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Floods & storms, 1946

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Floods, Cyclone Hit Wide Area

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.-- A cyclone at the weekend caused floods and damage over a 190- mile…

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Storm Over Free Love

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.-- A book urging polygamy and free love as counter- measures to the declining birthrate is causing a storm of indignation throughout Britain. The book is "Baby Famine,"…

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Cyclone Hits North Rain By The Foot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.—North Queensland was lashed at the weekend by a cyclone which left a trail of damage…

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Big Storm Is Heading For Sydney

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

Sydney is likely to get thunderstorms and showers with a southerly which the Weather Bureau…

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History Made by Tugs Beat Atlantic Gales Winter Crossing with Dredgers

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 9

LONDON Monday.--For the first time in history, British sea-going tugs have towed dredgers across the Atlantic during winter. Story of a series of remarkable tows in gale…

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Weather Clears, Averting Floods In North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

Friday's threat of serious flooding in the North Coast rivers vanished at the week-end when the expected further heavy rain did not occur. Heaviest rainfall in the State…

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3000 Homeless In Rhine Floods

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.-- Tributaries of the Rhine nave burst their banks, causing the worst Rhineland floods for 35 years and the main river is tearing down the valley at 10 miles an hour. The Main, Moselle and Necker…

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Floods Affect Tableland Tin

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 16

Over the past few weeks Tableland Tin Dredging, N.L., has experienced a succession of floods in the Return Creek catchment area…

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Floods, Rail Washouts in Queensland

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday. -- Cyclonic storms along the north Queensland coast at the weekend, unroofed a building, blew…

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Disastrous Floods in Britain Vital Sources Of Food Ruined Prospect Now of Freezed-up

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 4

ONDON, Monday.--Catastrophic floods-- one-third of the country was under water at the weekend-- have ruined thousands of acres of British crops…

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British Grain Crops Devastated By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Monday.--Catastrophic floods-- one- third of the country was under water at the weekend-- have ruined thousands of acres of British crops. GRAIN crops sown in the autumn…

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Thunderstorm Hits Richmond

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

THUNDERSTORMS which broke over Richmond and Blacktown this afternoon are expected to reach Sydney before nightfall…

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British Grain Crops Devastated By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Monday.--Catastrophic floods-- one- third of the country was under water at the weekend-- have ruined thousands of acres of British crops. . GRAIN crops sown in the autumn…

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British Grain Crops Devastated By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Monday.--Catastrophic floods-- one-third of the country was under water at the weekend-- have ruined thousands of acres of British crops. GRAIN crops sown in the autumn…

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Floods, Rail Washouts In Queensland

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 11

BRISBANE, Monday. -- Cyclonic storms along the north Queensland coast at the weekend, unroofed a building, blew…

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Thunderstorm Hits Richmond

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

THUNDERSTORMS which broke over Richmond and Blacktown this afternoon are expected to reach Sydney before nightfall…

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British Grain Crops Devastated By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. --Catastrophic floods --one-third ot the country was under water at the weekend --have ruined thousands of acres GRAIN crops sown in the autumn will never be harvested. The…

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Storm Over Airlines Job

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 11

The rejection of the services of Captain P. G. Taylor on the board of the National Airlines Commission was just another…

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Storm In Debate On Unions

The Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 12

LONDON, Tuesday.-- After a stormy debate regarding the admission of the World Federation…

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Heavy Damage in Qld. Cyclone Rail Washaways Hold Up Trains; Town Isolated

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--A 65-mile-an-hour cyclonic gala, accompanied by heavy rain, devastated the Townsville district during the weekend, causing damage estimated at…

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