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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 39

Dust Storms Likely Again in Riverina

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1945 · page 11

HEAVY dust storms are expected to develop again in Riverina districts this weekend…

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Heavy Rain on Coast, Riverina Duststorms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 5

Heavy thunderstorms swept N.S.W. coastal areas from Newcastle to Nowra yesterday afternoon. A storm at Mascot was so heavy at 2 p.m. that officials…

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Sultry Week-end in Sydney Thunderstorm Gave Some Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

A light thunderstorm which swept in from the west shortly before 2 p.m. yesterday brought Sydney some relief from…

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Cars Crash In Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 5

In a thunderstorm yesterday, three cars, including one in which the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Makin) was travelling, skidded and crashed within a mile on Liverpool Road, Enfield…

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U.S. Tanks Storm Way Into Cologne Germans Report Street Fighting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- American tanks stormed into Cologne today and engaged in street fighting, German reports state. Elsewhere, Allied forces are engaged in heavy…

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Vindictive Nazis Flood Holland But Dutch Fight Stubbornly on Earlier Disasters

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 11

LONDON.--The huge dykes which have protected the Dutch province of Friesland, Holland's food paradise, against the encroachment of the sea for the last thousand years have been breached. Three-quarters of the whole province is flooded, and the…

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Vindictive Nazis Flood Holland But Dutch Fight Stubbornly on Earlier Disasters

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 11

LONDON.--The huge dykes which have protected the Dutch province of Friesland, Holland's food paradise, against the encroachment of the sea for the last thousand years have been breached. Three-quarters of the whole province is flooded, and the…

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Vindictive Nazis Flood Holland But Dutch Fight Stubbornly on Earlier Disasters

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 11

LONDON.--The huge dykes which have protected the Dutch province of Friesland, Hollands food paradise, against the encroachment of the sea for the last thousand years have been breached. Three-quarters of the whole province is flooded, and the…

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Vindictive Nazis Flood Holland But Dutch Fight Stubbornly on Earlier Disasters

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 11

LONDON.--The huge dykes which have protected the Dutch province of Friesland. Holland's food paradise, against the encroachment of the sea for the last thousand years have been breached. Three-quarters of the whole province is flooded, and the…

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Vindictive Nazis Flood Holland But Dutch Fight Stubbornly on Earlier Disasters

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 11

LONDON.--The huge dykes which have protected the Dutch province of Friesland, Holland's food paradise, against the encroachment of the sea for the last thousand years have been breached. Three-quarters of the whole province is flooded, and the…

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Heat, Dust And Storms Forecast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 6

Hot, dusty weather, with scattered showers and thunderstorms about midday, is forecast for the Duke and Duchess'…

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Churchill Rides Another Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Prime Minister was in good form in the House of Commons last night…

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Churchill Rides Another Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Prime Minister was in good form in the House of Commons last night,…

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Magazine Section Films "Summer Storm"

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 8

This screen adaptation, by Angelas Productions, of a short story by the Russian author, Chekhov, is artistically only a shell of the…

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Train Caught By Flood

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

CAIRNS, Thursday.--Seven people were trapped in a flood when a goods train broke down…

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Flood Stops Train; Two Missing

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Thursday. -- When a train stalled crossing the Inkerman bridge over the flooded Burdekin River between…

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Flood Stops Train; Two Missing

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Thursday. -- When a train stalled crossing the Inkerman bridge over the flooded Burdekin River between…

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Flood Stops Train; Two Missing

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Thursday. -- When a train stalled crossing the Inkerman bridge over the flooded Burdekin River between…

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Flood Stops Train; Two Missing

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Thursday. -- When a train stalled crossing the Inkerman bridge over the flooded Burdekin River between…

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