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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 85

Gale Forces Ship to Run for Shelter

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 2

Huge seas and an 80 m.p.h. gale in Bass Strait caused the Dutch steamer Pjibesar (10,836 tons) to roll 35…

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Gale Forces Ship to Run for Shelter

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 2

Huge seas and an 80 m.p.h. gale in Bass Strait caused the Dutch steamer Pjibesar (10,836 tons) to roll 35…

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Tea-cup Storm About Dancing

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 22

SHANGHAI, Friday.-- Tea cups and ink wells flew yesterday before the City Council decided not to ban ballroom dancing in Shanghai…

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Tea-cup Storm About Dancing

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 22

SHANGHAI, Friday.--Tea cups and ink wells flew yesterday before the City Council decided hot to ban ballroom dancing in Shanghai…

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Tea-cup Storm About Dancing

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 22

SHANGHAI, Friday.--Tea cups and ink wells flew yesterday before the City Council decided not to ban ballroom dancing in Shanghai…

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Tea-cup Storm About Dancing

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 22

SHANGHAI, Friday,--Tea cups and ink wells flew yesterday before the City Council decided not to ban ballroom dancing in Shanghai…

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Tea-cup Storm About Dancing

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 22

SHANGHAI, Friday.--Tea cups and ink wells flew yesterday before the City Council decided not to ban ballroom dancing in Shanghai…

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Tea-cup Storm About Dancing

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 22

SHANGHAI, Friday.--Tea cups and ink wells flew yesterday before the City Council decided not to ban ballroom dancing in Shanghai…

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Tea-cup Storm About Dancing

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 22

SHANGHAI, Friday.--Tea cups and ink wells flew yesterday before the City Council decided not to ban ballroom dancing in Shanghai…

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Buffeted by Gale, 36ft. Yacht Reaches Safety

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 9

The 36ft. cutter Daisy, with a crew of three men, has reached Eden (near the Victorian border) after riding out a 60-m.p.h. gale for more than 40 hours. None of the crew was injured,…

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Coastal Ship Held Up by Storm Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The coastal steamer Duntroon berthed more than 15 hours late at South Wharf last night, after…

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80 m.p.h. Gale Forces Ship Back to Port

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 9

The 10,000-ton Dutch freighter Tjibesar arrived in Sydney yesterday after an 80-mile-an-hour gale had forced her to turn back from Gabo Island. Tjibesar was bound from…

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Fantastic Price For Rams In Old Country Romneys Moved For The Flooding Of The Marshes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 4

FANTASTIC prices were being paid for rams of British Breeds in the United Kingdom, Mr. E. A. Elliott, chief of the sheep branch of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, and member of the recent overseas stock buying delegation, told a gathering of breeders in Sydney on Friday night…

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Wally and the Major Lull Between Storms

The Sun · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 5

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'Year' To Make Storm Repairs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 7

An estate agent said yesterday that, because of the shortage of labor and materials, to repair all storm-damaged homes in…

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Gale Over Strait Delays Airliners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Boisterous weather today delayed by up to an hour planes arriving at Essendon from Tasmania…

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Gales at 100 M.P.H. Planes And Ships Hit Island's Food Boat Overdue

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Howling gales up to 1OO m.p.h. are sweeping the southern part of Australia, whipping up mountainous seas, and buffeting planes and ships…

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Gales at 100 M.P.H. Planes And Ships Hit Island's Food Boat Overdue

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Howling gales up to 100 m.p.h. are sweeping the southern part of Australia, whipping up mountainous seas, and buffeting planes and ships…

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Gales at 100 M.P.H. Planes And Ships Hit Island's Food Boat Overdue

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE Monday.--Howling gales up fo 100 m.p.h. are sweeping the southern part of Australia, whipping up mountainous seas, and buffeting planes and ships…

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Gales at 100 M.P.H. Planes And Ships Hit Island's Food Boat Overdue

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Howling gales up to 100 m.p.h. are sweeping the southern part of Australia, whipping up mountainous seas, and buffeting planes and ships…

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