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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 72

Gales, Mines Hasten Marriage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON Tuesday.-- Lieutenant Commander N. Smith and his fiancee, W.R.E.N. Margaret Nuttall, feel happy every time there is a gale warning…

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Liner Runs Ashore in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--The Alaska Steamship Company's liner Yukon (5747 tons) yesterday ran aground in heavy seas…

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Californian Storm Causes 67 Deaths

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 4

SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. -- Sixty-seven persons are reported drowned in a storm off Ensenada, Lower California, yesterday…

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The Storm

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 22

The day was bright and sunny, except for a few clouds in the sky. Everything in the bush was busy. The bees were…

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Storm in Britain Over Food Cuts: Truman's Warning

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Government is facing its greatest storm as a result of the new food ration cuts. It has promised a full debate in the Commons next week on the whole food crisis…

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Worst Magnetic Storm In Years

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Severest magnetic storm for more than five years threw Melbourne's telephonic system into…

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Worst Magnetic Storm In Years

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Severest magnetic storm for more than five years threw Melbourne's telephonic system into…

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Airways Disorganised By Gales, Cloud

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

Air services were disorganised last night by winds reaching gale force and by a thick wrack of low-flying cloud which reduced visibility and made landings dangerous…

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Flood Threat On Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

Warning of serious floods on the North Coast was given by a Weather Bureau official today. HEAT -WAVE conditions in N. S. W. have been replaced by moderate…

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Record Flood Havoc In England

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON. Saturday. -- The worst floods in living memory are sweeping a large part of southern and western England…

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Britain in Grip of Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- There have been widespread floods in Britain. In North Staffordshire the floods are the worst for 25 years. Many…

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Flood Threat On Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

Warning of serious floods on the North Coast was given by a Weather Bureau official today. HEAT -WAVE conditions in N. S. W. have been replaced by moderate…

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Record Flood Havoc In England

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The worst floods in living memory are sweeping a large part of southern and western England…

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Flood Threat On Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

Warning of serious floods on the North Coast was given by a Weather Bureau official today. HEAT -WAVE conditions in N. S. W. have been replaced by moderate…

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Record Flood Havoc In England

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The worst floods in living memory are sweeping a large part of southern and western England…

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Flood Threat On Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

Warning of serious floods on the North Coast was given by a Weather Bureau official today. HEAT -WAVE conditions in N. S. W. have been replaced by moderate…

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Britain in Grip of Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- There have been widespread floods in Britain. In North Staffordshire the floods are the worst for 25 years…

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Record Flood Havoc In England

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Worst floods in living memory are sweeping a large part of southern and western England…

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Heavy coastal rain may cause floods; rivers rising steadily in north

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 4

More heavy rain on the North Coast, where up to eight inches fell yesterday, may cause floods in the Clarence-Richmond districts. In Sydney, 97 points of rain fell, but only…

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Nurses' appeal: flood of votes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 6

More than 1,000,000 votes have been taken by supporters of the Nurses' Memorial Fund to sell for candidates in…

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