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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 61

Family Safe From Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

LISMORE, Monday.-- Police yesterday contacted a family at Buckendoon who had been reported…

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Snakes Menace Flooded Areas

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

GRAFTON, Monday.--Special warnings have been issued to schoolchildren in the Cowper and Brushgrove districts because dozens of snakes have been washed out of…

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Drug for Flood Victims

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

In response to an urgent appeal by a social welfare officer, 10,000,000 units of penicillin were despatched…

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Big Waves Flood City

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

NANKING, Monday.-- Thousands were drowned and entire blocks of houses were swept away when…

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Big Waves Flood City

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

NANKING, Monday.-- Thousands were drowned and entire blocks of houses were swept away when…

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Telephone Flood Damage Lighter

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

REPAIRS to underground telephone cables and trunk poles damaged in the recent North Coast floods would cost…

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Family Safe From Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Monday.-- Police yesterday contacted a family at Buckendoon who had been reported…

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Big Waves Flood City

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

NANKING, Monday.-- Thousands were drowned and entire blocks of houses were swept away when…

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Drug for Flood Victims

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

In response to an urgent appeal by a social welfare officer, 10,000,000 units of penicillin were despatched…

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Big Waves Flood City

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

NANKING, Monday.-- Thousands were drowned and entire blocks of houses were swept away when…

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Telephone Flood Damage Lighter

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

REPAIRS to underground telephone cables and trunk poles damaged in the recent North Coast floods would cost…

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City Soaked, More Heavy Rain Coming

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 5

Since midnight Sydney has been soaked by almost two inches of rain and more heavy falls are…

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Cyclone's Origin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 2

Sir,—It is difficult to understand many of the statements regarding the cyclone which struck the north coast on Monday night…

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Red Cross Relief Flood Victims' Plight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 1

The Red Cross will to-day despatch £800 worth of relief supplies to the flood areas in the North…

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Clothing Needed Flood Area Distress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 3

The Red Cross has received an urgent request for relief supplies for the flooded areas on the…

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Weather man explains why flood warnings given

The Sun · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 2

Flood warnings were issued by the Weather Bureau early today for northern and central rivers as a "matter of advice." although, at present, there was no danger of serious flooding, said the NSW Divisional Meteor- ologist (Mr. B. W. Newman)…

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Flu sweeping towns in flooded north

The Sun · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 5

Flu is sweeping North Coast towns as an aftermath of last week's floods. Today it was fine or showery in most of the…

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Last Minute News Flooded Town

The Sun · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 16

A heavy rainstorm hit Woodburn flooded North Coast town. this afternoon. Inch and a half tell in hour…

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1000 Drowned in Chinese Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 2

SHANGHAI, Monday.--Floods at Foochow (south-east China) have drowned 1000 people and destroyed 10,000 homes…

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Marooned Cattle Starve in Floods Fodder Sent From South

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 9

At least 600 of 5000 cattle marooned on a hill near Coraki, in the North Coast flood area, would probably starve to death before…

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