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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 72

Floods Leave Ruin In Wake

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--As flood waters recede in Western Victoria, mud and slime cover thousands of acres of valuable…

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Floods Leave Ruin In Wake

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--As flood waters recede in Western Victoria, mud and slime cover thousands of acres of valuable…

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Floods Leave Ruin In Wake

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--As flood waters recede in Western Victoria, mud and slime cover thousands of acres of valuable…

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Deluge and Drought Harry Stockowners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 7

ALTHOUGH rain is needed throughout N.S.W. stock generally are in good healthy condilion…

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Delirious After Storm Ordeal

The Sun · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- After having been blown around Spencer's Gulf and into a lonely mangrove swamp, a 50-year-old…

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Cyclone Raging Off Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.—A cyclone has been located off the South Queensland coast. It was approximately 150 miles east from Sandy Cape at 9…

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Cyclonic Storm Warning

Truth · Sunday 24 March 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Whipped up by a 30 m.p.h. gale, mountainous seas are lashing the Queensland coast from…

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Mountbattens leave Singapore in storm

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 March 1946 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sat.--Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten's plane took off from Singapore for Canberra today in a fierce thunderstorm. The plane was still above…

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North Coast warned to expect floods

The Sun · Sunday 24 March 1946 · page 1

FLOOD warnings have been issued in areas along the entire east coast of Queensland, and the far…

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Tram, Train Delays As Heavy Rain Continues River Flood Danger, Big Seas On Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

SUBSTANTIAL rain which has been falling in Sydney since yesterday caused heavy overcrowding and delay on some train and tram services this morning, and hundreds were late for work. Torrential ram is falling on the north coast of New South Wales and…

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Tram, Train Delays As Heavy Rain Continues River Flood Danger, Big Seas On Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

SUBSTANTIAL rain which has been falling in Sydney since yesterday caused heavy overcrowding and delay on some train and tram services this morning, and hundreds Were late for work. Flood warnings Have been issued for all rivers along the N.S.W. coast…

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Tram, Train Delays As Heavy Rain Continues River Flood Danger, Big Seas On Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

SUBSTANTIAL rain which has been falling in Sydney since yesterday caused heavy overcrowding and delay oh some train and tram services this morning, and hundreds were late for work., Flood warnings have been issued for all rivers along the N.S.W. coast…

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Tram, Train Delays As Heavy Rain Continues River Flood Danger, Big Seas On Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

SUBSTANTIAL rain which has been falling in Sydney since yesterday caused heavy overcrowding and delay on some train and tram services this morning, and hundreds were late for work. Flood warnings have been issued for all rivers alone the N.S.W. coast…

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Storm Hits North Floods Feared

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 4

Flood warnings have been issued to the Tweed and Richmond districts on the North Const of New South Wales. where heavy…

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75,000 Welcome Cardinal Gilroy Triumphal Procession to Cathedral Witnessed by Crowds in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 5

REMARKABLE was the scene in Sydney yesterday, when 75,000 Sydney people turned out in pouring rain to pay a public tribute to Cardinal Gilroy. The rain failed to blot out the color of…

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Air Services Suspended Cyclone Lashes N.S.W. And Queensland Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 5

Plane services between Sydney and Brisbane, except one early morning service, were cancelled yesterday because of bad weather in both capitals. Southern Queensland and the North Coast of N.S.W. were lashed…

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North Coast Lashed by Cyclonic Storm Rain-Filled Rivers At Danger Point

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

HEAVY seas and torrential rain are lashing the north coast of N.S.W. and southern Queensland, and with more rain expected floods seem…

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Floods Swirl Into Nth. Coast Homes: Rescues by Boats

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

Floodwaters from the Tweed River swept into northern Murwillumbah homes, today and several families were rescued by boat. With the river within a few inches of overflowing its…

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Porters Use Trolleys in Station Flood Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 5

Railway porters yesterday wheeled 50 women and children on luggage trolleys from a flooded rest room at Central Station. The women and children…

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Prediction of Boom Flood Of U.S. Goods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON, March 24 (A.A.P.).—President Truman said yesterday that the Administration's new wage-prices policy would pave…

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