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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 85

A Flood

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 22

The rain was pouring down in torrents. It was the sort of rain that seemed to have set in for keeps. The river was rising…

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Flood Damage In China

The Sun · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 8

NANKING, Thursday. -- Floodwaters breaking through the Grand Canal and Weishanhu dykes have…

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10,000,000 Homeless in Chinese Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 2

NANKING, Thursday.--More than 10,000,000 are homeless as a result of floodwaters breaking through the Grand Canal and the Wieshanhu…

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10,000,000 Homeless in Chinese Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 2

NANKING, Thursday.--More than 10,000,000 are homeless as a result of floodwaters breaking through the Grand Canal and the Wieshanhu…

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10,000,000 Homeless in Chinese Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 August 1947 · page 11

NANKING, Thursday.--More than 10,000,000 are homeless as a result of floodwaters breaking through the Grand Canal and the Wieshanhu…

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Vast Floods in China

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 3

NANKING, August 7 (A.A.P.). —More than 10 million Chinese are homeless as flood waters break through the dikes of the Grand…

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Are You Psychic? Storm At Sea -- And An Unbroken Picture

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 August 1947 · page 11

Some time before the last war, Captain A. R. Bell sailed the small coastal steamer, s.s. Kiama, out of Kiama port with a full cargo of blue metal for delivery in Sydney…

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Floods Wipe Out Villages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 August 1947 · page 6

NEW DELHI, Saturday.--Flood, famine, and riots are sweeping India on the eve of her partition into the new…

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Floods Wipe Out Villages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 August 1947 · page 6

NEW DELHI, Saturday.--Flood, famine, and riots are sweeping India on the eve of her partition into the new…

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Gale Fans S.A. FIRE £30,000 Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 August 1947 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—More than £30,000 damage was caused by a fire which began this afternoon at the Celluloise (Aust.) Ltd…

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Hundreds Killed in Indian Rioting Village Populations Wiped Out 50,000 May Lose Lives in Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 August 1947 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Monday.--Hundreds of persons have been killed in violent religious rioting in India during the past few days. Yesterday the entire population of three…

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Hundreds Killed in Indian Rioting 50,000 Homeless May Perish in Bengal Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 August 1947 · page 11

NEW DELHI,Monday.--Hundreds of persons have been killed in violent religious rioting in India during the past few days…

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Heavy Rain Causes Fear of Flooding in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Heavy rain in the past 48 hours has. caused rivers to rise in north-east Victoria, arid foods are expected…

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Heavy Rain Causes Fear of Flooding in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Heavy rain in the past 48 hours has caused rivers to rise in north-east Victoria, and floods are expected…

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Heavy Rain Causes Fear of Flooding in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Heavy rain in the past 48 hours has caused rivers to rise in north-east Victoria, and floods are expected…

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Heavy Rain Causes Fear of Flooding in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Heavy rain in the past 48 hours has caused rivers to rise in north-east Victoria, and floods are expected…

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Heavy Rain Causes Fear of Flooding in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Heavy rain in the past 48 hours has caused rivers to rise in north-east Victoria, and floods are expected…

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Freezing Gales Hinder Search

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Police and bushmen are searching in freezing gales for a man and a youth who are lost on Mt. Erica. THREE search parties set out from…

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Search Party Out in Freezing Gales

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Police and bushmen are searching in freezing gales for a man and a youth who are lost on Mt. Erica. THREE search parties set out from…

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Thousands Flee From Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 2

CALCUTTA, Monday (A.A.P.).--Thousands of starving people are pouring into Calcutta to escape disastrous floods in…

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