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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 72

Storm Centre

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 9

NOTE on NSW strikes: Why have a dreamy-eyed Victorian like Ted Holloway as Minister for Labor?…

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Storm Over A.B.C.'s NEWS-EDITOR Appointment Of Cotton Queried Moses' Cheap Sneer

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 4

AUSTRALIAN Broadcasting Commission has just announced the appointment of Leicester Cotton to the coveted…

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"Blackout" In Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 3

Hundreds going to work early this morning were delayed in reaching their destination because they had to seek shelter…

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"Blackout" In Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 4

Hundreds going to work early this morning were delayed in reaching their destination because they had to seek shelter…

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Baths Caretaker Dies From Storm Injuries

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Alexander Stevens (60), caretaker of the Bogey Hole Baths, Newcastle, who was injured when a two-ton boulder…

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Baths Caretaker Dies From Storm Injuries

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Alexander Stevens (60), caretaker of the Bogey Hole Baths, Newcastle, who was injured when a two-ton boulder…

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Baths Caretaker Dies From Storm Injuries

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Alexander Stevens (60), caretaker of the Bogey Hole Baths, Newcastle, who was injured when a two-ton boulder…

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Baths Caretaker Dies From Storm Injuries

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Alexander Stevens (60), caretaker of the Bogey Hole Baths, Newcastle, who was injured when a two-ton boulder…

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Thousands Flee From Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 1

BAGHDAD, May 13 (A.A.P.).— Thousands are homeless as a result of the overflowing of the great twin rivers the Euphrates and the Tigris…

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Flood-Free Rail Link Would Heavily Cut Freight Costs

Tribune · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 7

A railway from Minimbah through Cessnock to Cockle Creek would shorten rail distance between Minimbah and Sydney by 40 miles, help prevent congestion and delay in Newcastle, provide a flood-free route from the north to Sydney and make a…

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Irak Floods Make Thousands Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 4

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).--Thousands are homeless in Irak because of floods caused by the overflowing of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, says…

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Heavy Rain Aids China Ricefields

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 15

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- Last weekend torrents of rain proved a Godsend to the parched, semi-barren ricefields of…

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Heavy Rain Aids China Ricefields

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 15

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- Last weekend torrents of rain proved a Godsend to the parched, semi-barren ricefields of…

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Police Ret When Hungry Women Storm Bakery

The Sun · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 5

ROME, Tuesday.--Storming the bakery in the town of Ascoli, a mob of 500 hungry women today carried off more than 3001b. of bread before police intervened. The situation remained tense…

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Temporary "Homes' Holroyd Council Flooded with Applications

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 2

The numerous applications for permission to live in temporary "homes", including structures of all sizes and tents, and the existing resolution…

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At Biriya After the Storm

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 4

“We shall not abandon a Jewish settlement point!” These words I heard at Affula, from the restaurant proprietor, who served me the soup, and who whispered in my ear: “My son’s at Biriya.” I heard it at Tiberias from the small boys who crowded round the…

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Floods And Frosts Reduce, Maize Yields

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

FURTHER damage was caused to maize crops within flood reach on the N.S.W. Central Coast from the Macleay to the Hawkesbury. These…

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Big Flood Losses on Hunter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 5

DURING April the worst flood on the Lower Hunter since 1930 and, on the Williams and Paterson Rivers, the worst since…

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Record Floods For Taree District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 4

SOME floods of record dimensions were experienced in the Taree district durum April, says the Agricultural Instructor (Mr. J. M. Pitt)…

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Q'land Dust Storm

The Sun · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Clouds of dust, whipped up by strong winds over the parched "dust-bowl" area, threw a heavy…

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