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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 33

Fireball Through Wall; Freak Storm

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

A big hole was blasted in a plaster wall of a Dee Why home during a freak…

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Big Electrical Storm Hits Sydney Lift Catches Fire; Vic. Flood Fears

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 5

A heavy electrical storm struck Sydney late last night. A fire which occurred in a lift in Hampton Court fiats, King's Cross, was attributed to…

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Fireballs Fall in Campsie Weird Effect Of Electrical Storm Radios, Lights Out of Action

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

SIX fireballs fell in Claremont Street, Campsie, at the height of last night's severe electrical storm. Houses were scorched, windows…

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Fireballs Fall in Campsie Weird Effect Of Electrical Storm Radios, Lights Out of Action

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

SIX fireballs fell in Claremont Street, Campsie, at the height of Last night's severe electrical storm. Houses were scorched, windows…

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Fireballs Fall in Campsie Weird Effect Of Electrical Storm Radios, Lights Out of Action

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

SIX fireballs fell in Claremont Street, Campsie, at the height of last night's severe electrical storm. Houses were scorched, windows…

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Cool Week-end Sydney had a cool week-end and it was fine until the storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 1

The minimum temperature yesterday—45.7 degrees at 6.50 a.m.—was below the average minimum of 52.1 degrees for May, and was the lowest…

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Thunderstorm Hits City Crop Damage Near Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 1

A thunderstorm with vivid lightning flashes broke over the city shortly before midnight last night…

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Rains May Mean Break of State's Long Drought Flood Fears On South Coast

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 3

Best rains for six months fell during the past 24 hours in the South Coast dairying districts. This, with falls in other parts of the…

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Towns Given Flood Warning Heavy Rain in South Areas, Rivers Rising

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 9

Flood warnings were issued last night by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to towns on the Upper Murrumbidgee, Snowy, Tuross, and Bega Rivers, in southern New South Wales…

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Germans Now Flooding Invasion Coast

The Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday,--German engineers have put not only large areas of Holland under water, hoping to make it invasion-proof, but also thousands of square miles of Belgium and France…

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Rescued Motorship in Gale Dutch Award To Belfast Tugmaster

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

The Silver Medal of Honour of Orange-Nassau has been awarded, by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands to Capt. Robert…

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Danger Of Floods Decreases

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 7

The danger of floods in southern and south-western parts of the State decreased yesterday…

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Storms Disrupt Air Services

The Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 3

Plane services were disrupted by wind and storms which swept across Sydney and along the coast last night…

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Flood Threat As Big Rains Continue

The Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 2

Continued heavy rain threatens to cause floods in the South Coast, Upper…

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Rain Brings Flood Fears to Big Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 2

Most of the river systems in the south and central eastern portion of the State are in flood. IN the past week 17 inches of rain…

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Rain-swollen Rivers Nearing Flood Stage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 5

Most of the river systems in the south and central eastern portion of the State are in flood. IN the past week 17 inches of rain have fallen at Steeple Flat, near…

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Rain-swollen Rivers Hearing Flood Stage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 5

Most of the river systems in the south and central eastern portion of the State are in flood. IN the past week 17 inches of rain have fallen at Steeple Flat, near…

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Rain-swollen Rivers Hearing Flood Stage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 5

Most of the river systems in the south and central eastern portion of the State are in flood. IN the past week 17 inches of rain have fallen at Steeple Flat, near…

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Rain Brings Flood Fears to Big Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 2

Most of the river systems in the south and central eastern portion of the State are in flood. IN the past week 17 inches of rain…

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Rain-Swollen Rivers Nearing Flood Stage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 5

Most of the river systems in. the south and central eastern portion of the State are in flood. IN the past week 17 inches of rain have fallen at Steeple Flat, near…

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