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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 33

Storm Over Execution

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 2

CAIRO, Monday.--A Cairo message says that because of the execution of a Persian pilgrim on his way to Mecca, Persia may break off…

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Storm Over Execution

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 3

CAIRO, Monday,--A Cairo message says that because of the execution of a Persian pilgrim on his way fo Mecca. Persia may break off…

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Raratoinga Battered by Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.— About 30 native houses were destroyed or damaged, and two bridges were washed away, in a storm which swept…

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Heroism In Floods

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 5

CONSTABLE FIRST-CLASS ALAN NEAL, of Camden, was awarded the Royal Humane Society's…

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Police Constable's Heroism In Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

CONSTABLE FIRST-CLASS ALAN NEAL. of Camden, was awarded the Royal Humane Society's…

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Heroism In Floods

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 5

CONSTABLE FIRST-CLASS ALAN NEAL, of Camden, was awarded the Royal Humane Society's…

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Russians Storm Narva and Nikopol Vitebsk Drive Develops German Soldiers Leaving Crimea From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Feb. 8.—Powerful Red Army forces to-day launched frontal assaults against Nikopol (Dnieper Bend manganese centre) and Narva (Estonia) and developed their offensive towards Vitebsk (White…

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German Retreat From Dnieper Bend Nikopol Taken by Storm Disaster Befalls von Manstein From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Feb. 9.—With the loss of Nikopol and the bridgehead south of the Dnieper opposite that city, correspondents suggest that Marshal von Manstein has ordered a general German retreat from…

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Chaplain Flays Despatch of Trashy and Pornographic Magazines to the Troops Says Men Will Be Morally Tainted If Flood Does Not Cease

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 5

IN AN OPEN LETTER to Australian Catholics, sent to every Catholic newspaper in Australia, an AIF chaplain calls for an immediate cessation of the flood of pornographic and trashy literature being sent to Australian troops. He claims servicemen will be tainted morally or they will become mentally…

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Should Be At Flood

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 1

LAGOON WON LAST START at Moorefield — could very easily do the trick again…

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Allies Again Repulse Attack at Anzio Gale Prevents Air Support

Truth · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. — Allied forces have beaten back another German counter-attack against the bridgehead at Anzio, south of Rome, says today's…

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Storms Delay N. Guinea Mails

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A big hold-up in mails to and from troops in New Guinea had been caused by cyclonic weather…

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Big Floods in Sth. Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 6

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 13 (A.A.P.).—The worst floods in South Africa for the last 10 years, are sweeping across the…

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Transvaal Swept by Heavy Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 2

CAPETOWN, Sunday (A.A.P.).--The worst floods for 10 years are sweeping down from the high veldt country in the Transvaal…

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Lashed by Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

Lapstone was lashed by a terrific storm this afternoon. It burst suddenly with only a few drops of rain, but with wind of…

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8 Liberty Ships "Crack" In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--Eight U.S. Liberty (10,000-ton) ships "cracked" in a recent North Atlantic gale, Chicago Daily News London correspondent…

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Cloudburst Deluge In Sydney Suburbs

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 3

The metropolitan area, particularly the eastern suburbs of Sydney, were deluged by a cloudburst early this morning. The heaviest fal[?]. 390 points…

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Footpath Gave Way Violent Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 3

A BREAK in an underground stormwater channel caused this cave-in of the footpath at the corner of Anzac Parade…

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Crowd Storms Over Trimmer's Defeat; Stewards Absolve Jockey

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 6

Defeat of hot favorite, Trimmer, in the Flying Handicap at Moorefield this afternoon, resulted in the longest and most pronounced demonstration on a Sydney racecourse for a long time…

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Violent Storm Drenches City Recordings Of Four Inches Floodings in Many Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 2

UP to four inches of rain deluged the metropolitan area during a heavy storm which started at 3 o'clock this morning…

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