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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

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

Storm's Quarter-mile Path of Ruin Houses Smashed; Trees Uprooted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--The cyclone which struck mountainous country beyond Cessnock yesterday devastated a path a quarter of a mile wide…

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Ships Swept by Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 5

Ships off the Australian coast have been tossed by the worst cyclone for many years. The cyclone swept them northward…

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Repairing Storm Damaged Homes

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

Federal authorities have agreed to release materials to enable homes damaged by a windstorm at Millfield on Monday to be repaired…

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Heavy Rain in North Floods Reported on Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 4

Very heavy rains on the fat north coast have caused floods in several low-lying centres. Telephonic communication between…

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Housewives Storm Meat Shops Rush for Week-end Supplies

The Sun · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 3

Angry housewives stormed butchers' shops today to compete for the meagre supplies of meat available. A woman fainted in the crush at one shop,…

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Queensland Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Very heavy rain, accompanied by a fierce gale, flooded many water-courses in south-eastern Queensland and washed out…

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