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Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 33

Reds Storm Key Rail Town Sweep Through Hungary East Prussian Fight Fiercer

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Russians driving across Hungary Shave broken into Kecskemet, key rail town 45 miles south-east of Budapest, the capital. Soviet troops have won…

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Reds Storm Key Rail Town Sweep Through Hungary East Prussian Fight Fiercer

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.---Russians driving across Hungary have broken info Kecskemet, key rail town 45 miles south-east of Budapest, the capital. Soviet troops have won…

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Reds Storm Key Rail Town Sweep Through Hungary East Prussian Fight Fiercer

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Russians driving across Hungary have broken into Kecskemet, key rail town 45 miles south-east of Budapest, the capital. Soviet troops have worn…

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Reds Storm Key Rail Town Sweep Through Hungary East Prussian Fight Fiercer

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Russians driving across Hungary have broken into Kecskemet, key rail town 45 miles south-east of Budapest, the capital. Soviet troops have won…

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Reds Storm Key Rail Town Sweep Through Hungary Grim Fight in East Prussia

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Russians driving across Hungary have broken into Kecskemet, key rail town 45 miles south-east of Budapest, the capital. Soviet troops have won…

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Reds Storm Key Rail Town Sweep Through Hungary Grim Fight in East Prussia

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. --Russians driving across Hungary hove broken info Kecskemet, key rail town 45 miles soufh-east of Budapest, the capital. Soviet troops have won…

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Night Skirmishes by Boat in Flooded Fields From Our Staff Correspondent

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

LONDON, November 2 (A.A.P.)—Strange amphibious battles are being fought at night around Dunkirk, where more than 10,000 Germans are still holding out 50 miles behind the front line…

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Sailors Saved In Raging Gale

The Sun · Saturday 4 November 1944 · page 2

"The Sun's" Special Representative, LONDON. Saturday.--Fifteen sailors adrift in two sections of a prefabricated port for…

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Sudden Gale Sweeps Over Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 November 1944 · page 3

A southerly squall of strong gale force swept over Sydney early last night. Light craft on the Harbour were capsized, and…

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Naval Dock Flooded, Lock Tests

The Sun · Monday 6 November 1944 · page 5

The naval graving dock at Pott's Point has been flooded and tes[?] have been made for fitting the…

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Albury Fears Flood If Hume Wall Raised

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 November 1944 · page 7

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Albury residents will urge the Federal Government to obtain expert opinion on the condition and safety of the Hume Reservoir wall before a proposal to enlarge the wall is started…

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Albury Fears Flood If Hume Wall Raised

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 November 1944 · page 15

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Albury residents will urge the Federal Government to obtain expert opinion on the condition and safety of the Hume Reservoir wall before a proposal to enlarge the wall is started…

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Albury Fears Flood If Hume Wall Raised

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 November 1944 · page 7

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Albury residents will urge the Federal Government to obtain expert opinion on the condition and safety of the Hume Reservoir wall before, a proposal to enlarge the wall is started…

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City Swept by Gale

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 5

A gale swept Sydney and other parts of the coast early this morning, causing minor damage to property and…

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City Swept by Gale

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 9

A gale swept Sydney and other parts of the coast early this morning, causing minor damage to property and strip…

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City Swept by Gale

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 9

A gale swept Sydney and other parts of the coast early this morning, causing minor damage to property and…

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Children of the Storm

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 9 November 1944 · page 5

The "Eindhovensch Dagblad" of October 21, and other newspapers in free Holland, announce the establishment of a "Committee for assisting…

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Cyclists Blown Off In Gale, Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 November 1944 · page 14

A man and a youth were taken to Newcastle Hospital yesterday after having been blown front their bicycles during a gale. Many others were blown from their bicycles, but…

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Lette Showdown Delayed Artillery Activity In Gales and Rain Our War Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 November 1944 · page 3

LEYTE, Nov. 9.—Gales and torrential rain are delaying the ultimate showdown between the mechanised forces of the Americans and the Japanese on Leyte. Allied artillery is still playng the main role…

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Heatwave Searing State; Dust-storms Rage Inland

The Sun · Monday 13 November 1944 · page 3

Practically the whole of the State, with the exception of the coast, is in the grip of a heat-wave, which developed during the week-end…

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