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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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

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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Shops in Sydney Arcade Flooded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 5

FIREMEN and plumber's 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…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

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…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

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…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

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…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

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…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

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…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Yachts Head for Storm

The Sun · Sunday 29 December 1946 · page 1

A CLUSTER of yachts in the 680-mile Sydney, --Hobart ocean race is expected to meet huge seas and 40-mile-an-hour winds today, A storm is developing in Bass Strait and…

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Yachts sailing into gale. high seas in Bass Strait

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 December 1946 · page 3

Leading yachts in the Sydney-Hobart race will strike a gale and high seas in Bass Strait late this morning. The 65ft. Sydney cutter…

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Sailing Boats Capsize in Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 December 1946 · page 7

Twelve of the 27 boats competing in the 12-footers' Memorial Handicap at Balmoral yesterday capsized during a severe westerly…

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Yachts Battling in Gale Near End Of Race

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 December 1946 · page 1

The leading yachts in the Sydney-Hobart race are expected to reach the finishing line today. The leaders are believed to have missed the…

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Storm Veils Ocean Yacht Race Trouble In Bass Strait

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 December 1946 · page 1

In a storm-lashed sea, the ocean yacht race contestants spent yesterday either hove to, riding out a 54-mile-an hour gale, or ploughing onward in the…

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Peas Flood Market And Beans Go To Piggeries

The Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1946 · page 3

Thousands of bags of peas flooded the city markets today, and as agents were hard pressed to find storage space for them, great wastage is expected to occur. Hundreds of bogs of beans…

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