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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 61

Plane Dodges Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 3

A PAN AMERICAN AIR WAYS Clipper en route from San Francisco is flying direct from Fiji to Sydney…

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Those Floods the Greatest Was '67

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 3

In the recent heavy weather conversation turned to comparlslons ofrainfall on this occasion and in flood years of the past…

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Tide, Seas Cause Flooding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- Rough seas and the worst tidal floods for more than 40 years have driven…

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Ships warned of cyclone-- Gales in Tasman

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 5

A cyclone raging 150 miles northeast of Lord Howe Island was moving south, the Weather Bureau warned shipping today. The cyclone is expected to…

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Storm may hit yachts

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 5

A gale warning was issued by the Weather Bureau in a special forecast to competitors in…

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Poultrymen Storm Egg Board Immediate Price Rise Demanded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--More than 100 men and women poultry farmers today forced their way into the boardroom of the Egg Board in Collins…

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New River Being "Made" To Reduce Fenland Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 7

A BIG new flood prevention scheme, which it is hoped will protect the fertile agricultural area of eastern England, known…

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Cyclonic Gales Hit Yachts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 4

Cyclonic gales last night battered yachts competing in the transtasman…

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Yachts In Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 2

All efforts today to contact the various yachts in the Auckland Sydney race have been unsuccessful…

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Yachts In Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 2

ALL efforts today to contact the various yachts in the Auckland Sydney race have been unsuccessful…

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Yachts Run Into Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 3

Rough seas are raging in the Tasman and the yachts in the Auckland Sydney race have run into…

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7 yachts fighting cyclone

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 1

Seven of the eight yachts in the Auckland-Sydney race are caught in one of the worst cyclones that ever lashed the Tasman Sea…

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Yachts battle ocean cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 1

The eight yachts in the 1281 -mile Auckland-Sydney ocean trace ore caught in a…

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Yachts Battle Against Storm

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 1

The Victorian ketch Kurrewa III., which is leading in the Auckland-Sydney yacht race, was…

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Two surfboats smashed on rocks in gale; crews safe

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 2

Two surfboats were smashed on the rocks off Cronulla and Manly by heavy seas that swept Sydney beaches yesterday…

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Storm forecast for tonight

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

The Weather Bureau expects fine, warm weather to continue until tonight, when thunderstorms are likely…

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Struck by Cyclone Damage To Yacht

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

Two radio messages were received yesterday from the Victorian ketch Kurrewa III describing…

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Flooded Ground Drained

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 11

LONDON, Sunday.--Firemen using auxiliary pumps worked for hours to…

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Storms, Then Cool Change

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 7

The Weather Bureau last night forecast a cool southerly change tonight, after thunderstorms in the afternoon…

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Storm Wrecks French Island

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- A cyclone which has lasted several days has devastated Reunion Island, French possession…

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