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Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 33

Flood Rain Caused Big Potato Loss

The Land · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 2

A SURVEY has revealed that the August rains have done heavy damage to potato crops on the North Coast, as was feared…

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Storm

The Methodist · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 11

The wind and the rain are wild to-night, and the sky is dark, without a light. The house is cold and the windows shake; and flowers,…

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Deluge on Germany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 2

Nothing hitherto seen in this form of war can compare with the fiery deluge poured upon Germany as the climax to several days and nights of…

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Flood Factories With Reprints

Tribune · Thursday 12 October 1944 · page 7

Wealthy subsidisers of the Langite Century and the clerical fascist Freedom, realising that these disruptive papers’ circulations are poor, are reprinting anti-Union and red-baiting articles as leaflets…

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Dust Blacks-out City in Sudden Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 1

Sydney was "blacked-out" for nearly half an hour yesterday when dense clouds of dust spread over the city at 3.30 p.m. The dust haze spread over the top of…

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Storm Wrecked Portable Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 4

LONDON, October 18 (A.A.P.).—It was disclosed yesterday by United States Naval Headquarters that huge 6,000 ton concrete clocks forming a…

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Save the Soil Campaign Earth Dams and Contour Drains to Control StormWater and Check Erosion

The Land · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 11

I WOULD like to outline a system I have adopted for the prevention of soil erosion and siltation of rivers, thereby making better use of stormwaters when heavy rain occurs. Often when such storm rain is received…

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Thunderbolts Smash Dam, Flood Town London

The Sun · Sunday 22 October 1944 · page 1

THUNDERBOLTS smashed a dam with 1000lb. bombs in south-eastern France yesterday…

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East Front German Line Penetrated West Front Flood Aids Americans Red Army Threat To Prussian Cities

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 October 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--The Germans admit thar forces have made six serious penetrations in German lines in East Prussia…

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Protests in House 'Flood Of Lawlessness' Members Want Action by Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 6

A FLOOD of industrial lawlessness is stalking naked and unashamed throughout the State," said Mr. W. E. Y. Robson during the…

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Protests in House 'Flood Of Lawlessness' Members Want Action by Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 6

"A FLOOD of industrial lawlessness is stalking naked and unashamed throughout" the State," said Mr. W. E. V. Robson during the…

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Protests in House 'Flood Of Lawlessness' Members Want Action by Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 6

"A FLOOD of industrial lawlessness is stalking naked and unashamed throughout the State," said Mr. W. E. V. Robson during the…

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Protests in House 'Flood Of Lawlessness' Members Want Action by Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 6

"AFLOOD of industrial lawlessness is stalking naked and unashamed throughout the State," said Mr. W. E. V. Robson during the…

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Protests in House 'Flood Of Lawlessness' Members Want Action by Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 6

"A FLOOD of industrial lawlessness is stalking naked and unashamed throughout the State," said Mr. W. E. Y. Robson during the…

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Protests in House 'Flood Of Lawlessness' Members Want Action by Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 6

"A FLOOD of industrial lawlessness is stalking naked and unashamed throughout the State' said Mr. W. E. V. Robson during the…

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Quiet Moment STORM

The Sun · Thursday 26 October 1944 · page 4

THERE'S a wind in the trees tonight, shaking the leaves and spreading turmoil in the tall grass. Wild wind, where…

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Heavy rain slows fighting in Italy LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 29 October 1944 · page 2

Extremely bad weather in the last 48 hours has brought operations in Italy to a virtual standstill, says the communique…

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SPAIN Storm In The Pyrenees

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 October 1944 · page 17

Generalissimo Franco was in trouble. From the French side of the Pyrenees, Spanish Republicans who…

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Gales and Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

Yesterday's South-west Pacific communique says that winds of 70 miles an hour and drenching rain has seriously hampered all…

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W.M.H. Blase About Storms

The Sun · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 2

DARWIN, Wednesday. -- Mr. W. M. Hughes. MHR, arrived late yesterday afternoon after an air trip from Sydney to…

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