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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 85

28 Killed in Tornadoes Many Hurt. Houses Razed Storm Strikes Three States

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Sweeping through Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, tornadoes have Rilled at least 28, destroyed hundreds of homes and…

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28 Killed in Tornadoes Many Hurt, Houses Razed Storm Strikes Three States

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Sweeping through Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, tornadoes have killed at least 28, destroyed hundreds of homes and…

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Flood Of Food Parcels At GPO

The Sun · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 2

More than 106,000 food parcels were shipped to Britain through the GPO, Sydney, during May. About 56,000 parcels are still…

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English, In Heatwave, Storm Public Baths From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 1

LONDON, June 2.—After a week-end of temperatures that make a heatwave for this part of the world, Londoners…

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Rains Flooding Homes Still Awaiting Repairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 3

Many homes in Sydney suburbs, damaged in the heavy hailstorm of Junuary 1, are still awaiting repairs0. The prolonged rain has caused much hardship. LEFT: Mr. John Simmons, of Caroline Street, Redfern, puts up with the leaking roof of his room. Unless he wrings out the sacks on the floor each night when he comes home from work the people in the room below are deluged. RIGHT: The home of Mrs. H. Solomon, in Curlewis Street, Bondi, still has a tarpaulin over the shattered roof. Early last night her…

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Floods Smash Dam Wall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 12

RUTLAND (Vermont). Wednesday. --Floods smashed the East Pitts- ford dam, five miles north of here, yesterday, and police ordered 1500…

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Floods Smash Dam Wall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 12

RUTLAND (Vermont), Wednesday.--Floods smashed the East Pittsford dam, five miles north of here, yesterday, and police ordered 1500…

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Floods Smash Dam Wall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 12

RUTLAND (Vermont), Wednesday. --Floods smashed the East Pittsford dam, five miles north of here, yesterday, and police ordered 1500…

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Wave Of Heat Ends In Storms

The Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.-- Storms ringed London as Britain's record heatwave ended…

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'Von' Returns 75 in Storm at St. Andrews

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 32

ST. ANDREWS, Wednesday.--Playing in a thunderstorm, I had a 75 in the first round of the £ 1250 Spalding tournament which began here today. This put me two strokes behind…

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Floods in U.s. Drive 1500 Out of Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Floodwaters drove 1500 people from their homes at Rutland (Vermont) last night. East Rittford dam, five miles…

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U.s. Flood Makes 500 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- A sudden flood yesterday splintered the East Pitford Dam and inundated Rutland, Vermont…

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U.s. Flood Makes 500 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- A sudden flood yesterday splintered the East Pitford Dam and inundated Rutland, Vermont…

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Many Die In U.S. Flood

The Sun · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday. -- The swollen Mississippi and its Iowa tributary, the Des Moines River, presented a picture of death and…

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U.s. Floods Kill 18, Leave 16,000 Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday.--Floods and tornadoes at the weekend caused at least 18 deaths and left more than 16,000 people homeless. Swollen rivers today spilled over their banks in Iowa,…

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U. S. Flood Peril Grows 22 Killed, Enormous Damage Mississippi's Record Flow

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 10

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Further loss of life is threatened as a great flood rolls down the Mississippi River Valley, smashing through levees and surging into towns and over…

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Flood Menace Grows In U. S.

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Death roll in weekend floods and tornadoes throughout America is now 22, and the peril is growing…

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Flood Peril Grows In U.S.; 18 Killed

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday.--Further loss of life is threatened as a great flood rolls down the Mississippi River Valley, smashing through levees and surging into towns and over…

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U.S. Flood Peril Grows Eight Drown, Enormous Damage Mississippi's Record Flow

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 10

NEW YORK, Monday.--Further loss of life is threatened as a great flood rolls down the Mississippi River Valley, smashing through levees and surging into towns and over…

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Mississippi Menace 18 Deaths In U.S. Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, June 8 (A.A.P.). — Sixty-thousand sandbags have been rushed to bolster the giant levees…

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