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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 39

Buildings Unroofed, Boats Sunk and Smashed-in During Week-end Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 3

Some of the damage caused around Sydney by the fierce storm during the week-end. Top left: All that remained of a 26-foot launch, one of the 11 craft damaged in Botany Bay. Top right: The collapsed awning, of a shop at Spit Junction. Lower left:…

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Boats Save 3 in Flood Peril

The Sun · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.-- Collapsible boats from Duntroon Military College were used in a dramatic rescue of a 70 -year -old pensioner, Jack Wallace, and another man and his…

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Cyclone Victims Refused Roofing

The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 3

LISMORE, Tuesday.--Release of material for repairing buildings at Woodburn unroofed by the cyclone which devastated the town on Saturday has been refused by the Supply…

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'Storm Code' Protects City Electricity Service

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 5

Whenever stormy weather appears imminent, Sydney County Council, on the advice of the Weather Bureau, puts its ''storm-code'' into action. Hundreds of extra men are…

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Big Flood at Canberra. Three Rescued 'Phenomenal' Rain On South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 5

Police and soldiers rescued two men and a girl near Canberra yesterday after the flooded Molonglo River rose 15ft. in seven hours. Occupants of four riverside farms and 10…

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Canberra Milk Supply Threat Farms Disrupted By Floods Danger Passes in South Coast Area

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 4

THOUSANDS of pounds' worth of valuable stock feed was destroyed yesterday in the biggest floods in the Capital Territory since 1934, and Canberra faces an almost…

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South Coast Floods; 18 Inches of Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 1

Torrential rain during the week-end on parts of the South Coast and Southern Tablelands—ranging up to 1,893 points at Araluen—caused floods in some areas yesterday. In Canberra, which had its heaviest…

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Damage From Gales

Construction · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 12

Cyclonic gales and heavy rain with floods played havoc with buildings that had not been structurally fortified against such pressures, and this will necessitate much repair work on the part of builders and…

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Cyclone Wrecks North Coast Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 4

First picture of the wreckage caused by a cyclonic storm at Woodburn, on the North Coast, last week-end. The storm smashed shop fronts and tore roofs off buildings all along the main street. Local estimates of the damage exceed £50,000…

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Storm Over Apples at City Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 8

ARGUMENT.--Fruit Shopkeepers' Association members at the City Markets yesterday asking a carter not to deliver a case of apples bought at the maximum price…

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Floods Destroy ¼-Mile Bridge Ships Wrecked On Shore, Town Isolated By Fantastic Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 11

MORUYA, Tuesday.-- The quarter-mile steel and timber bridge an Prince's Highway across the Moruya River was swept away when flood wafers struck if yesterday…

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Flood Rations Canberra Milk

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 11

Canberra milk quotas will be halved for the next two days because weekend floods have disorganised supplies. One Canberra dairy farmer estimates…

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£200,000 Flood Toll at Moruya Bridge Destroyed; Fishing Craft Swept To Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 4

Damage estimated at more than £200,000 was caused to property, crops, and stock in the Moruya district when flood waters swept down the River Moruya on Monday. Flood damage in the Canberra…

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Through Dust Storms To Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 20

Many delegates to the Country Women's Association annual conference had to travel hundreds of miles and in some…

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The Week-end Storm

The Propeller · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 3

A violent storm last week-end did much damage in this district. Many fences were blown down and damage done to house properties. Many launches were…

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Coast Again Gets Heavy Rain Parched Outback Still Unrelieved Small Benefit on Catchment

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 2

SEABOARD suburbs were again deluged last night, over two inches of resin foiling at Mascot and Newport Beach…

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Frock Shops Flooded

The Sun · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 7

Several frock shops and offices were flooded by automatic sprinklers in St. James Building early this morning. Several frock shops and offices…

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Floods, Cold Bring New Milk Cuts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 5

Another cut in milk supplies to Sydney house holders will be made tomorrow…

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300,000 Germans in Allied Traps Dykes Blown To Flood Front

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Allied forces on the western front are steadily reducing three great pockets in which more than 300,000 German troops are trapped…

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Row Boat for Bride Floods delay many guests

The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1945 · page 13

DESPITE the floods, the union of two of the South Coast's most popular and oldest families…

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