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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 72

Severe Storm Hits England

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. --Crops were flattened and shops and houses flooded in one of the severest July thunderstorms…

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Severe Storm Hits England

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. --Crops were flattened and shops and houses flooded in one of the severest July thunderstorms…

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Severe Storm Hits England, One Fatality

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday. --A man was killed by lightning, crops were flattened and shops and houses flooded in one of the…

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Severe Storm Hits England, One Fatality

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday. --A man was killed by lightning, crops were flattened and shops and houses flooded in one of the…

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Severe Storm Hits England, One Fatality

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday. --A man was killed by lightning, crops were flattened and shops and houses flooded in one of the…

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Wide Area Flooded by Murray Waters Still Rising; Heavy Snow May Fall On Mountains

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 9

Floodwaters from the Murray River have covered a strip of country three miles wide between Albury and Wodonga. Last night the Murray at Albury was 2ft. 2in. above…

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Thunderstorm Stops Last Hurst Park Race

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Saturday. --The last race at Hurst Park yesterday had to be postponed until today because of a "Bikini" thunderstorm which…

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Thunderstorm Stops Last Hurst Park Race

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 10

LONDON, Saturday.--The last race at Hurst Park yesterday had to be postponed until today because of a "Bikini" thunderstorm which…

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Floods on the Murray River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 3

A series of pictures by a "Herald" staff photographer. TOP: Water flowing over the Hume Weir spillway yesterday reached the record height of seven feet 10 inches. LOWER: Gordon Hicks and Albert Coupland retrieving belongings from the tents in which…

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Cold Snap in City Snow, Floods In South

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 3

The unseasonable spell of warm weather which Sydney has been enjoying ended abruptly yesterday with a sharp fall in…

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Snow Maroons Townships: Murray River Flood

Truth · Sunday 28 July 1946 · page 32

Although the wind had moderated from Friday's blizzard, snow continued to fall at Kiandra continually yesterday, and further snow is forecast for the Southern Highlands today. Provisions, including fresh meat,…

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Floods Lessen, But Drought Still Hitting Crops, Sheep

The Sun · Sunday 28 July 1946 · page 2

WHILE in many areas of NSW stock are dying in the worst drought in 20 years, flood-bound residents near Albury still face the danger of melting snows…

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Storm Over Russia's Peace Parley Team Satellite Ministers

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

PARIS, Monday. -- The Peace conference today may open with a storm over the personnel of Russia's delegation…

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Flood Higher at Albury Other Rivers Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

The Murray River flood at Albury reached a new high level in the town last night, but the water is stationary in most places…

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Floods in Riverina Receding

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 7

Flood waters in Albury and Tallangatta, districts are slowly receding, but with the melting snow, it is expected that high…

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Harvest in Jeopardy Storms In Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

LONDON, July 29 (A.A.P.).— Britain's harvest will be one of the most difficult to garner for many years, because acres of wheat,…

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Australians in Fighting Finish Won In Bandages Storm-arnold in Great Ride

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 23

LONDON, Tuesday.--Australians Alf Strom and Roger Arnold were first and second respectively in the first stage of the six days' cycling race from Brighton to Glasgow. Half a length separated the pair…

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Flood Tide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 7

ILLUSTRATED by JAMES PHILLIPS THE artist came to the fishing village in the dusk at…

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Murray River Flood Danger Disappearing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

Almost down to normal, the Murray River at Albury is still falling and danger of further flooding has…

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Murray River Flood Danger Disappearing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

Almost down to normal, the Murray River at Albury is still falling and danger of further flooding has…

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