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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 72

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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Challenge to Palestine Migrants Jewish Nationality Doubted General Evokes Protest Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

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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"Fight Hudson or Any Man Here!" Uproar at Auburn Council Storm Over Invitation to Duke of Gloucester

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 1

Trouble started at Auburn Council last night after the Mayor (Alderman Kerr) had announced that the Duke of Gloucester and, probably the Duchess, would visit Auburn on May 4 to open the reconstructed park in Macquarie…

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Irrigation by Floodwater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 9

Work will soon be stilted on the building of a regulator to control the flood waters of the Gwydir River and establish a new irrigation district in the…

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Flooded Area To Be Inspected

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 9

MELBOURNE. Wednesday.-- Widespread floods to the west of Longreach in the area of the proposed great north-west defence…

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Gale Sweeps England Trail Of Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. [?]0 (A.A.P.).— The worst gale of the winter swept most of England last night, leaving a trail of damage 100 miles wide…

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Ship Helpless In Gale--Boats Gone

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Friday. -- Eighteen hours' silence has followed two SOS calls from the steamer La Salle Park (7000 tons) which is drifting helplessly in the Atlantic…

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Gale Drives Ship on Fatal Goodwin Sands

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Friday. -- A gale sweeping down the Channel has lifted the 9000 ton American steamer Luray Victory and flung her on Goodwin…

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This Week Regulator For Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

A MEETING of landowners at Garah had the scheme explained to them in detail of how a regulator, soon to be built, will control the flood…

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Fiji Floods, 14 in. of Rain

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

SUVA, Friday. --Several villages have been washed away in torrential rains which flooded Fiji yesterday…

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Blazing Plane Dives to Ground in Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--While a rainstorm was lashing Leicestershire yesterday a blazing four-engined aircraft dived on a village and crashed…

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Blazing Plane Dives to Ground in Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--While a rainstorm was lashing Leicestershire yesterday a blazing four-engined aircraft dived on a village and crashed…

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Storm in orchestra Players Walk Out Averted

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 8

A THREATENED strike of musicians was averted yesterday. Twelve players threatened to…

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Big Gales Stilt Lash England

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 9

LONDON, Monday. -- For the seventh successive day Britain has been lashed by gales and heavy rains…

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Big Gales Still Lash England

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Monday.-- For the seventh successive day Britain has been lashed by gales and heavy rains…

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Submarine Battered By Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--A British submarine was badly battered and dozens of small ships ran for shelter when a 60-m.p.h. gale lashed the southern British coast today. Scores of ships are sheltering…

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Sunspots Likely To Cause Storms

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

HOBART, Tuesday.--Two spots on the sun are expected to cause considerable climatic disturbances in the next day or two. A tremendous volume of super-heated gases is being projected…

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Trail Of Death After Gale

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.-- The gale which hit England with terrific force has blown out leaving a trail…

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Gales Lashing Britain Submarine's S.O.S.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 4 (A.A.P.).— The gales which lashed the west coast of Britain during the week-end continued with unabated fury…

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Storm In Cairo Senate Over Treaty Talks

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 6

CAIRO, Tuesday.--The Egyptian Senate was in uproar last night when Prime Minister Nokrashy Pasha made a statement on the proposed revision of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty of alliance…

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