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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 72

New Flood Disaster

The Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The worst floods in Germany for a century are causing catastrophic results, according to Hamburg radio…

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Rhineland Floods Worst For 35 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The worst floods for 35 years are sweeping across the Rhineland, says Hamburg radio. "Swirling floodwaters are…

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Flood May Cut Vital Rail Link

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Inkerman railway bridge, a vital link in the Brisbane-Townsville railway, may be seriously damaged by the…

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Flood May Cut Vital Rail Link

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Inker- man railway bridge, a vital link in the Brisbane-Townsville railway, may be seriously damaged by the…

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Flood May Cut Vital Rail Link

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Inkerman railway bridge, a vital link in the Brisbane-Townsville railway, may be seriously damaged by the…

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Floods in Rhineland Worst for 35 Years

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 16

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Floods in Westphalia and the Rhineland areas of Germany are reported to be the worst for 35 years…

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Flood May Cut Vital Rail Link

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Inkerman railway bridge, a vital link in the Brisbane-Townsville railway, may be seriously damaged by the…

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Flood May Cut Vital Rail Link

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Inkerman railway bridge, a vital link in the Brisbane-Townsville railway, may be seriously damaged by the…

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Floods in Rhineland

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Floods in Westphalia and the Rhineland areas of Germany are reported to be the worst for 35 years…

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Katoomba Sights by Floodlight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 7

KATOOMBA, Monday.—Floodlights which were turned off in 1942 at Echo Point and Katoomba Falls will be switched on again to-morrow…

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Villages May Fall in Sea Flood Toll In Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 11 (A.A.P.).— Four Norfolk villages are "in imminent danger of falling into the sea," says Mr. S. W. Mobbs, chief…

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Flood Waters Breach Weir

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.—One of the weirs on the Ross River, on the outskirts of Townsville, may empty its 400 million gallons and flood…

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South Coast Meeds Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

It would take four to five inches of rain to break the drought which was so seriously affecting milk production on the South Coast, said the agricultural…

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Deluge In Tamworth

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

In a torrential downpour yesterday, Tamworth was deluged with 206 points of rain in an hour…

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Townsville Cyclone Extensive Flood Damage

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 12

A 65-mile-an-hour cyclonic gale, accompanied by heavy rain, devastated the Townsvile district during the week-end,…

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G.I. Divorce Storm in Britain Women's Plea To Pope To Intervene Demands for Govt. Action

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Married Women's Association has written to the Pope on behalf of G.I. brides whose husbands have started divorce proceedings in the United…

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G.I. Divorce Storm in Britain Women's Plea To Pope To Intervene Demands for Govt. Action

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Married Women's Association has written to the Pope on behalf of G.I. brides whose husbands have started divorce proceedings in the United…

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Flood Damage in Germany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 12 (A.A.P.).—The worst floods that have hit Germany in a century are causing catastrophic results; according to Hamburg Radio…

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Heavy Rain Falls In North West

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 16

SOME parts of the north west received up to 10-in. of rain during January, reports the agricultural Instructor (Mr. J. A. O'Reilly)…

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Battered By Great Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

A VIOLENT STORM pounded the U.S. carrier, Wasp, on her last trip across the Atlantic. She arrived in New York…

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