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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 85

Storms Still Lash Tasmania Rivers Run at Flood Levels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 18

HOBART, Wednesday.--Tasmania is still being swept by gales. Heavy falls of snow in the last two days have made conditions worse. THE Weather Bureau in Hobart…

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Storms Still Lash Tasmania Rivers Run at Flood Levels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 18

HOBART, Wednesday.--Tasmania is still being swept by gales. Heavy falls of snow in the last two days have made conditions worse. THE Weather Bureau in Hobart…

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Vicious Gales Lash 3 STATES Power Dam In Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

Vicious gales sweeping Tasmania, Victoria, and Southern New South Wales have--Suspended air services. Drowned hundreds of…

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Boxing Ban Is Storm in Teacup

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 31

Stadiums Ltd. regard the "ban" by the Boxers and Wrestlers' Association and the counter-ban proposed by Sydney boxing trainers…

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Boxing Ban Is Storm in Teacup

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 31

Stadiums Ltd. regard the "ban" by the Boxers and Wrestlers' Association and the counter-ban proposed by Sydney boxing trainers…

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Boxing Ban Is Storm in Teacup

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 31

Stadiums Ltd. regard the "ban" by the Boxers and Wrestlers' Association and the counter-ban proposed by Sydney boxing trainers…

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Boxing Ban Is Storm in Teacup

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 31

Stadiums Ltd. regard the "ban" by the Boxers and Wrestlers' Association and the counter-ban proposed by Sydney boxing trainers…

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Boxing Ban Is Storm in Teacup

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 31

Stadiums Ltd. regard the "ban" by the Boxers and Wrestlers' Association and the counter-ban proposed by Sydney boxing trainers…

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Boxing Ban Is Storm in Teacup

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 31

Stadiums Ltd. regard the "ban" by the Boxers and Wrestlers' Association and the counter-ban proposed by Sydney boxing trainers…

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Boxing Ban Is Storm in Teacup

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 31

Stadiums Ltd. regard the 'ban" by the Boxers and Wrestlers' Association and the counter-ban proposed by Sydney boxing trainers…

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Families Escape Danger In Tasmanian Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

HOBART, Tuesday.—In the worst flood in the Derwent Valley for 59 years, ten families have had to vacate their homes. Thousands of acres of…

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Tasmanian Flood Peril Passing

The Sun · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 7

HOBART, Wednesday.-- Floods have wrought desolation in the Huon and Derwent valleys, where…

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Hundreds Flee From U.s. Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Hundreds of farmers in the lowlands of Iowa evacuated their homes, taking furniture…

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Hundreds Flee From U.s. Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Hundreds of farmers in the lowlands of Iowa evacuated their homes, taking furniture…

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Hundreds Flee From U S. Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Hundreds of farmers in the lowlands of Iowa evacuated their homes, taking furniture…

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Hundreds Flee From U S. Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Hundreds of farmers in the lowlands of Iowa evacuated their homes, taking furniture…

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Terrific Gales Lash Bass Strait Shipping

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Terrific gales, which have battered shipping in Bass Strait for four days, are piling up mountainous seas again today. A STORM warning was broadcast…

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Tasmania Has Lull In Storms

The Sun · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 1

HOBART, Thursday. -- Tasmania is experiencing a lull in its floods and gales, but if the forecast of the Weather Bureau…

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Heavy Storm and Flood Damage in Tasmania

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 3

TOP: Huon Valley farmer tries to free a cow which became entangled in a half-submerged fruit tree. Rising floodwaters later drowned the animal. Stock losses in the Huon are expected to exceed £50,000. BOTTOM: Grandstand at the Hobart Cricket Ground was wrecked by gales…

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Severe Gales Lashing Ships In Bass Strait

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Terrific gales, which have battered shipping in Bass Strait for four days, are piling up mountainous seas again today. A STORM warning was broadcast…

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