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Floods & storms, 1947

1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 85

More Indian Refugees Slaughtered Cholera Also Takins Toll Flooded Roads Add to Horror

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Thursday.--Two thousand non-Moslem refugees were slaughtered in another attack on a refugee column at Tandlianwale, in the Punjab…

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Big in Galvanised Iron Supply Local Manufacture Can't Keep Pace With Flood of Orders Farmers Face Difficulties

The Land · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

THE quantity of galvanised iron available in Australia is 16,000 tons less than the quantity required to complete the programmes of the past three years, without taking the current year's requirements into…

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Conservation Methods To Mitigate Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 2

ONLY by the application of recognised conservation practices— afforestation, soil conservation and water control-would Anything…

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Dead Strew Indian Road Floods Follow Horror Of Massacres

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Thursday. --Moslem and Hindu refugees in Northern India are dying in hundreds because of floods and pestilence. Rivers, swollen by monsoonal rains, have…

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Thousands Marooned by Big Floods Death Toll Not Yet Known Troops in India Assist in Rescue

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Friday.--Thousands of persons are marooned in the flooded areas of the Punjab although the flood wafers have receded slightly…

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Thousands Marooned by Big Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 13

NEW DELHI, Friday.--Thousands of persons are marooned in the flooded areas of the Punjab, although the flood waters have receded slightly…

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Thousands Marooned by Big Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 13

NEW DELHI, Friday.--Thousands of persons are marooned in the Hooded areas of the Punjab, although the flood waters have receded slightly…

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Thousands Marooned by Big Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 13

NEW DELHI, Friday.--Thousands of persons are marooned in the flooded areas of the Punjab, although the flood waters have receded slightly…

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Thousands Marooned by Big Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 13

MEW DELHI, Friday.--Thousands of persons are marooned in the flooded- areas of the Punjab, although the flood waters have receded slightly…

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Thousands Marooned by Big Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 13

NEW DELHI, Friday.--Thousands of persons are marooned in the flooded areas of the Punjab, although the flood waters have receded slightly…

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Fierce Lithgow Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 3

LITHGOW, Saturday.--The Lithgow district was blasted by a terrific storm late yesterday afternoon. Torrential rain fell. Minor damage was…

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Flemington Deluge: Clerks Wade Barefoot For Bets

The Sun · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Bookmakers' clerks at Flemington today took off their shoes and socks and waded through water to take bets. It was one of the wettest days at Fleming- ton for 20 years. More than 60 points of rain…

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Fierce Lithgow Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 3

LITHGOW, Saturday.—The Lithgow district was blasted by a terrific storm late yesterday afternoon. Torrential rain fell. Minor damage was…

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Fierce Lithgow Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 1

LITHGOW, Saturday.--The Lithgow district was blasted by a terrific storm late yesterday afternoon. Torrential rain fell. Minor damage was…

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Riding The Storm In A Small Boat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 11

SOME of Sydney's fastest yachts started yesterday on a 352miles race to Montagu Island and back—one of the most ambitious…

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Flooded streets outside Flemington

The Sun · Sunday 5 October 1947 · page 3

Cabs wait outside Flemington racecourse yesterday. The first two races ''were run in heavy rain. Water was a foot deep in the belting ring…

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St. George Team for Floodlight Match

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 14

St. George Rugby League team will play Brisbane tonight under floodlights at Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The team will be: G. Pullen; J…

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Freak Storm Cuts Swathe of Damage Through Suburb

The Sun · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 3

A freak windstorm which hit South Hurstville this afternoon cut a swathe about 600 yards wide and left a trail of damage behind it. It lasted only a minute and a half, but in that time it moved one…

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City Shoppers Caught In Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 3

A thunderstorm which hit Sydney at 1 o'clock today sent shoppers scurrying for cover. THE Divisional Meteorologist (Mr…

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City Shoppers Caught In Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 October 1947 · page 2

A thunderstorm which hit Sydney at 1 o'clock today sent shoppers scurrying for cover. THE Divisional Meteorologist (Mr…

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