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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 39

Flood Dampens Ardor of Voters

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 4

LISBON, Monday. -- Nature favored the opposition candidates when voting began yesterday in the Portugal elections…

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Storm Toll at £40,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 4

After inspecting the damage caused by the wind and hail storm which swept the western end of the Holroyd municipality on…

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Lettuce Supply Marred by Storm City Markets

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 18

SUPPLIES of lettuce were much-lighter, apparently as a result of storm damage in a number of growing areas, and sharp rise in prices occurred. DEMAND for cabbages was slow,…

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Storm Smashes City Clocks Hail Injures Seven, Holds Up Court Proceedings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 5

Several people were injured and hailstones smashed the faces of the City Hall, Tyrrell Hall, and Scot's Hotel clocks in a terrific storm yesterday at Newcastle…

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Storm Sufferers' Plight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 4

Poultry farmers cannot repair damage done during recent storms because of shortages of wire-netting and nails…

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Western News Storm Damage Severe Prospect, Pendle Hill Council Employees to the Rescue

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 3

"When the storm had passed, the worst affected places looked as though an atomic bomb had fallen there."…

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Storm Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 4

A committee will be appointed to investigate losses suffered by poultry farmers and vegetable growers during the storm in the Pendle Hills,…

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Storm Toll at [?]

The Biz · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 6

After in[?] the damange [?] the wind and hall storm [?] western and of the [?] On [?]…

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Properties Flood in All Rains

The Biz · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 3

St. John's Ward Progress Association wrote to Cabra-Vale Council last Monday night requesting attention to the bridge at the corner of Canley Vale and Burns…

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De Gaulle Rides the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

From the sharp political crisis in France aroused by the Conimunists' challenge, General de Gaulle has emerged victorious. His success at…

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Many Farms Suffer in Big Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 14

MANY poultry farmers in the Prospect-Pendle Hill district suffered heavy damage as a result of a wind and…

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Small Farmers Hit By Storm Losses Vegetable, Poultry. Men Suffer; Wind and Hail Flatten Countryside by Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 3

MANY months of work were destroyed in five minutes by a terrific wind and hail storm which swept through the poultry farming and vegetable growing district of Pendle Hill, near Sydney, last Sunday…

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Back-dated Magazines to Flood Aust. Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 November 1945 · page 6

A large American company was trying to recapture the Australian market for cheap back-dated popular magazines, Sydney publishers said last night. The firm held the Australian…

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Storm About Test-tube Babies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--An anonymous 70-year-old Washington woman has aroused a national storm by proposing that young, unmarried U.S. girls should he allowed to bear test-tube babies. She suggests the women…

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Storm Damage Relief

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 2

A subscription list has been opened for the relief of residents of Pendle Hill and district who suffered severe loss of homes, stock and crops during the hailstorm on…

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Heavy Storm In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 4

Accompanied by heavy thunder, an electric storm broke over Sydney shortly after 3 p.m. today and drenched hundreds of…

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Heavy Storm In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 4

Accompanied by heavy thunder, an electric storm broke over Sydney shortly after 3 p.m. today and drenched hundreds of…

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Heavy Storm In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 5

Accompanied by heavy thunder, an electric storm broke over Sydney shortly after 3 p.m. today and drenched hundreds of…

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Huge Storm Losses Holroyd Council's Action'

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 1

At last meeting of Holroyd Council, the Mayor, Ald. Maunder, referred to the huge, losses that had d been sustained by residents of Pendle Hill and district…

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Strikers Come to Aid of Storm Victims Rebuilding and Repairing of Houses "A Godsend," Says Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1945 · page 1

Working 12 hours each day 30 Port Kembla strikers are engaged in rebuilding and repairing homes for the victims of the recent storm…

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