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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 85

Floods Grow Worse In Fen Country Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, March 23.— Floods in the low-lying Fen country, swelled by heavy rain, are defeating the…

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£ 12m. Loss Of Stock In U.K. Floods

The Sun · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.-- Cattle and sheep losses in the floods will cost Britain more than…

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3000 Families Saved From British Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.--Volunteers last night rescued 3000 families trapped by floodwaters at Gainsborough (Nottinghamshire). Floodwaters from the Trent River are five-feet deep and 10 miles wide…

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English Flood Danger Passes

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The flood situation in the Thames Valley is improving, but in the Fen country, north-east of London, another 10,000 acres have been inundated…

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Tanks Fill in Flood Breach

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--In a desperate bid to close the gap in the bank of the Ouse River at Earith, near Cambridge, yesterday 15 Neptune tanks were jammed into the breach…

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Tanks Fill in Flood Breach

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--In a desperate bid to close the gap in the bank of the Ouse River at Earith, near Cambridge, yesterday 15 Neptune tanks were jammed into the breach…

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Tanks Fill in Flood Breach

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--In a desperate bid to close the gap in the bank of the Ouse River at Earith, near Cambridge, yesterday 15 Neptune tanks were jammed into the breach…

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Tanks Fill in Flood Breach

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--In a desperate bid to close the gap in the bank of the Ouse River at Earith, near Cambridge, yesterday 15 Neptune tanks were jammed into the breach…

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Tanks Fill in Flood Breach

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--In a desperate bid to close the gap in the bank of the Ouse River at Earith, near Cambridjge, yesterday 15 Neptune tanks were jammed into the breach…

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Barque Fights Atlantic Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).-- The four-masted Finnish barque Passat (3137 tons), leaking and without canvas, arrived at…

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Fight Aboard Storm-tossed Mercy Plane

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 1

DARWIN, Tuesday.--The nursing sister and pilot of a flying ambulance had a frightening experience yesterday, when two delirious patients…

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Flood Of Cotton Cloth From Japan Is Feared

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 6

Millions of yards of cotton cloth made in Japanese mills will shortly be flooding the markets of the world, because of the inability of…

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Aid for British Flood Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.—The possibility of sending clothing to England to aid flood victims is being examined by several Commonwealth…

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'Major Disaster' of British Floods

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Floods in Britain were a disaster of the first magnitude, Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Tom Williams, told the Commons last night. It could not fall to have a…

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Soldiers To the Rescue In English Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 3

ARMY tank being used at Runnymede, on the Thames, to take people from flooded homes. AN Army "duck" ferrying people…

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British Floods Disaster "Of First Magnitude"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 16

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Williams) yesterday described the Hoods in Britain as a disaster of the first magnitude. IT was not yet possible to estimate…

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Tully's Plea for Victims of Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The New South Wales Agent General (Mr. Tully) suggested yesterday that all British Red…

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Gale of the "Gundagai" by LOCK and SCO[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 12

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Federal House Yesterday Storm Over Refused P.O.W. Allowance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 2

Parliamentary decorum became a pathetic casualty and tempers were strained in the House of Representatives yesterday when members came into bitter conflict about the proposal that former prisoners of war should be paid a…

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Food Output Menaced Serious Effect Of British Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, March 25 (A.A.P.). —The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Williams, told the House of Commons yesterday that the floods,…

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