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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

773 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 39

Disastrous N.Z. Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 11

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--Trade and farming circles estimate the flood damage to cereal and small seed crops in…

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Severe storms on North Shore

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 2

Storms, particularly severe on the North Shore to Palm Beach, swept over Sydney last night. More than 30 points were…

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Limelight on Politics Canberra's Busy Week . . . Parliament's Opening Was Crowded Affair . .. Preference Issue Illustrates Curtin's Dominance... Storm Over Leakage Of Caucus Secret... Insurance Bill Timely... R.A.A.F. Puzzle Explained

Truth · Sunday 25 February 1945 · page 18

IT was a notable week for Canberra. First there was a full Cabinet meeting on Monday,…

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Heavy Rain Gives Drought-stricken Areas Drenching

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 11

COMPLETE breaking of the drought early in March was forecast by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) today, when he reported that 150,000 square miles in the eastern half of…

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Heavy Rain Gives Drought-stricken Areas Drenching

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 11

COMPLETE breaking of the drought early in March was forecast by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) today, when he reported that 150,000 square miles in the eastern half of…

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Heavy Rain Gives Drought-stricken Areas Drenching

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 11

COMPLETE breaking of Hie drought early in March was forecast by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) today, when he reported that 150,000 square miles in the eastern half of…

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Heavy Rain Gives Drought-stricken Areas Drenching

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 11

COMPLETE breaking of the drought early in March was forecast by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) today, when he reported that 150.000 square miles in the eastern half of…

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Storms Black Out Towns, Cause Rail Washaway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 4

Thunderstorms at the week-end caused a railway washaway 12 miles from Tamworth and wrecked high-tension lines on the Blue Mountains, blacking out towns in the Wentworth Falls-Springwood aree…

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Groceries Washed Away In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Groceries were washed off shelves in a store into a street at Tynong, Gippsland, during an electrical storm today…

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Two Airmen Killed in Storm Others Saved By Signals From Town Lights

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—Two R.A.A.F. trainees were killed and one was seriously injured when planes on a night training flight were caught in a sudden storm in south-east Victoria on Saturday…

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Cobar Cyclone Leaves Damage Trail

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 3

Damage estimated at £12,000 was caused by a cyclonic storm which swept Cobar district on Monday afternoon…

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Heavy Dust, Rain in Country Streams Rise to Flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 12

BLINDING duststorms are raging in parched inland areas. Wilcannia, Hay and Urana have been almost…

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Heavy Dust, Rain in Country Streams Rise to Flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 12

BLINDING duststorms are raging in parched inland areas. Wilcannia, Hay and Urana have been almost…

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Can Roosevelt Ride the Storm? (By Beam Wireless.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 7

The row kicked up by the Senate over President Roosevelt's nomination of Mr. Henry Wallace as Secretary of Commerce was a curtain-raiser on the impending drama of the conflict over the President's…

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Dust-storm Menace Again in Riverina

The Sun · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 5

There is new fear of duststorms in the Rivering and Far West, following the passing of the rain movement, which has left vast areas there still drought-stricken…

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Serious Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--Bursting of the banks of the Molyneux River in Otago Province is described by the…

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Serious Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--Bursting of the banks of the Molyneux River in Otago Province is described by the…

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Serious Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday. --Bursting of the banks of the Molyneux River in Otago Province is described by the…

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Dust-storms On Way

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 9

Weather Notes,--On eastern areas of the continent at 9 am on Friday the pressure distribution was of weak character, with no particular unsettled…

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Flood Rain in North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

A fall of 588 points of rain at Tweed Heads on Wednesday night and yesterday flooded lowlying land…

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