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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 33

Dive-bombers Burst Ig Italian Dam Storm Grounds Invasion Force

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.--British and American bombers were out in strength again yesterday morning hammering at invasion targets in northern France. During the afternoon a violent storm developed and…

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Dive-bombers Burst Big Italian Dam Storm Grounds Invasion Force

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday,--British and American bombers were out in strength again yesterday morning hammering at invasion targets in northern France. During the afternoon a violent storm developed and…

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Australian airmen ploy big part in paralysing blow on Adriatic front RAF bursts open Italian dam: flood in enemy's lines LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 1

IN a sudden smashing daylight raid RAF dive bombers burst open the great Pescara dam near the Adriatic coast of Italy, flooding areas behind the Nazis facing the Eighth Army. Australians took part in this dramatic attack, which required the…

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Swirling flood waters miles wide

The Sun · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 3

Hood waters cover miles of Yarra valley districts, as seen in this picture of Launching Place, Yarra Junction, Victoria. These children coming home from school at Yarra Junction enjoy wading knee-deep through swirling waters…

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Story About MacARTHUR Raises Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Another censorship storm has arisen -- this time in Harper's Magazine, one of the more responsible American reviews…

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Story About MacARTHUR Raises Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Another censorship storm has arisen -- this time in Harper's Magazine, one of the more responsible American reviews…

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Story About MacARTHUR Raises Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Another censorship storm has arisen-- this time in Harper's Magazine, one of the more responsible American reviews…

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Story About MacARTHUR Raises Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Another censorship storm has arisen-- this time in Harper's Magazine, one of the more responsible American reviews…

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Story About MacARTHUR Raises Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Another censorship storm has arisen -- this time in Harper's Magazine, one of the more responsible American reviews…

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Story About MacARTHUR Raises Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. --Another censorship storm has arisen-- this time in Harper's Magazine, one of the more responsible American reviews…

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R.a.f. Operates From Flooded Airfields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1944 · page 3

In spite of flooded airfields, R.A.F. bombers in the Middle i East continue their blows against the Germans. This picture shows L.A.C. R. Stuart, of Birkenhead, England, retrieving tools from the flood. In the background is a Halifax bomber…

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League Storms Union Fort Daily Sportlight--

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 8

Rugby League is rapidly moving into the Union stronghold of Manly, evidenced by the fact that this season there are 25 teams in the Manly-Warringah League against five in the…

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No Flood Light for Footballers

The Biz · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

The Regional Controller of Electricity has advised Cabra-Vale Council that permission to use a food light in Cabramatta Park, for [?]ootballers to train…

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Terrifying Cyclone

The Land · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 10

Noise of the cyclonic storm which swept over Kannock recently was so loud that persons in the. same room could not hear each other speak…

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Notes and Comments Storm Over Europe

The Methodist · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 3

If portents are to be relied upon—and they usually can be—a terrific and devastating cyclone' is about to burst upon Europe. Those who have anxiously matched the progress of the war have seen the clouds…

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Labor weathered a domestic storm

The Sun · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 2

Twenty smiling Labor Commoners--members of the Administrative Council of the Parliamentary Labor Party -- walked…

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BRITAIN No storm in stone, but gardenias

The Sun · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 2

The world's, most storm-rousing sculptor, Jacob Epstein, had made a separate peace with the artistic conventions he had been…

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Distant Districts Struck by Storms

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 8

Severe electrical storms struck at three widely separated places in New South Wales last night. SYDNEY, Werris Creek (255 miles away) and Guyra (130 miles…

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Buildings Hit in Electrical Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

During last night's electrical storm a house was damaged by lightning at Dee Why. Lightning is believed to have caused a fire at St. Peters early this morning…

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Buildings Hit in Electrical Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

During last night's electrical storm a house was damaged by lightning at Dee Why. Lightning is believed to have caused a fire at St. Peters early this morning…

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