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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 39

Dust Storms Strike Metropolis Again

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Dust storms in the central areas and portion of the southern section of the State are responsible for the slight dust haze over Sydney today. ANNOUNCING this today, the…

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Dust Storms Strike Metropolis Again

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Dust storms in the central areas and portion of the southern section of the State are responsible for the slight dust haze over Sydney today. ANNOUNCING this today, the…

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Dust Storms Strike Metropolis Again

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Dust storms in the central areas and portion of the southern section of the State are responsible for the slight dust haze over Sydney today. ANNOUNCING this today, the…

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Dust Storms Strike Metropolis Again

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

Dust storms in the central areas and portion of the southern section of the State are responsible for the slight dust haze over Sydney today…

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Dust Storms Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

Dust storms from inland areas of the State, which hit Sydney yesterday, are now subsiding' and warm days with…

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Dust Storms Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

Dust storms from inland areas of the State, which hit Sydney yesterday, are now subsiding and warm days with…

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Dust Storms Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Dust storms from inland areas of the State, which hit Sydney yesterday, are now subsiding and warm days with…

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Dust Storms Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

Dust storms from inland areas of the State, which hit Sydney yesterday, are now subsiding and warm days with…

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Dust Storms Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Dust storms from inland areas of the State, which hit Sydney yesterday, are now subsiding and warm days with…

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Cyclone In Queensland

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 9

Weather Note.--No appreciable change occurred in the pressure distribution during the past 24 hours the movements of the various systems…

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Dust Storms Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

Dust storms from inland areas of the State, which hit Sydney yesterday, are now subsiding and warm days with…

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Lashed to Beds in Gale

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 7

Two Sydney seamen, back in port after a 1500-mile tow from New Guinea, described life as "just plain "hell" during a gale. They were on the 98-ton motor-vessel. Mongana, and the…

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1956 pts. in Queensland Deluge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 4

Bemerside, seven miles from the north coast town of Ingham, received 1,956 points of rain in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Ingham itself had a record…

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Long Tow of Small Ship Weathered Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 4

After having been towed 1,500 miles, the Mongana, a 98-ton motor-ship, entered Sydney Harbour yesterday morning. She…

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Mighty Tank Battle for Oder Cities Russians Prepare To Storm River From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 2:—All the indications are that Marshal Zhukov, undaunted by increasing German resistance or the now thawing Oder, intends to storm the river and press on to Berlin…

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Heat, Dust Storm Are on the Way

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 20

MODERATE weather conditions now prevalent throughout the State will be of only short duration. A return to high temperatures with…

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60 House-hunters Storm Office In City

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 3

Besieging a city estate agent's office today, between 50 and 60 house-hunters kicked on the door, and so scared two office girls that they locked themselves in…

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Cyclone In West On Rampage

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday. -- Widespread damage has been caused by cyclones throughout northwest. although rain has been of…

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Airmen Missing After Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

FERTH, Tuesday.—Three R.A.A.F. men are missing following a c[?]clone which passed over the north-west of the State…

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Russians Storm Oder Line Germans Admit Four Crossings Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 6.—The Russians have established at least four bridgeheads across the Oder River and appear to be developing them despite frenzied German resistance…

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