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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 72

Floods Cause General Cut In Milk Ration

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

Because supplies have been disrupted by floods on the North Coast milk deliveries to all consumers will be reduced from…

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Floodwaters Recede Wide Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 3

Desolation and effects of flooding became clearer in northern towns yesterday as rivers steadily receded to levels within their…

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Floods Are Receding

The Sun · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 5

Reports from the North Coast this morning say floodwaters in all affected areas are receding slowly…

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Town's Water Supply Threatened By Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 9

Main domestic water supply to flooded Grafton was threatened yesterday when the swollen Blaxland Greek swept away a bridge carrying Water Board pipes…

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£200,000 Damage In Grafton Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 11

WITH floodwaters receding in the north-- rivers have fallen as much as seven feet in the past 24 hours--damage to roads, bridges, fences and stock in the Grafton district alone is estimated at £200,000…

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£200,000 Damage In Grafton Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 11

WITH floodwaters receding in the north rivers have fallen as much as seven feet in the past 24 hours—damage to roads, bridges, fences and stock in the Grafton district alone is estimated at £200,000…

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£200,000 Damage In Grafton Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 11

WITH floodwaters receding in the north — rivers have fallen as much as seven feet in the past 24 hours—damage to roads, bridges, fences and stock in the Grafton district alone is estimated at £200.000…

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Flood Damage £200,000 in Grafton Area

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

With floodwaters receding in the north--rivers have fallen as much as seven feet in the past 24 hours -- damage to roads,…

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£200,000 Damage In Grafton Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 11

WITH floodwaters receding in the north -- rivers have fallen as much as seven feet in the past 24 hours-- damage to roads, bridges, fences and stock in the Grafton district alone is estimated at £200,000…

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Trieste Partisans Clash Outbreaks In Italo-Yugoslav Storm Centre

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--Italian and Yugoslav demonstrators fought today in the streets of Trieste, Adriatic seaport. Hundreds of police patrolled the streets and…

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Floods Subsiding

The Land · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

"The floods everywhere are now subsiding," stated the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) yesterday. He said rain earlier in the…

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Big Floods Wreak Havoc In North

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

GREATEST floods for years swept down valleys of the north coast of N.S.W. early this week. Damage to crops…

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Taree Holds Record Show, Despite Floods Long Drought Comes To An End With Ten Inch Downpour Committee's Confidence Is Justified

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 6

NINE months of drought followed by 10 inches of rain on the two days preceding the Taree show did not deter exhibitors, nor dampen the committee's enthusiasm. Determination to continue with the show resulted in the finest exhibition of livestock ever paraded in the Manning River district…

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Lonely Homestead in Desolate Flood Scene

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 1

A farm homestead, surrounded by water at Frederickton, in the Kempsey district. A large area of rich pasture, more than 20 miles wide, was still under water when a "Herald'" photographer flew over the area yesterday morning…

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Paterson’s Fight for Flood Victims

Tribune · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 6

BRISBANE.—Mr. Fred Paterson Communist MLA for Bowen, is putting up a determined fight for financial relief to victims of the…

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Flood Recedes In Grafton

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 7

IN BRILLIANT SUNSHINE, girls pick water hyacinths from masses of flowers left in a South Grafton street when floodwaters subsided on Wednesday. From left: Betty Lockhart, Nancy Brooks, Joyce Dalton. During the last three fine days all northern rivers have…

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Storm Misses Duke's Plane, Hits Pressmen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 2

A plane that left Norfolk Island yesterday less than an hour after the Duke of Gloucester's Avro York was forced back by bad weather. The plane was a Liberator…

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Crowds Storm On Wharf To Farewell Troops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 4

Almost 1.000 people broke a police cordon and surged on to No. 1 wharf. Glebe, to farewell occupation forces yesterday afternoon…

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The Press a Flood of Filth

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 7

YANK "pulp" publishers are new dumping their garbage into Australia. But by a new disposal method. Scavenging rights are sold to anyone with a printing plant in this country. Theirs is…

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Report From the Flood Front Carnival air in Northern Rivers towns No complaints, no panic in deluge that cost £250,000

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 March 1946 · page 7

Either because the people are used to floods, or because of the incongruously sunny weather, partially-submerged Northern Rivers towns had a carnival air about them last week…

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