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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 72

Big Rains in Western Country Record Falls & Some Flooding In North West Riverina Benefits

The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 1

BEST summer rains for many years occurred in much of the western country of New South Wales during…

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Heavy Floods Cut Off Moree

The Land · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 1

[?] thunderstorms with heavy rain, which occurred on Tuesday, cut Mor[?] off from Sydney by rail and seriously disrupted…

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Relief For many Drought Areas Some Rivers In Flood Pastrol Disticts Benefit From Recent Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 10

RAIN last week was of great value in pastoral districts, especially in the far west, said Mr. A. H. E. McDonald, chief, Division of Plant Industry, N.S.W. Department of Agriculture…

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Floods Now Receding Towns Still Cut Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3

Floods in the north-west have fallen and rivers are within their banks almost everywhere, but some towns were still isolated…

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Moree Floods Did This

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 1

AMBULANCE STATION almost submerged by the Mehi River, which burst its banks and spread over miles of the…

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Desolation In Wake Of Floods

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 5

With flood wreckage strewn for miles on either side of the Gwydir River, the Moree countryside…

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Floodwater Ebbing; Many Left Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 1

Hundreds of flood victims in the Moree district will be homeless for about a week…

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Floods In Moree Street

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 2

Frome Street, Moree, one of its main thoroughfares, photographed at the height of the flood this week. Between 100 and 200 houses were flooded, and up to four inches of black mud was left on floors and walls. Floodwaters have now receded, but Moree is still…

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Moree Under Flood Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

THESE RESIDENTS of a house in Boston Street, Moree, were among more fortunate people who could still use their homes with the aid of a boat during this week's floods. Two hundred homes were inundated and thousands of sheep drowned. Receding floodwaters have left hundreds of homes coated with black slime…

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Flood Scenes: Traffic Blocked in the North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 1

Above left: The flooded main street of Moree (N.S.W.) outside the Memorial Hall. Above right: Water several feet deep round the Country Women's Hostel, Frome Street, Moree. At left: The main Toowoomba highway (Queensland) between Forest Glen and Garton…

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800 people marooned by floods BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 5

MORE than 800 people will be stranded in Hughenden because of floods when passenger…

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Flood warnings to northern areas; native camp isolated

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 5

The Weather Bureau yesterday warned that floods were likely in the Barwon River and Macintyre River districts in northern and northwestern New South Wales…

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Stock Losses In N.W. Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 7

Heavy stock losses are reported from Moree as a result of last week's floods. Mr. Reg Thompson, stock agent, of…

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Freak Storm Lifts Off Roof

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A sudden freak storm lifted the roof off the Mayfield Town Hall this afternoon and draped it across the next door premises…

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Flood Delays Ended on Moree-inverell Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

TRAFFIC on the Moree-Inverell line dislocated by floods last week had been restored and the mail train from Sydney would go through to the…

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Flood Delays Ended on Moree-inverell Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

TRAFFIC on the Moree-Inverell line dislocated by floods last week had been restored and the mail train from Sydney would go through to the…

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Milk Strike Plan Will Raise Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 14

PROPOSALS to strike against the Government's subsidy plan are expected to raise a storm at tomorrow's meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council…

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Palestine Bombshell Jewish Origins Doubt General Evokes Protest Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Most of the "Jews migrating to Palestine were not originally Jews at all, Major-General Sir Edward Spears declared before the Anglo-American…

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Palestine Bombshell Jewish Origins Doubt General Evokes Protest Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Most of the "Jews" migrating to Palestine were not originally Jews at all, Major-General Sir Edward Spears declared before the Anglo-American…

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Palestine Bombshell Jewish Origins Doubt General Evokes Protest Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Most of the "Jews migrating to Palestine were not originally Jews at all, Major-General Sir Edward Spears declared before the Anglo-American…

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