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Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 61

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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Cyclonic Storm Sweeps Sydney; Heavy Rainfall More Wet Days Ahead

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY was drenched by a heavy cyclonic rainstorm early this morning, but no serious damage was caused. For the 24 hours up to 9 a.m…

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Cyclonic Storm Sweeps Sydney; Heavy Rainfall More Wet DaysAhead

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY was drenched by a heavy cyclonic rainstorm early this morning, but no serious damage was caused. For the 24 Hours up to 9 p.m…

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Miniature Floods at Show

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

The terrific rainstorm which lashed Sydney early today caused superficial damage to a small number…

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Miniature Floods at Show

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

The terrific rainstorm which lashed Sydney early today caused superficial damage to a small number…

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Threat Of Heavy Rain In City Gone Big Storm Veers Away

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 5

A Weather Bureau official said last night that the cyclone approaching Sydney from the north had veered out to sea…

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Cyclone Sur Noumea Une victime Considérables dégâts

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 2

La capitale de la Nouvelle Calédonie et ses environs ont été très éprouvés par la dépression cyclonique qui s'y est produite le dimanche 14…

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Flood Warning To North Coast Towns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 1

The Weather Bureau last night issued a flood warning to North Coast towns in the path of a cyclone moving south…

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Damage In Q'Id Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Damage amounting to thousands of pounds was caused at seaside and…

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Storms Delay, Batter Ships

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Severe storms in Bass Strait this weekend battered and delayed ships,…

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Storm-damaged ship returning to Sydney

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 1

The British-India steamer Pemba which left Sydney on Thursday for Mauritius and Mombassa has been damaged in heavy weather and is making a slow passage hack for repairs…

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Ship In Peril During Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3

With a slight list, the steamer Pemba returned to Sydney late yesterday afternoon to load more cargo as…

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Flood of cold water on Dingle flat project

The Sun · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 6

Foundation trenches for a block of flats at The Dingle, Kirribilli, were washed out during the night when someone turned on a water main. There has been bitter local…

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Storm Holds Up Planes

The Sun · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 3

DARWIN, Saturday. -- Managing Director of Qantas Airways (Mr. Hudson Fysh) is one of 33 passengers in a Qantas Constellation held up at Daly Waters. The Constellation is one of…

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Three Women Perish In Alpine Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Three women crossing the Southern Alps are reported to…

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Air Services Disrupted by Storms

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 2

Rain and low cloud over Victoria today caused serious dislocations of southern air services…

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S.A. Gale Grounds All Planes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Plane services to and from Adelaide were disrupted…

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Adelaide Desolated by Gale; £1-Million Damage

The Sun · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 3

Adelaide toddy is a scene of desolation from the weekend hurricane, and damage caused by rain and an 81 miles an hour wind is expected to exceed £1,000,000. Scores of homes have either…

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Fierce Storm at Adelaide Shipping Buffeted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of pounds was caused by a storm, the worst in living memory, which…

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