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Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 61

Big Loss in Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- Cyclonic winds and heavy seas are battering the Queensland coast from…

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Distressed Ship Trying To Escape Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.— With several feet oF water in her engineroom, the 103-ton vessel Ruena is battling to…

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Cyclone Lashes Q'land; Gigantic Seas

The Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--First cyclone of the season is battering about 150 miles of the Queensland coast, and gigantic seas are flooding…

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Flood Of Gifts And Telegrams

Tribune · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 3

HIS face was colorless, but the light of battle shone from his blue eyes. I wouldn't like to be the men who…

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Woman All Night In Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 4

Police are investigating the possibility that a woman who lay unconscious on the front lawn of a…

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Woman All Night In Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 3

Police are investigating the possibility that a woman who lay unconscious on the front lawn of a…

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Woman All Night in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 3

Police are investigating the possibility that a woman who lay unconscious on the front lawn of a…

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Heavy rain cuts down Show attendance

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 6

Heavy rain sent early Show visitors racing for shelter today and cut down the morning's attendance. The RAS will collect £1000…

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Homes flooded by seas in Q'ld cyclone

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE Thursday.--Gigantic seas whipped up by the cyclone are still damaging foreshores and beach properties north and south of Brisbane. At Noosa (north of Brisbane)high tides have cut off and…

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Storm Sweeps Sydney

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

The terrific rainstorm which drenched Sydney this morning was the climax of a cyclonic…

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Storm Sweeps Sydney

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

The terrific rainstorm which drenched Sydney this morning was the climax of a cyclonic…

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Storm Sweeps Sydney

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

The terrific rainstorm which drenched Sydney this morning was the climax of a cyclonic…

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Storm Sweeps Sydney

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

The terrific rainstorm which drenched Sydney this morning was the climax of a cyclonic…

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Cyclone Closes All Brisbane Airports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Brisbane was isolated by air to-night because of cyclonic conditions. Five passenger planes from Sydney, Charleville, and Rockhampton did not come to…

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Busy Time in Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

WHEN LAST NIGHT'S STORM found leaks in the roof, Mrs. Porter, of: Devonshire St., City, was flooded…

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Busy Time in Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

WHEN LAST NIGHT'S STORM found leaks in the roof, Mrs. Porter, of Devonshire St., City, was flooded…

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Cyclone sheers off, weather to improve

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

The Queensland cyclone which threatened torrential rain along the NSW coast at Easter, swung out to sea last night and Sydney can expect gradually improving weather…

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Cyclone May Upset Easter Wet Days Forecast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

A cyclone moving south-south-east from Queensland threatens Sydney's Easter weather…

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Deluge at Show Worth £1000 Society Will Collect Insurance Big Drop in Attendance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

HEAVY rain, which fell at the Showground today, was worth £1000 insurance to the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Deluge at Show Worth £1000 Society Will Collect Insurance Big Drop in Attendance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 2

HEAVY rain, which fell at the Showground today, was worth £1000 insurance to the Royal Agricultural Society…

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