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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 72

Big Texan Flood; 15 Deaths

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday. — Floods in San Antonio, Texas, have caused at least 15 deaths and damage estimated at nearly…

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Gale Hits Yachts Many Rescues

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 3

A violent southerly change, reaching "whole gale" and "storm" intensity over Sydney, wrought havoc among light…

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Peter Heard's 73 Leads in Gale

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 27

Despite a strong varying southerly wind, Peter Heard returned a card of 73, one oyer par in the first qualifying round of the Australian open championship at the Lakes course today. HEARD was out in 4 5 2 5 5 3 5 4 4…

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Gale Force Blow Upset 18'S Race

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 27

Calamity could easily have been close on the heels of the 18-Footers which sailed in the League's opening day on the Harbor yesterday. WHIPPED by a.50 m.p.h. southerly…

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Gale Force Blow Upset 18's RACE

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 27

Calamity could easily have been close on the heels of the 18-Footers which sailed in the League's opening day on the Harbor yesterday. WHIPPED by a 50 m.p.h. southerly…

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Two Men All Night In Sea After Gale Wrecks Launch

The Sun · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 5

Two fishermen spent all last night up to their waists in water on a sand bar after their 27ft. launch was smashed in yesterday's gale. Their launch broke down near Sydney Heads and was swept…

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Harbor Craft Capsize in Gale Policeman's Swim In Big Seas With Line To Yacht

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 9

Scores of yachts and skiffs overturned yesterday when a 60-mile-an-hour gale hit Sydney Harbor about 2 p.m. Police and private launches rescued two…

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Export Of Weapons Causes Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 18

STOCKHOLM, Tuesday. — The report that Sweden is preparing to export weapons on a large scale has created a sensation in Sweden and has caused a series of vicious attacks on…

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Ships Damaged in Tropical Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 10

LOS ANGELES, Tuesday.—A tropical storm, which has been moving off the west coast of Mexico, has ended, the Weather Bureau reported…

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Export Of Weapons Causes Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 18

STOCKHOLM, Tuesday. — The report that Sweden is preparing to export weapons on a large scale has created a sensation in Sweden and has caused a series of vicious attacks on…

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No Gale—better Scores Struggle for Golf Honors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 25

THE army of Australia-wide golfers have their last chance today to find a place in the reduced field for the…

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No Gale-better Scores Struggle for Golf Honors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 October 1946 · page 25

THE army of Australia-wide golfers have their last chance today to find a place in the reduced field for the…

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British Labour Storm Over Miners' Food By a Staff Correspondent in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 2

The first rift between the British Labour Government's intellectual administrators and the powerful trade union movement has occurred over Britain's two essentials for existence—coal and food…

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Floodlit Chamber Not For Ald. Potter

The Leader · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 4

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce some time ago wrote to Liverpool Municipal Council asking if that body would instal flood-lighting free of cost…

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Azores Ravaged By Cyclone

The Sun · Saturday 5 October 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- A cyclone is sweeping the Azores Archipelago, Lisbon reports…

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Attack on storm cloud secrets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 October 1946 · page 14

NEW YORK, Friday.--The United States Weather Bureau has launched a colossal research project which is…

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Heavy Rain in Coast Districts

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 October 1946 · page 12

The first reasonable rain for months has fallen in a fairly wide area of the North-Eastern coastal area of New South…

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Heavy Rain in Coast Districts

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 October 1946 · page 12

The first reasonable rain for months has fallen in a fairly wide area of the North-Eastern coastal area of New South…

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Heavy Rain Sn Coast Districts

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 October 1946 · page 12

The first reasonable rain for months has fallen in a fairly wide area of the North-Eastern coastal area of New South…

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Heavy Rain in Coast Districts

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 October 1946 · page 12

The first reasonable rain for months has fallen in a fairly wide area of the North-Eastern coastal area of New South…

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