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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 39

Roosevelt's death causes flood of wild rumors

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 April 1945 · page 36

NEW YORK, Sat. -- President Roosevelt's death unleashed floods of rumors that other prominent people were dead. President Roosevelt's four…

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Heavy Rain on Coast

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 5

A deluge on southern and central seaboard areas of the State last night resulted in falls of more than two inches…

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Heavy Rain Falls in City, Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 7

Heavy showers fell last night in parts of the metropolitan area and along the coast. To midnight 15 points were reported…

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Soccer Storm; Three Resign

The Sun · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 12

Metters' secretary (Mr. S. Piaud), president (J. Greig), and publicity officer (B. Cowell), resigned last night as a protest against the Soccer match of the day being…

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Dutch Flood Waters Released

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 1

German troops in Holland fleeing from the Canadians have turned the waters of the Zuider Zee into the lowlands north of…

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Heavy Rain in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 3

Heavy rain fell in the city lasi night, and there were further downpours early this morning. From 9 a.m. yesterday to 2 a.m…

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Heavy Rain Pleased R.U. PREMIERS Forwards Would Be Suited By Soft Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 8

Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union side was pleased at training last night with the heavy rain. A soft ground at Waverley Oval to-morrow would suit the Eastern Suburbs forwards in the…

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Germans Flooding Holland Zuyder Zee Calamity Breach in Sea Wall

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday. -- The Germans have dynamited the Znyder Zee wall and Causeway. The North Sea, roaring and frothing, is pouring…

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Water Floods Cafes In Manly During Deluge

The Sun · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 3

Water racing down from the hill above flooded buildings in Marine Parade, Manly, during a torrential downpour last night…

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Heavy City Rain, But Drought Districts Miss Wettest April Day For 18 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 5

Although Sydney yesterday had its wettest day for 18 years, no rain fell at Richmond, only 35 miles inland. Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. three and a half…

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Sea Outlet for Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 5

MANLY council employees digging a seven loot channel last night across Queenscliif Beach, to divert to the sea flood waters which had covered market gardens and golf links…

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Downpour Floods Homes Cafe, House Wrecked in Manly Nightmare

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

WHEN walls of water swept, down the steep hillside below St. Patrick's College at Manly and engulfed homes and a shop fronting Marine Parade last night, thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused…

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No Threat of "Bible" Flood

Truth · Sunday 22 April 1945 · page 20

SYDNEY'S prospect of "40 days and 40 nights" of rain had now disappeared, according to a Weather Bureau official last…

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London's fire pumps going to Holland to combat floods

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 April 1945 · page 40

LONDON, Sat. -- Fire pumps which fought the blitz in Britain's cities are being rushed to northern Holland to fight floods. Floods are sweeping across…

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Southerly, Rain, Storms Forecast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 9

Southerly squalls this afternoon, with showers and thunderstorms tonight are forecast…

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Russians Storm Into Berlin Battle in Suburbs Stalin Directs Onslaught From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 1

LONDON, April 22—Moscow reported last night that the Red Army had reached the suburbs of Berlin and that the heart of the city was under concentrated artillery fire and constant air attack…

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No Warning to Flooded Dutch

The Sun · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.-- There is nothing to indicate that the Germans gave 15,000 Dutch…

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The Flooding Qf Holland By A Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

In their senseless rage at the inevitable defeat which is engulfing them, the Germans in Holland have torn gaps in one of the finest…

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Million Acres Flooded Nazi Destruction In Holland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 3

LONDON, April 23 (A.A.P.).— In 15 minutes the Germans wiped out the work of 15 years when they flooded the…

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Storm Damage at Brighton Sea Wall to be Constructed

The Propeller · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 1

Considerable discussion took place at the last meeting of Rockdale Council, when the mutter of storm damage at Brighton beach, the municipal baths, and…

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