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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 72

Line Washed Away During Heavy Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 2

PART of the railway line between Yass and Gunning was washed away during a heavy storm last night. The line was scoured out in several…

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Line Washed Away During Heavy Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 7

PART of the railway line between Yass and Gunning was washed away during a heavy storm last night. The line was scoured out in several…

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Nazi Books Flood Canadian Market

Tribune · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 4

TORONTO.—The book market is being flooded with a number of publications extolling fascist ideas, sneering at Jews, and telling lies…

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Gale of the "Gundagai"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 December 1946 · page 5

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Storm Possible To-night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 December 1946 · page 1

Although yesterday was sultry in Sydney, a north-east breeze in the afternoon tempered the high humidity and enabled…

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Gale Wrecks Big Liner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 5

THE GREATEST PRIZE of the Nazis' pre-war merchant fleet, the EUROPA, in Le Havre dock a few weeks ago…

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Gale Wrecks Big Liner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 5

THE GREATEST PRIZE of the Nazis pre-war merchant fleet, the EUROPA, in Le Havre dock a few weeks ago…

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Gale Wrecks Big Liner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 5

THE GREATEST PRIZE of the Nazis' pre-war merchant fleet, the EUROPA, in Le Havre dock a few weeks ago…

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Adelaide Floods Stop Cricket, Delay Trains

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The wettest Christmas for years today prevented play in the Sheffield Shield cricket match between South Australia and Queensland, delayed trains, and made roads impassable…

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Thunderstorms Expected Later

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 2

Although Sydney received a cool change last night after the warmest Christmas Day since 1935, conditions were again…

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Storm Tragedy Follows Drought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 2

FOUR inches of rain fell in 15 minutes at one points Upper Burned. Qusenland, following the most disastrous drought…

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Heavy Rain Changes Going at Mentone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Torrential rain overnight will turn the Mentone track from fast to holding for today's races. Mentone,…

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Heavy Rain Changes Going at Mentone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Torrential rain overnight will turn the Mentone track from fast to holding for today's races. Mentone,…

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Cyclone Hits Frigate Towline Snaps

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 3

PERTH, Friday.—The dramatie story of a 12-day hazardous voyage through stormy seas was told to-day, when the frigate,…

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Political Storm In Monaco

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 2

THE 900-year-old independent principality of Monaco, on the edge of the Mediterranean, is currently without representative government following…

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S.A. Towns Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 3

In Melbourne yesterday torrential rain drenched thousands of holidaymakers, flooded streets, and swamped city buildings…

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Arcade Flooded

The Sun · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 1

Shops on the Pitt-street level of Her Majesty's. Arcade were flooded today when a water-pipe burst on a higher level…

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Floods in Victoria, South Aust

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 7

Torrential rain caused floods in South Australia and Victoria yesterday. In Western Australia, bushfires have…

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Shops in Sydney Arcade Flooded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 5

FIREMEN and plumbers came to the assistance of shopkeepers in the lower floor of Her Majesty's Arcade when their shops were flooded with…

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Broken Water Main Floods City Shops

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 4

Her Majesty's Arcade today was awash with water after a water main burst. People in the arcade had to step…

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