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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 33

Russians Prepare to Storm Odessa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 1

Two Russian armies are preparing for the final assault on Odessa, which has been virtually isolated by the capture of Rasyelnaya, key railway junction 35 miles north-west of the city, which blocks the…

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Odessa Cut Off; Final Assault Near Key Rail Junction Falls Russians Storm Way Into Jassy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 5

LONDON, April 5 (A.A.P.).—Two Russian armies closing in against Odessa from the north-east and east are ready for the final assault, while to the north-west, in Rumania, other Russian troops are…

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Shannon at Flood Tide in Thriller Thousands See Hoop's Fall Two Runners Have Amazing Escapes Pats Were Trumps

Truth · Sunday 9 April 1944 · page 3

SHANNON won yesterday's £3500 A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes by a narrow margin from the filly Tea Rose, after one of the most stirring duels witnessed at Randwick for some time. This classic juvenile was packed with…

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Cyclone Wrecks Homes Roofs Lifted, Boats Smashed By 60-Mile Hour Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 5

A cyclone swept through the Lower Hawkesbury Valley yesterday, wrecking homes and boats at Booker Bay and Orange Cove (near Woy Woy)…

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City Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 4

Thousands of people who spent yesterday at the beaches, parks, and gardens were caught in a sudden storm during the afternoon…

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Gale Strikes Week-Enders

The Sun · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 2

WOY WOY. Monday.--Roofs of three houses were thrown some distance and smashed, and scores of windows were broken…

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Gale Fury Hits Woy Woy Hard

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 7

WOY WOY, Monday. -- A cyclonic storm which tore through the Woy Woy district at 4 p.m. yesterday is estimated…

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Gale Fury Hits Wot Woy Hard

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 2

WOY WOY, Monday.-- A cyclonic storm which tore through the Woy Woy district at 4 p.m. yesterday is estimated…

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Gale Fury Hits Woy Woy Hard

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 2

WOY WOY, Monday. -- A cyclonic storm which tore through the Woy Woy district at 4 p.m. yesterday is estimated…

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Gale Fury Hits Woy Woy Hard

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 7

WOY WOY, Monday. -- A cyclonic storm which tore through the Woy Woy district at 4 p.m. yesterday is estimated…

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Storm Kills Two, Wrecks 500 Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Two people were killed, 65 injured, and 500 rendered homeless by floods and tornadoes which swept through the…

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Gallant Seventh Division Marches No Coats For Heroes Uncomfortable in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 5

DRENGHED by unceasing rain, the men of Australia's famous Seventh Division marched through Sydney today, and were watched by thousands who did their best, although soaked,…

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Gallant Seventh Division Marches No Coats For Heroes Uncomfortable in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 5

DRENCHED by unceasing rain, the men of Australia's famous Seventh Division marched through Sydney today, and were watched by thousands who did their best, although soaked,…

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Gallant Seventh Division Marches No Coats For Heroes Uncomfortable in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 5

DRENCHED by unceasing rain, the men of Australia's famous Seventh Division marched through Sydney today, and were watched by thousands who did their best, although soaked,…

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Gallant Seventh Division Marches No Coats For Heroes Uncomfortable in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 5

DRENCHED by unceasing rain, the men of Australia's famous Seventh Division marched through Sydney today, and were watched by thousands who did their best, although soaked,…

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Sydney and the Seventh Defy Rain in Great March Welcome By Storm-swept Crowd

The Sun · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 3

Sydney and the "Seventh" defied torrential showers today to make one…

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Letters by MacARTHUR Arouse Storm Presidential Election Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 14 (A.A.P.)—The publication of correspondence between General MacArthur and a member of the House of Representatives criticising the political situation in the United…

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Crimea Battle Ending in Mass Slaughter Beaten Axis Army Trapped Russians Also Storm Tarnopol From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 1

LONDON, April 16 (A.A.P.).—The battle for the Crimea is ending in a terrible slaughter of demoralised German and Rumanian units, says the Moscow correspondent of the British United Press…

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Sixty-seven Dead in Fierce Storms in U.s

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Tornadoes and electric storms sweeping the southern section of the United States have resulted in enormous Dronertv…

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Sixty-seven Dead in Fierce Storms in U.s

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Tornadoes and electric, storms sweeping the southern section of the United States have resulted in enormous property…

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