Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 85

Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey & CURLEY Flooded Out

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 25

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey & CURLEY Flooded Out

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 25

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Plane Strikes Antarctic Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday.—A Liberator bomber covered 2,000 miles to-day on the R.A.A.F.'s first Antarctic[?] weather flight…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Violent Storm Hits Sydney: Hail Blast

The Sun · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 1

A squally southerly change hit Sydney suburbs late this afternoon bringing gusts of up to 40 miles an hour and heavy rain. The storm, however, petered…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Stop Press Phone: M2406 "Migration Mail" Floods Australia House

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 32

LONDON, Wednesday.--Australia House last week received more than 2300 letters from Britons wishing to migrate to Australia…

Continued on Trove, page 32 →

"Hospital Site Floods." Claim by Ald. Light, Cabramatta

The Biz · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 2

The Hospital Commission advised Cabra-Vale Council on Monday, March 10, that after investigating protests regarding the Fairfield site selected for a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Heavy Rain Starts Serious Erosion

The Land · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 16

SUBSTANTIAL rains, varying from four to eight inches, have broken the worst drought ever experienced round Tamworth, and pastures are…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Storm Hits Liverpool Shops Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 3

A violent thunderstorm caused widespread damage in the Liverpool district shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday, but…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Bid In Gale To Rescue Crew Adrift

The Sun · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 9

HONOLULU, Thursday. -- Rescue ships, standing off the two sections of the wrecked…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Fruit Crops Hit By 2-Day Gale; Damage at Young

The Land · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 19

A TWO days' gale in the Young district has reduced the local prune crop to only 30 per cent of its normal 1000 tons. The same gale reduced the…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

From Drought To Floods In Queensland

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 2

THE BURNETT, flooding for the second time in a fortnight, has caused extensive damage to the railway bridge at Mt. Lawless on the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shops Flooded in Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 5

EMPLOYEES at a grocery shop in Macquarie Street, Liverpool, using brooms and bags to sweep out rain water which flooded the shop during a storm yesterday afternoon. They took three hours to get the water out…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Flight In Gale, Rain

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Flying at times in a 64-miles-an-hour wind, with hail and rain, the RAAF Lincoln which is…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Gale Holds Up Ocean Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 2

HONOLULU, Friday (A.A.P.).-- A gale has prevented the rescue of 42 men from the two halves of the American tanker Fort…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Stop Press Rescue in Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 16

NEW YORK, Saturday.--The Navy Department announces that the freighter St. John's Victory rescued 10 members of the crew of…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Tanker in Halves Rescue Work During Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 14 (A.A.P.).—Twelve members of the crew of the wrecked American tanker Fort…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Floods, Blizzards In Britain; More Snow On Way

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, March 14 (A.A.P.). — Blizzards and floods are now combining in Britain to retard recovery from…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

6 Die In U.K. Floods

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. --Three babies, a woman, and two men have been drowned in the floods and blizzards which are hitting…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Town's Main Street Sinks Due To Flood

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 3

LISMORE, Saturday.-- As result of floods in the past two months, Richmond Terrace, which is Coraki's main street,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Londoners Row Through Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--The Automobile Association describes the flood situation in Britain as getting worse and wo[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →