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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 72

Floods Follow In Wake Of Tornado

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 2

DETROIT, Wednesday.--Floods are following in the wake of the tornado which killed at least 20 people, injured…

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Flood on Top of Tornado

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 15

DETROIT, Wednesday.--Floods are following in the wake of the tornado which killed at least 20 people, injured hundreds and did untold damage in Detroit, Windsor and Ontario areas…

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Pails Wins Despite Thunderstorms Downs Derek Barton 6-4, 6-2 Brown's Service Aces Terrific at Queen's

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 23

LONDON, Wednesday.--Two heavy thunder storms marred the match between Dinny Pails and Derek Barton in the Queen's Club singles, yesterday, but Pails, wearing spikes on the slippery…

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Bush Deluge

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 9

Some primeval bond has fallen o'er The granite acres, and the towering gums Stand glist'ning in the torrents that downpour From leaden skies—below the earth's grey slums…

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Husbands Storm Stirling Castle--Free of Sickness

The Sun · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 7

The liner Stirling Castle was stormed by more than 1500 people--husbands in the vanguard--when she arrived in Sydney today from the United Kingdom. with 354 wives and children of Australian servicemen. When she berthed at…

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Heavy Coastal Rain

The Sun · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 12

Weather Notes.--In the last 24 hours the low pressure system has moved eastward in the Tasman Sea and a new centre has developed between Lord…

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Towns Isolated by Snow, Gales; Flood Warnings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 4

Heavy snow, rain and blizzard conditions have isolated many towns on the Southern Tablelands and South Coast during the last 48 hours…

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Last Night's Gale Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

ABOVE: Last night's gale caused this damage to Mansion Flats, Military Rd., Watson's Bay. The top portion of the building was lifted off by the fury of the wind and crashed on a verandah below, which collapsed under the impact. LEFT: MRS. KING, one of the tenants, with…

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Last Night's Gale Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

ABOVE: Last night's gale caused this damage to Mansion Flats, Military Rd., Watson's Bay. The top portion of the building was lifted off by the fury of the wind and crashed on a verandah below, which collapsed under the impact. LEFT: MRS. KING, one of the tenants, with…

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Last Night's Gale Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

LAST NIGHT'S GALE caused this damage to Mansion Flats, Military, Rd., Watson's Bay. The top portion of the building…

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Last Night's Gale Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

ABOVE: Last night's gale caused this damage to Mansion Flats, Military Rd., Watson's Bay. The top portion of the building was lifted off by the fury of the wind and crashed on a verandah below, which collapsed under the impact. LEFT: MRS. KING, one of the tenants, with…

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Valuable Yacht Damaged by Storm Sydney Swept By Terrific Gale Harbor Lashed by Giant Waves

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

LARGEST pleasure launch in Sydney, the Miramar II, which cost £30,000 to build and equip, was badly damaged in the storm which lashed Sydney last…

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Stranded By Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 3

LUXURY LAUNCH, Miramar II, owned by Messrs. J. J. Waterford and W. Passau, which was driven on the rocks against the sea wall…

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Stranded by Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 3

LUXURY LAUNCH, Miramar II. s owned by Messrs. J. S. Waterford and W. Passau, which was driven on the rocks against the sea wall…

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Stranded by Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 3

LUXURY LAUNCH, Miramar II. owned by Messrs. J. J. Waterford and W. Passau, which was driven on the rocks against the sea wall…

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Driven On Rocks By Gale

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

LUXURY LAUNCH, Miramar II, owned by Messrs. J. J. Waterford and W. Passau, which was driven on the rocks…

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Storms Sweep England Our Staff Correspondents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

LONDON, June 20.—England is experiencing the worst June weather since 1903, with heavy rain and hail The hay harvest has been delayed…

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Mob Storms Into Train-- Wild Scenes

The Sun · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

Hundreds of people waiting on Granville Station in drizzling rain, stormed a country train when it stopped there today on its way to Central…

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Big Yacht Goes Ashore In Gale

The Sun · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 3

During the 50 mph gale last night the £40,000 luxury yacht Miramar broke its moorings in Kogarah Bay and drifted three-quarters of a mile on to the rocks at Carr's…

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Moored Ferry Breaks Loose In Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

A 60-mile-an-hour gale, which lashed Sydney early last evening, caused a Manly ferry-boat, the Barrenjoey, to break from its mooring at Kurraba Point, Neutral Bay, and drift a quarter of a mile,…

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