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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 85

Drowned In Flood

The Sun · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A man has been drowned in the quickly-rising flood water in the Bundaberg district…

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Thunderstorms Likely Tonight

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

Rain tonight and tomorrow might force Australia to bat on a damaged wicket on Monday, third day of the Test…

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Town Flooded, People Trapped

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Army has sent a rescue squadron of four flyingboats to the flooded Bolivian town of Trinidad, where 3000…

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Flooded "Six" at Flemington

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The various crossings in the Flemington straight six were in such a bad state this morning after receiving…

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Town Flooded, People Trapped

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Army has sent a rescue squadron of four flyingboats to the flooded Bolivian town of Trinidad where 3000…

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Town Flooded, People Trapped

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Army has sent a rescue squadron at four flying-boats to the flooded Bolivian town of Trinidad, where 3000…

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Town Flooded, People Trapped

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Army has sent a rescue squadron of four flying-boats to the flooded Bolivian town of Trinidad, where 3000…

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Flooded "Six" at Flemington

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The various crossings in the Flemington straight six were in such a bad state this morning, after receiving…

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Town Flooded, People Trapped

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Army has sent a rescue squadron of four flying-boats to the flooded Bolivian town of Trinidad, where 3000…

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Town Flooded, People Trapped

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Army has sent a rescue squadron of four flying-boats to the flooded Bolivian town of Trinidad, where 3000…

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Town Flooded, People Trapped

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Army has sent a rescue squadron of four flying-boats to the flooded Bolivian town of Trinidad, where 3000…

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Alligators Flood Peril

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 35

LA PAZ (Bolivia), Saturday. —Flood victims of Trinidad, capital of Bena State, are clinging to rooftops and improvised…

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Honeymoon Couple's Flood Ordeal

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 32

BRISBANE, Saturday. — A graphic story was related by a young honeymoon couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McLaughlin, who were trapped by the swirling flood waters of the Gregory River outside…

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Two drowned, towns cut off in big floods Newly-marrieds, Six Hours in a Tree

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 1

TWO men have been drowned and many towns cut off in big floods in northern NSW and Queensland where rivers are running bankers and more rain is expected…

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Trapped by a Flood

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 8

ONE damp week-end, my friend, Ada Hall, was visiting me. On Saturday it was raining, so we decided to stay…

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He Flooded a Whole Village

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 4

When Jack Frost, a Harpole (Northamtonshire) villager, turned a tap the wrong way this week it came off in his hands. Neighboring gardens were flooded and…

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Mass evacuation as flood threatens township

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.--People are being mass evacuated from east and south Bundaberg to escape floods from the Burnett River, 185 miles north of Brisbane. Police have commandeered more than 80 motor trucks to carry out the evacuation…

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Floors flooded in city store

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 12

A burst cistern feed pipe flooded a corner of the second floor of Sydney Snow Pty., Ltd., about 8.45 a.m. yesterday…

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Floods Fall Back Two Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday. — South-east Queensland was saved from further serious flooding when the…

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Body Found In Flooded Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 10

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Police today recovered the body of a Sydney man who was drowned yesterday in a flooded creek near…

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