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Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 85

Victoria in Grip of Freak Weather Rain, Heat, Dust. Howling Gales Ships Race for Shelter, Air Services Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Heavy rain, sweltering heat, dust-storms, and howling gales, which whipped up high seas in Bass Strait, were the ingredients in a freak belt of weather which struck southern Victoria today…

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Victoria in Grip of Freak Weather Rain, Heat, Dust, Howling Gales Ships Race for Shelter, Air Services Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Heavy rain, sweltering heat, dust-storms, and howling gales, which whipped up high seas in Bass Strait were the ingredients in a freak belt of weather which struck southern Victoria today…

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Victoria in Grip of Freak Weather Rain, Heat, Dust, Howling Gales Ships Race for Shelter, Air Services Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Heavy rain; sweltering heat, dust-storms, and howling gales, which whipped up high seas in Bass Strait were the ingredients in a freak belt of weather which struck southern Victoria today…

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Victoria in Grip of Freak Weather Rain, Heat, Dust, Howling Gales Ships Race for Shelter, Air Services Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 10

MElBOURNE, Monday.-- Heavy rain, sweltering heat, dust-storms, and howling gales, which whipped up high seas in Bass Strait, were the ingredients in a freak belt of weather which struck southern Victoria today…

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Victoria in Grip of Freak Weather Rain, Heat, Dust, Howling Gales Ships Race for Shelter, Air Services Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Heavy rain, sweltering heat, dust-storms, and howling gales, which whipped up high seas in Bass Strait. were the ingredients in a freak belt of weather which struck southern Victoria today…

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Gales Move Away From Australia

The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 3

Gales, which have lashed parts of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia in the past two days,…

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Heat in N.s.w., Gales in Victoria, S. Aust

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 9

Sydney had Its hottest- day since May 2 yesterday, when the temperature reached 82 degrees at 2.10 p.m. Violent gales in Victoria and. South. Australia caused thousands of pounds worth of damage…

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20 Missing, Dead, in Capsize Firth Of Clyde Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 3

IONDON, Sept. 15 (A. A. P.). —Six people were drowned and 14 are missing from a pleasure launch which capsized during a…

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Gale Causes Havoc In Three States; Kosciusko Area Feels Full Force In N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 1

Gales with a velocity of up to 90 miles an hour have caused damage in the last two days in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. The southern portion of New South Wales, particularly the Alps, experienced the full force of the gale…

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U.s. Coast Braced for Cyclone Blast

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 1

MIAMI, Wednesday.--The coast of Florida is braced for a hurricane which is expected to strike the mainland tonight. A howling gale is raging 175 miles off shore, and Red Cross disaster sauads are…

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U.s. Coast Braced for Cyclone Blast

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 1

MIAMI, Wednesday.--The coast of Florida is braced for a hurricane which is expected to strike the mainland tonight. A howling gale is raging 175 miles off shore, and Red Cross disaster squads are…

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Sudden Thaw Floods Rivers and Creeks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Following a sudden thaw on the Australian Alps, rivers and creeks in north and north-east Victoria are…

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Sudden Thaw Floods Rivers and Creeks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Following a sudden thaw on the Australian Alps, rivers and creeks in north and north-east Victoria are…

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Sudden Thaw Floods Rivers and Creeks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Following a sudden thaw on the Australian Alps, rivers and creeks in north and north-east Victoria are…

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774 Reported Dead in Jap Floods 3800 Missing, Thousands Homeless Allied Forces Preparing to Assist in Evacuation

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 5

TOKIO, Thursday.--It is now revealed that 774 persons were killed and 158 injured in Tuesday's devastating typhoon which swept the island of Honshu. More than 3800 persons are missing and 173,820 homes have…

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774 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 13

TOKIO, Thursday.--It is now revealed that 774 persons were killed and 158 injured in Tuesday's devastating typhoon which swept the island of Honshu…

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Ganges Flood Brings Ruin

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- A million persons have been made homeless by the overflowing of the Ganges…

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774 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 13

TOKIO, Thursday.--It is now revealed that 774 persons were killed and 158 injured in Tuesday's devastating typhoon which swept the island of Honshu. MORE than 3800 persons are…

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774 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 13

TOKIO, Thursday.--It is now revealed that 774 persons were killed and 158 injured in Tuesday's devastating typhoon which swept, the island of Honshu…

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774 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 13

TOKIO, Thursday.--St is now revealed that 774 persons were killed and 158 injured in Tuesday's devastating typhoon which swept the island of Honshu…

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