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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

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Second Vessel Sends Distress Call in Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 8

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Rescue craft battling through raging Atlantic storms to the aid of the crippled steamer Tecumseh Park yesterday received a call for aid from another battered ship. THE second vessel is the British…

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Polish Canadians Suspect Red Trap Registration Order Raises Storm Of Bitter Protests

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 7

OTTAWA.—Alarm and bitter resentment have been aroused among Canadians of Polish descent by an announcement of the Polish Legation here, which is "ordering a registration of Polish citizens of…

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Anti-clerical Storm in Italy Holy Father's Rousing Cry As 250,000 Romans Demonstrate Their Loyalty

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1

ROME.—At least a quarter of a million people, gathered in and around St. Peter's Square as an act of homage and love to the Holy Father, have made public reparation for the anti-clerical campaign which has been going on in Italy…

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Flood Victims Aided By Pope's Relief Planes

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 7

NEW YORK.—Twenty-four hours after the Italian island of Sardinia had been devastated by the severest floods since 1883, three relief planes, despatched by His Holiness Pope Pius XII., swooped down near the stricken…

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6 Drown in Flood

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Thursday.--Six Persons were drowned and hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of damage done in a flood…

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Four Drowned in Big South African Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 19

CAPETOWN, Thursday.--persons were drowned when floods, the worst since 1857, swept through Pietermaritzburg. the capital of…

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Four Drowned in Big South African Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Thursday.--Four persons were drowned when floods, the worst since 1857, swept through Pietermaritzburg. the capital of…

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Four Drowned in Big South African Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 24

CAPETOWN, Thursday.--Four persons were drowned when floods, the worst since 1857, swept through Pietermaritzburg, the capital of…

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Four Drowned in Big South African Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 19

CAPETOWN, Thursday.--Four persons were drowned when floods, the worst since 1857, swept through Pietermaritzburg, the capital of…

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Cyclone Scares At £1 Premium

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 16

The Cyclone Co. of Aust. Pty., Ltd., has increased nominal capital from £150,000 to £500,000 by creating 350,000 new £1 ordinary shares…

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Storm Delays Duke's Flight Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

Because of bad weather the Governor-General, the Duke of Gloucester, was unable to leave Sydney last night by air for…

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Violent Storm In City And Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

An electrical storm of unusual violence struck Sydney last night. The storm raged, for several hours but the period of greatest intensity,…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic hurricane for three…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic hurricane for three…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic burricane for three…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic hurricane for three…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic hurricane for three…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic hurricane for three…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic hurricane for three…

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Queen Elizabeth Lashed by Atlantic Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen Elizabeth arrived at New York yesterday 24 hours late, after battling with an Atlantic hurricane for three…

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