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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 72

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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Storm Forces Plane Down

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 October 1946 · page 1

Running into a severe electrical storm near Coff's Harbour last night, an A.N.A. Douglas passenger aircraft bound from Sydney to…

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Hail Storm Ruins Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 14

Hail three feet deep was piled up in many parts of the Baryulgil district, Upper Clarence, North Coast, last night after the…

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Fierce Gale Causes Heavy Casualty List Florida, Cuba Swept

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday.--The entire Florida Peninsula has been altered by a hurricane, with winds reaching a velocity of up to 125 miles an hour, which swept from the south-west. The same hurricane struck Cuba, south of Florida, and a "considerable…

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Fierce Gale Causes Heavy Casualty List Florida, Cuba Swept

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday.--The entire Florida Peninsula has been altered by a hurricane, with winds reaching a velocity of up to 125 miles an hour, which swept from the south-west. The same hurricane struck Cuba, south of Florida, and a "considerable…

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Fierce Gale Causes Heavy Casualty List Florida, Cuba Swept

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday.--The entire Florida Peninsula has been altered by a hurricane, with winds reaching a velocity of up to 125 miles an hour, which swept from the south-west. The same hurricane struck Cuba, south of Florida, and a "considerable…

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Fierce Gale Causes Heavy Casualty List Florida, Cuba Swept

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday.--The entire Florida Peninsula has been altered by a hurricane, with winds reaching a velocity of up to 125 miles an hour, which swept from the south-west. The same hurricane struck Cuba, south of Florida, and a "considerable…

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Fierce Gale Causes Big Casualty List Florida, Cuba Swept

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday.--The entire Florida Peninsula has been altered by a hurricane, with winds reaching a velocity of up to 125 miles an hour, which swept from the south-west. The same hurricane struck Cuba, south of Florida, and a "Considerable…

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Rain Floods English City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 13

TORRENTIAL RAINS, which recently swept the north of England, caused extensive damage and inconvenience. In Bradford workers and shoppers had to walk the plank to cross the flooded streets of the city…

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Rain Floods English City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 13

TORRENTIAL RAINS, which recently swept the north of England, caused extensive damage and inconvenience. In Bradford workers and shoppers had to walk the plank to cross the flooded streets of the city…

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Rain Floods English City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 13

TORRENTIAL RAINS, which recently swept the north of England, caused extensive damage and inconvenience. In Bradford workers and shoppers had to walk the plank to cross the flooded streets of the city…

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Storm Ruined British Crops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Wednesday.-- A 100 m.p.h. storm wrote "finis" to all prospects of salvaging a major portion of Britain's rain-soaked crops. Hurricane winds and torrential rain swept the…

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Probing Storms For Weather News

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 9

THE modern farmer's first move in the morning is to switch on the radio for the weather report, and he is not the only person who is constantly demanding improved forecasting. Airlines and private fliers need weather data for…

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Jailing Of Paratroops Raises Storm

Tribune · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 2

LONDON.—Trade unions and other progressive bodies are protesting vehemently against the savage sentence of two years’ gaol passed on paratroopers who demonstrated peacefully in Malaya to draw attention td unredressed grievances. AMONG trade union protest are…

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Briton Calms Storm Over International Cycle Race

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 5

ZURICH (Switzerland), Monday.--Reginald Harris, of Manchester, calmed a storm that arose in connection with the international cycle race. HARRIS was riding in the final…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Heavy Rain in City

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 24

Up to 2 a.m. today, 83 points of rain had fallen in Sydney. The rain began late yesterday afternoon…

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Sydney Drenched with Heavy Rain Fall Of 177 Points By 9 a.m. Expectation of Showers Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 5

AT 9 o'clock this morning 177 points of rain had been registered in Sydney -- heaviest 24-hours' fall if since 205 points were recorded on June 21…

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Sydney Drenched with Heavy Rain Fall Of 177 Points By 9 a.m. Expectation of Showers Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 5

AT 9 o'clock this morning 177 points of rain had been registered in Sydney -- heaviest 24-hours' fall since 205 points were recorded on June 21…

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To Play In "Storm Hill"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 5

RITA DEVOE, charming Australian starlet, who will play one of the principal roles in Eric Porter's next production,…

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To Play In "Storm Hill"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 5

RITA DEVOE, charming Australian starlet, who will play one of the principal roles in Eric Porter's next production,…

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