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Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 61

Storm Over Home in The West

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 4

A luxurious 28-roomed mansion, once the home of Mr. R. Coward, a wealthy g pastoralist, has been the…

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Peas In A Thunderstorm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 6

THE big majority of city dwellers has lost, or never known, the deep satisfaction that stems from an affinity with the growing…

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Farmers move out in Victorian flood

The Sun · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Miles of country in East Gippsland is under water in the biggest flood within memory of old residents. The holiday resort of…

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Floods Sn Gippsland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday, --Several East Gippsland rivers broke their banks last night and flooded…

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Thousands Flee From U.S. Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 1

CHICAGO, Saturday. -- Heavy rain has caused rivers in eight States to overflow their banks and…

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Floods in Gippsland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --Several East Gippsland rivers broke their banks last night and flooded…

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Thousands Flee From U.S. Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 1

CHICAGO, Saturday. -- Heavy rain has caused rivers in eight States to overflow their banks and…

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Thousands Flee From U.S. Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 5

CHICAGO, Saturday. -- Heavy rain has caused rivers in eight States to overflow their banks and…

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Cyclone Forces Plane to Return

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 April 1948 · page 1

A cyclone mid-way between Auckland and Sydney yesterday stopped trans-Tasman flights…

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Huge Floods in N.T. Natives Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 1

DARWIN, Sunday.— The worst floods in the Northern Territory for 21 years are scattered over…

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News In Brief Rivers Fall in Victoria Floods Ease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

Floods around the mouths of the Snowy and Brodribb Rivers in the east Gippsland district of Victoria eased…

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Homes, Cattle Lost in Vic. Floods Crops Ruined, Towns Cut Off

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The most serious floods for several years swept through large areas of Eastern Gipps-land at the weekend…

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Big N.T. Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 4

DARWIN, Sunday.--Heavy rains have caused the flooding of more than 3000 square miles of country around Oenpelli…

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Stock Losses in N.z. Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 8

AUCKLAND, Sunday.--Serious floods have followed eight inches of rain in the Bay of Plenty area of the North Island…

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Floods Isolate Fishing Town

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The fishing resort of Mario, in East Gippsland, is still isolated by flood waters today, although the flooded Snowy and Broadribb Rivers are…

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Floods In U.S. Threaten Homes

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Scores of Kentucky people stopped on their way to church yesterday to help soldiers and other…

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Flooding in N. Territory

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 5

DARWIN, Monday. -- Heavy monsoonal rain has resulted in the worst flooding in the history of Arnhem Land. AN aircraft which returned…

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Floods In U.S. Threaten Homes

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Scores of Kentucky people stopped on their way to church yesterday to help soldiers and other…

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Floods Isolate Fishing Town

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The fishing resort of Ma[?]lo, in East Gippsland, is still isolated by flood waters today, although the flooded Snowy and Broadribb Rivers are…

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Flooding in N. Territory

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 5

DARWIN, Monday. -- Heavy monsoonal rain has resulted in the worst flooding in the history of Arnhem Land. AN aircraft which returned…

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