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Floods & storms, 1946

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Stop Press Gale Damage in Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 28

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Minor damage was caused in some susurbs by a fierce squall, accompanied by rain and hail, which lashed the…

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More Flood Damage In Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 2

BRITISH farmers are in despair because the first days of September have carried on August's bad record of continuous rain and wind…

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Bombay Quiet Deluge Stops Riot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sept. 9 (A.A.P.).— Bombay, which has been deluged by a series of cloudbursts, is quiet, says Reuters correspondent…

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Jews Flood Into Germany By A Staff Correspondent in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 2

A HUNDRED thousand Jews in the American zone in Germany are living in primitive emergency camps, waiting for a home…

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Rain Stops Bombay Race Riots Areas Flooded, Supplies Of Food Disrupted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 2

BOMBAY, Monday.--Eight and a half inches of rain, which fell in four hours this morning, stopped Hindu-Moslem riots in Bombay…

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Gale, Rain Ruin Crops In Ireland

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Torrential rain and a gale yesterday battered down crops in north Tyrone and east Donegal…

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Gale, Rain Ruin Crops In Ireland

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Torrential rain and a gale yesterday battered down crops in north Tyrone and east Donegal…

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Gale Warning to Ships in Strait

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Strong north-westerly gales are whipping up mountainous seas in Bass Strait and weather bureau officials have issued…

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Battle with Gale Ketch Makes Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 1

The ketch Eunice J. arrived at Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, yesterday after battling her way through a gale which reached 80…

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Gale Warning to Ships in Strait

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Strong north-westerly gales are whipping up mountainous seas in Bass Strait and weather bureau officials have issued…

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Gale Warning to Ships in Strait

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Strong north-westerly gales are whipping up mountainous seas in Bass Strait and weather bureau officials have issued…

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Gale Warning to Ships in Strait

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Strong north-westerly gales are whipping up mountainous seas in Bass Strait and weather bureau officials have issued…

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Ship Caught In Gale Hits 2 Wharves

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 5

The freighter Stentor (10,000 tons) crashed into wharves 20 and 21, Pyrmont, yesterday…

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Profitable Harvest Without Work Boon to Camden Farmer "Drought or flood can't spoil this crop," says Ron Rofe, well-known Camden farmer and dairyman

The Land · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 11

Ron's fine money-making crop had neighbours guessing until he told the secret to a Commonwealth interviewer…

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Storm Smashes Ship's Furniture

The Sun · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A one-ton safe broke loose from the wall of the orderly-room and smashed tables, chairs and…

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Fear of American Cabinet Split Storm Raised About Russia

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 1

WASHlNGTON, Monday.--President Truman appears to be confronted with a wide-open Cabinet split on foreign policy Criticism of Britain's attitude to Russia, and America's…

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Fear of American Cabinet Split Storm Raised About Russia

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON Monday.--President Truman appears to be confronted with a wide-open Cabinet split on foreign policy. Criticism of Britain's attitude to Russia, and America's…

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River Nile Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 8

AFTER having caused heavy damage to thousands of acres…

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River Nile Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 8

AFTER having caused heavy damage to thousands of acres…

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River Nile Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 8

AFTER having caused heavy damage to thousands of acres…

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