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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

685 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 35

Greyhound Back After The Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 November 1943 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--One of the State's best-known greyhounds, Banyena King, who became storm-frightened and…

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Greyhound Back After The Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 November 1943 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--One of the State's best-known greyhounds, Banyena King, who became storm-frightened and…

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Greyhound Back After The Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 November 1943 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--One of the State's best-known greyhounds, Banyena King, who became storm-frightened and…

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Yacht Lost In Heavy Coastal Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 November 1943 · page 5

A wrecked yacht was seen by the crew of a plane on the coast six miles south of Port…

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Pilot in the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 6

Mr. Churchill's 69th birthday has afforded an opportunity for the Allied world to pay tribute to the debt it owes to his…

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Markets Confused By Flood Of Catfish

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 3

There was confusion at the Fish Markets this morning, when retailers found that, of an under-supply of 500 boxes, 250 boxes were catfish. Catfish will be sold today under a number of disguises…

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Markets Confused By Flood Of Catfish

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 3

There was confusion at the Fish Markets this morning, when retailers found that, of an under-supply of 500 boxes, 250 boxes were catfish. Catfish will be sold today under a number of disguises…

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Storm Ruins Tobacco Crop at Mareeba

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 7

CAIRNS, Friday.--A hailstorm, accompanied by wind of cyclonic force, swept the Emerald Creek tobacco area of the Mareeba district on…

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Storm Ruins Tobacco Crop at Mareeba

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 7

CAIRNS, Friday.--A hailstorm, accompanied by wind of cyclonic force, swept the Emerald Creek tobacco area of the Mareeba district on…

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Airliner From Sydney in Crash--one Killed Forced Landing In Gale

The Sun · Saturday 4 December 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--First officer H. V. Kenna, of Brisbane, was killed when a Douglas airliner bound from Sydney to Melbourne made a forced landing near Bendigo in the dark early today…

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Lagoon at Flood, Not Ruffled He Made It Easily Pounce on Books

Truth · Sunday 5 December 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Sydney visitor Lagoon made a one-horse affair of today's December Handicap, at the Meadow, by leading from "go" to "whoa" and finishing with four lengths to spare at the judge's box. Outsiders…

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Designer's Vigil As Storm Menaces Bridge

The Sun · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 3

HOBART, Monday.--A young Tasmanian engineer kept a night-long vigil on Saturday a one of the worst storms for years threatened to sweep away the £400,000 bridge he built across…

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Heavy Storm Floods Home

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 3

Torrential rains caused floods in Granville during a recent…

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Heavy Storm Floods Home

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 3

Torrential rains caused floods in Granville during a recent…

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Heavy Storm Floods Home

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 3

Torrential rains caused floods Granville during a recent…

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Heavy Storm Floods Home

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 3

Torrential rains caused floods in Granville during a recent…

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Hobart Bridge Damaged by Storm

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

The new Hobart Bridge which spans the Derwent River has been seriously damaged by a storm. Most of the roadway on the bridge is formed by 24 floating concrete pontoons which were linked to fixed abutments on each aide of the river. At the height of the recent storm five bolts snapped in the hinges which link the floating section to the main…

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Storm Lashes Parramatta Many Gardens Damaged

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

Many home and market pardens were seriously damaged in an horn-long rain and hail storm which struck Parramatta…

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Truck-Drivers Swim From Subway Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 5

Four trucks and a car were submerged in a Granville subway after a cloudburst yesterday. Two of the truck-drivers swam out through water five feet…

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Storm Damage to Bridge Hobart's Hopes of Opening on Time

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 9

The floating concrete bridge over the Derwent River at Hobart, which was seriously damaged in a severe wind and rain…

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