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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 72

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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'Hoppers Storm Town

The Sun · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Quorn, 10 miles north of Port Augusta, is having a hard job to fight off a large plague of grasshoppers. The 'hoppers are swarming…

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Storm Over "Fagging" System Abolition Advocated In Schools Many Opinions Put Forward

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday.-- storm is raging among former pupils, schoolmasters and parents over the proposed abolition of "fagging" in British Public Schools…

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Storm Over "Fagging" System Abolition Advocated In Schools Many Opinions Put Forward

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday.--A storm is raging among former pupils, schoolmasters and parents over the proposed abolition of "fagging" in British Public Schools…

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Storm Over "Fagging" System Abolition Advocated In Schools Many Opinions Put Forward

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday.--A storm is raging among former pupils, schoolmasters and parents over the proposed abolition of "fagging" in Fetish Public Schools…

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Storm Rains Predicted By Indigo Jones Special for "The Land," by Inigo Jones, F.R.A.S., R.R. Met. Soc

The Land · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 28

THURSDAY (By Wire).—There is a favorable southern sunspot group duo to operate next week when further rains are likely mainly in…

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King worried as wild crowds storm theatre LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 3 November 1946 · page 11

A HUGE awning over the Empire Theatre entrance in Leicester-square was torn from its mountings by a mob just before the King, Queen and Princesses arrived for the Royal…

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This Week's Case-book A Housewives' storm had lightnings--and lighter side

The Sun · Sunday 3 November 1946 · page 8

THE closing scene of the three and a half day verbal battle in the Simson-Glencross slander action in the Supreme Court this week, was rather like a cricket match. Opposing…

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Bushfire Nears Town Gale Fans Flames Valuable Forest Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 13

Lithgow is gravely menaced by the bushfire which began in the State Pine Forest, near Newnes, and which is now…

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Bushfire Nears Town Gale Fanning Flames Valuable Forest Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 13

Lithgow is gravely menaced by the bushfire which began in the State Pine Forest, near Newnes, and which is now…

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Bushfire Nears Town Gale Fanning Flames Valuable Forest Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 13

Lithgow is gravely menaced by the bushfire which began in the State Pine Forest, near Newnes, and which is now…

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Bushfire Nears Town Gale Fanning Flames Valuable Forest Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 13

Lithgow is gravely menaced by the bushfire which began in the State Pine Forest, near Newnes, and which is now…

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Bushfire Wears Town Gale Fanning Flames Valuable Forest Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 13

Lithgow is gravely menaced by the bushfire which began in the State Pine Forest, near Newnes, and which is now…

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Huge Flood Damage in Texas Town Crops Ruined; Homes Damaged Eight Inches of Rain in 12 HOURS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A flood yesterday rolled over half of Beaumont City (Texas), and destroyed huge areas of unharvested rice…

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Huge Flood Damage in Texas Town Rice Crops Rained; Homes Damaged Eight Inches of Rain in 12 HOURS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A flood yesterday rolled over half of Beaumont City (Texas), and destroyed huge areas of unharvested rice…

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Huge Flood Damage in Texas Town Rice Crops Ruined; Homes Damaged Eight Inches of Rain in 12 HOURS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A flood yesterday rolled over half of Beaumont City (Texas), and destroyed huge areas of unharvested rice…

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Huge Flood Damage in Texas Town Rice Crops Ruined; Homes Damaged Eight Inches of Rain in 12 HOURS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A flood yesterday rolled over half of Beaumont City (Texas), and destroyed huge areas of unharvested rice…

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Huge Flood Damage in Texas Town Rice Crops Ruined; Homes Damaged Eight Inches of Rain in 12 HOURS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A flood yesterday rolled over half of Beaumont City (Texas), and destroyed huge areas of unharvested rice…

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Huge Flood Damage in Texas Town Rice Crops Ruined; Homes Damaged Eight Inches of Rain in 12 HOURS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A flood yesterday rolled over half of Beaumont City (Texas), and destroyed huge areas of unharvested rice…

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Huge Flood Damage in Texas Town Crops Ruined; Homes Damaged Eight Inches of Rain in 12 HOURS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A flood yesterday rolled over half of Beaumont City (Texas), and destroyed huge areas of unharvested rice…

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