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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 72

To Play In "Storm Hill"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 3

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 3

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

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Tug Aground After Battle with Storm

The Sun · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 10

Battered by heavy seas, the naval tug Waree went aground at the entrance of the Clarence River today. Crew of two officers and 19 men managed to swim ashore, and…

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Gale Ends Sea Trip

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 4

PICKED UP by the S.S. Harrington 125 miles at sea in his homebuilt 25-foot yawl, Frederick Leslie Wright (42), of…

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Gale Ends Sea Trip

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 4

PICKED UP by the S.S. Harrington 125 miles at sea in his homebuilt 25-foot yawl, Frederick Leslie Wright (42), of…

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170 m.p.h. Gale Drives Tug on River Bar 21 Men Dive Into Sea, Swim Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 5

A 70-mile-an-hour gale yesterday drove the R.A.N. Tug Waree (223 tons) on to the Clarence River bar. The crew of 21 lumped overboard and…

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U S. Capital Ready to Flood Here

The Sun · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 8

Two Australians who returned to Sydney by the Monterey yesterday said there was a flood of American capital waiting to come here. One was Sydney-born Mr. H. N. (Peter) Baylis, who went to…

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Political Ins and Outs Evatt supported Ball in the Japanese tea-cup storm

The Sun · Sunday 20 October 1946 · page 6

Privately External Affairs Minister Evatt is not at all displeased about the clash on the Allied Control Council in Japan between American Chairman George Atcheson and the British Commonwealth…

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R.a.n. Tug Driven Ashore in Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 4

TOP: Only the masts and funnel are visible of the R.A.N. tug Waree, which was driven ashore on the Clarence River bar by a 70 miles an hour gale on Thursday. LOWER: The crew, who had to swim three-quarters of a mile to Iluka Beach, recounting their experiences to the Naval Railway Transport Officer, Lieutenant A. E. Turnbull, R.A.N.V.R., on their arrival at Central Station yesterday in…

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Gale Causes Heavy Damage At Narrabri

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

NARRABRI, Tuesday. -- A 17-years-old youth (G. Rooney) narrowly escaped serious injury last night when bricks from a collapsed chimney fell on his bed during a gale. THE gale, which lasted half an hour,…

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Gale Causes Heavy Damage At Narrabri

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

NARRABRI, Tuesday. -- A 17-years-old youth (G. Rooney) narrowly escaped serious injury last night when bricks from a collapsed chimney fell on his bed during a gale. THE gale, which lasted half an hour,…

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Gale Causes Heavy Damage At Narrabri

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

NARRABRI, Tuesday. -- A 17-years-old youth (G. Rooney) narrowly escaped serious injury last night when bricks from a collapsed chimney fell on his bed during a gale. THE gale, which lasted half an hour,…

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Gale Causes Heavy Damage At Narrabri

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

NARRABRI, Tuesday. -- A 17-years-old youth (G. Rooney) narrowly escaped serious injury last night when bricks from a collapsed chimney fell on his bed during a gale. THE gale, which lasted half an hour,…

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Gale Causes Heavy Damage At Narrabri

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

NARRABRI, Tuesday. -- A 17-years-old youth (G. Rooney) narrowly escaped serious injury last night when bricks from a collapsed chimney fell on his bed during a gale. THE gale, which lasted half an hour…

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Gale Force Wind Aid to Bowlers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 30

PORT PIRIE, Wednesday.--A strong south-westerly wind reaching moderate gale force blew across the wicket, today when the match between England and Combined Country, was continued. Yardley closed the English innings at the overnight…

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Flood of Money for Bernborough in Cup From the Turf Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Bernborough is a certain starter in the Melbourne Cup if the welter of money available for him to-day is any criterion. One Melbourne bookmaker was asked to lay the odds to £2,500…

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New York Round-up After these, the deluge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 October 1946 · page 12

NEW YORK, Friday.--There was a disquieting exhibit at the national association of music merchants' show last…

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90-mile trek in dust storm

The Sun · Sunday 27 October 1946 · page 7

AN aborigine's heroism and the attention of the NSW Flying Doctor last week saved the life of a…

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Coming "Storm" Leaves Chifley Unafraid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 October 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—The Prime Minister's private office in Parliament House, Canberra, has been adorned with two Australian…

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Floods Disrupt Train Services

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 October 1946 · page 10

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Thirteen passenger trains, carrying thousands of passengers, have been held up on…

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