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Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 33

Golfers' Danger in Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 6

When lightning struck three golfers on the Bonnie Doon golf course on Saturday, attention was again directed to the risks taken by golfers during…

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Russians Storm Into Budapest Hand-to-Hand Street Battles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, December 12 (A.A.P.).—Russian attacking columns have smashed their way into the outskirts of Budapest, where a desperate hand-to-hand and house-to-house struggle is now being waged…

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Floods Delay Italy Drive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Dec. 12 (A.A.P.).— Fighting on the Eighth Army front in Italy has come to a sudden standstill, but enemy…

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Greek Rebels Storm Athens Positions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 13 (A.A.P.).—E.L.A.S. (National Liberation Front) forces launched two determined attacks against the British perimeter in central Athens early to-day…

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Crowd of 2000 Storms H0usie

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 3

Last night nearly 2000 people packed Granville Town Hall during a "housie" school which offered prizes valued at from £5…

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Crowd of 2000 Storms Housie

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 5

Last night nearly 2000 people packed Granville Town Hall during a "housie" school which offered prizes valued at from £5…

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Melb. Races in Blinding Sand Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Thousands of people who trekked to Mentone race this afternoon were enveloped in a…

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Terrific Dust Storms Hit 3 States: Stop Air Service

The Sun · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 3

Terrific dust-storms today are sweeping three States, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The Sydney-Adelaide air service was abandoned, aerodromes were closed, towns had to switch on lights arid temperatures soared in a new heat-wave…

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Rank Outsider Gallops Home Sn Sand Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Racing through a blinding sand storm the rank outsider Solitasled all the way to win the…

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Rank Outsider Shocks Solitas Gallops Into sand storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 December 1944 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Racing through a blinding sand storm the rank outsider Solitas led all the way to win the opening event, the Murray Handicap, at Mentone this afternoon. SOLITAS defeated Sun Cub by two…

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Mares Warns of Dust Storms and Bushfires

Truth · Sunday 17 December 1944 · page 22

DUST storms which raged throughout N.S.W. yeste-day, may receive a temporary check from a cool change,…

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Storms Cause Heavy Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.-- Worst thunderstorms in Canterbury Province for years caused heavy damage yesterday…

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Dust-storm Delays Planes Harbor Hidden By Thick Haze, Ordeal In Country

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 5

Mascot aerodrome was closed for several hours yesterday, and interstate planes were delayed because of a dust-storm which covered Sydney and many country areas…

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Great Allied Flood of Arms Moving Up Bid To Check Nazi Drive

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--A great flood of Allied equipment is moving along the roads of Belgium to meet the dangerous German break-through between Monschau and the southern Luxembourg border…

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Great Allied Flood of Arms Moving Up Bid To Check Nazi Drive

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--A great flood of Allied equipment is moving along the roads of Belgium to meet the dangerous German break-through between Monschau and the southern Luxembourg border…

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Great Allied Flood of Arms Moving Up Bid To Check Nazi Drive

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--A great flood of Allied equipment is moving along the roads of Belgium to meet the dangerous German break-through between Monschau and the southern Luxembourg border…

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Great Allied Flood of Arms Moving Up Bid To Check Nazi Drive

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--A great flood of Allied equipment is moving along the roads of Belgium to meet the dangerous German break-through between Monschau and the southern Luxembourg border…

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Garage Roof Blown 30 Feet by Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 1

Lifted bodily by the wind during yesterday's storm, this corrugated-iron roof of a garage in Stanley Street, Waverley, was borne about 30 feet in the air and crashed on to adjoining premises. (Other pictures, page 3.)…

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70 m.p.h. Storm Hits Suburbs Damage to Houses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 3

Eight houses were severely damaged at Waverley early yesterday afternoon, when a 70mile-an-hour tornadic type…

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Storm Damages Country Properties Wind Plays Freaks Canopy of Dust Lies Over State

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 9

A FREAK storm which swept through the north-western corner of the State and screamed over the Queensland border, in the past 36 hours,…

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