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Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 61

Pall of Dust Disrupts Air Services Weird, Eerie Eight Over City Storm Along Coast Likely

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 2

AIR services early today were disrupted by a choking blanket of dust, almost of pea-soup thickness, which shrouded Sydney…

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Freak Coastal Weather "Wall Of Soil" Over Ocean Victoria Has Floods, Gales

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 4

WHILE some inland areas urgently need rain to clear away a blanket of dust that has covered the land, other parts of the eastern seaboard are experiencing floods,…

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Freak Coastal Weather "Wall Of Soil" Over Ocean Victoria Has Floods, Gales

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 4

WHILE some inland areas urgently need rain to clear away a blanket of dust that has covered the land, other parts of the eastern seaboard are experiencing floods,…

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Freak Coastal Weather "Wall Of Soil" Over Ocean Victoria Has Floods, Gales

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 4

WHILE some inland areas urgently need rain to clear away a blanket of dust that has covered the land, other parts of the eastern seaboard are experiencing floods,…

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Dust Storms Greatest in Many Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

Gales and the greatest duststorms in many years swept across the eastern half of the continent yesterday and last night, and— • Blew thousands of tons of inland soil toward…

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Prompt Repairs of Storm Damage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 3

FOLLOWING a report in yesterday's Daily Mirror about storm damage to a house at 8 James St., Chatswood, the…

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Dust, Floods, Gales on East Coast 'Wall Of Soil' Over Ocean Great Damage by High Winds

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 2

WHILE some inland areas urgently need rain to clear away a blanket of dust that has covered the land, other parts of the eastern seaboard are…

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Dust Haze Blankets City Gales Close Air Base, Drive Ships Aground

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 5

Gale force westerly wands in Sydney yesterday blanketed the city in a dust haze, grounded planes, and forced Harbor craft, including a 200-ton…

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Dust. Floods. Dales on East Coast 'Wall Of Soil' Over Ocean Great Damage by High Winds

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 2

WHILE some inland areas urgently need rain to clear away a blanket of dust that has covered the land,'other parts of the eastern seaboard are…

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Caulfield Cut Up in Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Although the Caulfield track became waterlogged after ah hours intense rain today, the Secretary, Mr. Harry Way, said that there was ho immediate prospect of the…

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Fierce Storm Swamps Caulfseld Bright Sea in Photo Finish

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- A heavy rainstorm which began 40 minutes before the first race at Caulfield today made conditions almost impossible for the runners in the first…

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Fierce Storm Swamps Caulfield Bokarra, Bright Sea Score in the Mud

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Although the Caulfield track became waterlogged after an hour's intense rain today, the Secretary, Mr. Harry Way, said that there was no immediate…

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Caulfield Deluge; Cup May Be Postponed

The Sun · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Heavy rain, which continued at intervals today, has raised the possibility of a postponement of the Caulfield Cup from Saturday until Wednesday…

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Heavy Rain Threatens Caulfield Cup Track in Bad Way; More Falls Forecast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--There is a possibility that Saturday's Caulfield Cup will have to be postponed. Heavy rain has been forecast for the next 48 hours and the track already is in a bad way…

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Heavy Rain Threatens Caulfield Cup Track in Bad Way; More Falls Forecast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--There is a possibility that Saturday's Caulfield Cup will have to be postponed. Heavy rain has been forecast for the next 48 hours and the track already is in a had way…

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Storm On Night Of Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 9

An A.N.A. pilot said yesterday he had met a "particularly violent" storm…

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Dust Storm Nears N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 5

The dust storm which swept eastern Australia earlier this week was approaching New Zealand…

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Golf Postponed As Rain Floods Course From Our Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Heavy rain made the Metropolitan golf course unplayable after lunch to-day and the fourth round of the Australian amateur championship had…

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Worst Dust Storm For Years Swept Eastern States

The Land · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 2

THE dust storms which swept over the eastern mainland States of Australia, as well as South Australia, early this week were the worst for many years…

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Pilot Says Radio Signals "Shocking" Inquiry Into Lutana Crash Flight During Heavy Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 5

AERADIO receptions and homer beacons between Coff's Harbor and Sydney were "shocking" on the night of the Lutana crash on September 2, a…

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