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Floods & storms, 1943

685 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 35

Floodlights Still on at Westgate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 4

Nearly 500 floodlights still glow at night at Westgate. For nearly a mile between Taverner's Hill and Johnston Street,…

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German Defence Line Cracked New Allied Gains In Italy Hard Fighting in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- Fighting in difficult country in heavy rain, the Allied Armies in Italy have smashed some of the Germans' outer defences and are close to the strong German…

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German Defence Line Cracked New Allied Gains In Italy Hard Fighting in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- Fighting in difficult country in heavy rain, the Allied Armies in Italy have smashed some of the Germans' outer defences and are close to the strong German…

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German Defence Line Cracked New Allied Gains In Italy Hard Fighting in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- Fighting in difficult country in heavy rain, the Allied Armies in Italy have smashed some of the Germans' outer defences and are close to the strong German…

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German Defence Line Cracked New Allied Gains In Italy Hard Fighting in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- Fighting in difficult country in heavy rain, the Allied Armies in Italy have smashed some of the Germans' outer defences and are close to the strong German…

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R.a.f. Bomber, Fired by Storm, Reached Target

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--An R.A.F. Lancaster bomber which caught fire on its way to Germany dropped its bombs on the target and returned to Britain, still burning, five hours later…

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3 Escape As Cyclone Hits House Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 31 October 1943 · page 5

A BENDIGO family had an amazing experience when a cyclonic wind struck their home in Bramble-st…

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"Nazis Flood Pontine Marshes"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 November 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Oct. 31 (A.A.P.).— Messages from Algiers say that the Germans have begun to flood the reclaimed Pontine…

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Floods May Delay Advance in Italy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 November 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.--The Germans are flooding the Pontine Marshes, in[?]n attempt to delay the Allied advance up the Italian west coast to Rome, Algiers reports say…

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Family Man His Storm Port

The Sun · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 7

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Russians Prepare to Storm River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 November 1943 · page 1

Russian troops have arrived at the banka of the Lower Dnieper in force along a 50-mile front near Kakhovka and it is expected they will soon attempt to storm the river and push on to Nikolaev…

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Big Electric Storm Tramway Shelter Struck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 November 1943 · page 4

The tramway waiting-shed at Central Square was struck by lightning during a brief but severe electrical storm over the…

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Spectacular Advance by Cossacks Twenty-five Miles in Day Preparations to Storm Dnieper From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 November 1943 · page 5

LONDON, November 4.—A further spectacular advance has brought the Victorious Red Army south of the Dnieper to within 12 miles of Kherson, and Moscow correspondents say there are signs that the…

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Cyclone Causes Havoc in Madras Presidency

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 November 1943 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday.--Much distress has been caused at the result of another cyclone that hag swept the Madras Presidency…

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Cyclone Causes Havoc in Madras Presidency

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 November 1943 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday--Much distress has been caused at the result of another cyclone that has swept the Madras Presidency…

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Cyclone Causes Havoc in Madras "Presidency

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 November 1943 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday--Much distress has been caused at the result of another cyclone that has swept the Madras Presidency…

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Cyclone Causes Havoc in Madras Presidency

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 November 1943 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday.--Much distress has been caused at the result of another cyclone that has swept the Madras Presidency…

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Red Army Storms Outer Suburbs of Kiev

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1943 · page 9

LONDON, Nov. 5 (A.A.P.).—A new Russian offensive from their Dnieper bridgehead north of Kiev has resulted in the capture…

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Kiev Burnt To Shell; Germans Flood Back

The Sun · Monday 8 November 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- German troops are running in all directions over the plain west of Kiev, and their retreat is little better than a rout…

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Defeatism Engulfing Germany Storm-Troops Now Rule Morale Snaps Under Bombs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 November 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--Don't be misled by the period of the now apparent "lull" in the hews elsewhere than from the Russian and Italian fronts…

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