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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 61

15 drown in floods

The Sun · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday. -- Fifteen people have been drowned in spring-thaw floods which are surging over large sections…

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15 drown in U.S. floods

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 May 1948 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sat.--Fifteen people have been drowned and at least 15,000 made homeless by…

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Tasman gale lashes ship

The Sun · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 2

Her hull leaking and engine-room damaged by a 10 day battering in the Tasman, the British steamer Inchwells…

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Ships Hit by Fierce Vic. Gales

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Tremendous seas, whipped up by icy south- west gales reaching velocities of…

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Ships Run To Shelter In Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 4

High, cold winds in south-eastern Australia yesterday-- Whipped up big seas in…

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Five Pilots Killed in Storm Crashes

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 2

STUART (Florida), Monday.--Five Naval Reserve pilots were found dead yesterday, near crashed training planes on the…

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Big Flood Losses Rivers Falling In Tasmania

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 4

HOBART, Sunday.—Floods in the Derwent Valley last week caused damage estimated at between £20,000 and…

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Flood horror in US; many drowned

The Sun · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Sunday.-- Many perished today in a flood disaster in Vantown, Oregon (population 19,000). Walls of water like ocean breakers burst into the town,…

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Tas. flood danger eases

The Sun · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Monday.-- Flood danger in the Huon-Derwent Valley temporarily eased today. Rain has stopped…

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Floods Sweep Tasmania Orchards Destroyed Damage More Than £20,000

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 4

HOBART, Monday.--Torrential rains in the past three days have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in southern Tasmania…

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Floods Cause Havoc

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 2

SEATTLE, Monday.--The flooded Columbia River and tributaries have spread destruction for 100 miles in Washington…

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U.S. Floods Sweep Children From Mothers' Arms River Dyke Crumbles

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday,--Children were swept from their mothers' arms by a wall of water which swept the Van port housing centre at Portland, Oregon,…

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U.S. Floods Sweep Children From Mothers' Arms River Dyke Crumbles

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.--Children were swept from their mothers' arms by a wall of water which swept the Van port housing centre at Portland, Oregon, yesterday, and caused indescribable…

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Big Floods in Tasmania

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Monday.--Torrential rains in the past three days have caused thousands of…

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Big Floods in Tasmania

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Monday.--Torrential rains in the past three days have caused thousands of…

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Big Floods in Tasmania

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Monday.-- Torrential rains in the past three days have caused thousands of…

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U.S. Floods Sweep Children From Mothers' Arms River Dyke Crumbles

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.--Children were swept from their mothers' arms by a wall of water which swept the Van port housing centre at Portland, Oregon,…

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U.S. Floods Sweep Children From Mothers' Arms River Dyke Crumbles

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.--Children were swept from their mothers' arms by la wall of water which swept the Van port housing centre at Portland, Oregon,…

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Many Die In U.S. Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

PORTLAND (Oregon), Monday.--An unknown number of persons laving in the Van port housing centre were drowned yesterday when a wall of water burst through a dyke…

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Big Floods in Tasmania

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Monday.--Torrential rains in the past three days have caused thousands of…

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