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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 39

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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Key Nazis Flee To Spain As Red Army Storms On

Tribune · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON.—As the Red Army storms over the Oder on its pre-fabricated bridges and the Doughboys and Tommies prepare to provide the western claw to a Berlin pincers, key Nazi…

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Surprise Attack on West Front Americans Storm Into Germany Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 7.—Four divisions from the U.S. Third Army, in a surprise attack launched early to-day, stormed across the Sauer and Our Rivers, forming the border of Luxembourg and Germany, in the Eastern…

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Thunderstorms Ahead

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 9

During the past 24 hours very light to light rain occurred in the NE corner and at isolated places on the Blue Mountains and central coast of New…

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Flood Threat to Allied Armies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 3

The two main dams are about 10 miles south of Duren. The Urft dam is nearly 1,000 feet long and rises 177 feet above the river…

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Flood Sweeps Girl, Taxi Away

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

CAIRNS, Monday.--Floodwaters swept a taxi and its woman driver off Granite Creek causeway last night. She is Miss Grace Borghero, of…

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Taxi Girl Swept Away by Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Miss Grace Borghero, a taxi-driver. of Mareeba, had a narrow escape from drowning on Saturday night…

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Taxi Girl Swept Away by Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 14

CAIRNS, Monday.--Miss Grace Borghero, a taxi-driver, of Mareeba, had a narrow escape from drowning on Saturday night…

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Taxi Girl Swept Away by Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 14

CAIRNS, Monday.--Miss Grace Borghero, a taxi-driver, of Mareeba, had a narrow escape from drowning on Saturday night…

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Pilot Storms the Barn

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--An American Mustang fighter pilot returning from an operation, flew into a Suffolkshire barn, cutting it in two. The…

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Pilot Storms the Barn

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--An American Mustang fighter pilot returning from an operation, flew into a Suffolkshire barn, cutting it in two. The…

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Pilot Storms the Barn

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--An American Mustang fighter pilot returning from an operation, flew into a Suffolkshire barn, cutting it in two. The…

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Pilot Storms the Barn

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--An American Mustang fighter pilot returning from an operation, flew into a Suffolkshire barn, cutting it in two. The…

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Memorial Floodlight to Remain Vain Complaint by N.r.m.a

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 9

A floodlight that for a quarter of a century has shone on Auburn's memorial to its men who laid down their lives in the last…

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Dust-Storms Over State

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 6

Heavy dust-storms were reported throughout New South Wales yesterday. At Urana, in the Riverina, a…

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Dust Storms Hit Most of State

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 3

FIERCE dust storms are raging over the State and the prospect of rain is diminishing, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said this morning…

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Dust Storms Hit Most of State

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 9

FIERCE dust storms are raging over the State and the prospect of rain is diminishing, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said this morning…

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Dust Storms Hit Most of State

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 9

FIERCE dust storms are raging over the State and the prospect of rain is diminishing, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said this morning…

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Dust Storms Hit Most of State

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 9

FIERCE dust storms are raging over the State and the prospect of rain is diminishing, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said this morning…

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Dust Storms Hit Most of State

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 3

FIERCE dust storms are raging over the State and the prospect of rain is diminishing, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said this morning…

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