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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 72

Assistant to Storm Damaged Properties

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

The War Agricultural Committee Committee. Parramatta replying to the council latter of 29th February re storm damage relict fund Stated that ad far as could…

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Russia Threatens to Quit U.N.O. DISCUSSION Storm Over Persia Issue

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Dramatically interrupting U.N.O Security Council proceedings yesterday, the Soviet delegate (Andrei Gromyko) threatened to walk out of the meeting…

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Russia Threatens to Quit U.N.O. DISCUSSION Storm Over Persia Issue

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Dramatically interrupting U.N.O. Security Council proceedings yesterday, the Soviet delegate (Andrei Gromyko) threatened to walk out of the meeting…

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Town Surrounded by Floodwaters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

A "Herald" photographer took this picture of floodwaters surrounding Grafton during a special flight over the flooded area of the North Coast yesterday. (Flooded Kempsey, Page 3.)…

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Floods Cut Off Towns: View From Air By a Special Reporter who Flew Over the Flooded Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Thousands of acres of rich pasture land in northern New South Wales are covered with…

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Northern Rivers Flooded Heavy Damage At Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

The greatest floods for many years swept into some of the valleys along the northern rivers yesterday as more water from the tremendous rains, which began…

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Flooded Kempsey Photographed From the Air Yesterday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 3

An aerial view of the floodwaters surrounding Kempsey, taken by a "Herald" photographer during a special flight over the northern rivers yesterday…

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Floods Sweep Kempsey

The Sun · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

SUDDEN RISE of flood waters at Kempsey, when the Macl[?]ay River overflowed its banks, was responsible for these remarkable scenes. Girls were rowed through the streets to the shops and offices in which they worked, and many families had to evacuate their homes. Bread deliveries were made under difficulties…

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Floods Force 800 From Homes in Grafton

The Sun · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 5

While flood conditions in the rest of northern NSW are easing rapidly, 800 people have been forced from their homes at South Grafton, and the Clarence River is still rising…

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Youth Drowned In North Coast Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

A youth was drowned and 18,000 square miles of the North Coast were flooded yesterday when four swollen rivers broke their banks. Floodwaters are swirling…

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Crop, Stock Losses Mounting Floodwaters Sweep Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Thousands of acres of corn, maize, and winter stock feeds are being destroyed as floodwaters surge over farm lands on the North Coast…

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North Queensland Flood

Il Risveglio = The Awakening · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 6

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North Coast Flood Danger Passes Clarence Overflow Covers Grafton Farmers' Losses Total £100,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 14

FLOOD waters in most of the swollen North Coast rivers are receding, but in the Grafton area the danger of further flooding has not yet passed…

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North Coast Flood Danger Passes Clarence Overflow Covers Grafton Farmers' Losses Total £100,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 14

FLOOD waters in most of the swollen North Coast rivers are receding, but in the Grafton area the danger of further flooding has not yet passed…

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Floods in North Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Although flood waters are receding from some North Coast towns, the bursting of the banks of the Clarence River at…

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Coastal Flood Danger Passes Clarence River Bursts Banks Threat Persists in Grafton Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 6

FLOOD wafers in most of the swollen North Coast rivers are receding, hut in the Grafton area the danger of further flooding has not yet passed…

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Floods in North Subsiding

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Although flood waters are receding from some North Coast towns, the bursting of the banks of the Clarence River at…

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North Coast Flood Danger Passes Clarence Overflow Covers Grafton Farmers' Losses Total £100,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 14

FLOOD waters in most of the swollen North Coast rivers are receding, but in the Grafton area the danger of further flooding has not yet passed…

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Storm Over Tennis Ban-- Passport Confusion

The Sun · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 16

A storm of protest has developed over the LTAA's rejection of the British invitation to send a tennis team to Wimbledon and the doubt whether the Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) would have issued passports. Other…

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Grafton Inundated by Clarence Floodwaters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

TOP: A miniature waterfall In South Grafton. LOWER: Residents of South Grafton [?] shopping in a rowing boat…

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