water to a depth of 5ft covered a large…

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Lachlan, Macquarie Flood Warning

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 3

THE Weather Bureau today issued a warning that brief flooding of the Lachlan River below Forbes and of the Macquarie below Dubbo is…

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Lachlan, Macquarie Flood Warning

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 3

THE Weather Bureau today issued a warning that brief flooding of the Lachlan River below Forbes and of the Macquarie below Dubbo is…

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Lachlan, Macquarie Flood Warning

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 3

THE Weather Bureau today issued a warning that brief flooding of the Lachlan River below Forbes and of the Macquarie below Dubbo is…

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Lachlan, Macquarie Flood Warning

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 3

THE Weather Bureau today issued a warning that brief flooding of the Lachlan River below Forbes and of the Macquarie below Dubbo is…

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Flood warnings to Forbes, Warren

The Sun · Sunday 3 October 1943 · page 5

Warning of expected flooding during the next two or three days on the Lachlan River below Forbes, and also on the…

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Less Danger of Floods Rivers Still High

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 4

The risk of serious floods on portions of the Macquarie and Lachlan rivers has generally diminished, although both rivers…

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Grocer's Store Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 10

When a water main burst yesterday at the corner of Croydon Road and Elizabeth Street, Croydon, a jet of water rose 30 feet and flooded a grocery…

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