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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

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

Death in Wake of Floods, Snow 700 Perish In Brazil, 28 Die In U.S.A.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 14

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Appalling loss of life has been caused by torrential floods in Brazil and a bitter snowstorm in New York and the eastern section of…

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The Daily Mirror, Tuesday, December 21, 1948. Death in Wake of Floods Snow 700 Perish In Brazil, 28 Die In U.S.A.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 14

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Appalling loss of life has been caused by torrential! floods in Brazil and a bitter snowstorm! in New York and the eastern section of…

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Death in Wake of Floods, Snow 700 Perish In Brazil, 28 Die In U.S.A.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 14

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Appalling loss of life has been caused by torrential floods in Brazil and a bitter snowstorm in New York and the eastern section of…

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Fae Currency Floods Europe Police Trace Counterfeit Plant In Spain

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 14

MADRID, Tuesday. -- The source of some of the counterfeit foreign currency which has been flooding Europe has been discovered in Spain…

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Transport Jam In Rain Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 2

Torrential rain which swept Sydney and suburbs shortly after 2 p.m. today drenched thousands of Christmas shoppers. THE rain, which was…

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Transport Jam In Rain Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 2

Torrential rain which swept Sydney and suburbs shortly after 2 p.m. today drenched thousands of Christmas shoppers. THE rain, which was…

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Paper raincoats in city storm

The Sun · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 5

CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS were drenched to the skin in the sudden storm which hit Sydney this afternoon. This Woman tried to protect her children…

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Transport Jam In Rain Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 2

Torrential rain which swept Sydney and suburbs shortly after 2 p.m. today drenched thousands of Christmas shoppers. THE rain, which was…

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Six Feet of Snow Big Storm In Canada

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Dec. 21 (A.A.P.).—Parts of British Columbia have received six feet of snow in the last…

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City Storm May Mean Gifts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1

Many Christmas shoppers, caught in the thunderstorm which burst over the city yesterday…

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Fine Weather for Xmas Weekend Thunderstorms Likely Today

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 7

A Weather Bureau official said last night that the Christmas weekend was likely to be fine, warm and sultry. He added that he expected a brief storm…

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Moree Storm Damage £100,000 Estimate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 1

MOREE, Thursday.—Last week's severe storm caused about £100,000 worth of damage in the Moree district…

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Nuns Given the Blame for Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs.--Following torrential rain and floods, in some places 60 feet deep, Portuguese officials fear that the isolated village of Albufeira has been wiped out…

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Big Loss Caused in Gales

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Widespread damage was caused by violent thunderstorms over Melbourne and…

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Storm Stops Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 7

A severe thunderstorm stopped all tram services in Hobart for more than three hours yesterday…

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No Tram Services in Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Tuesday. -- A violent thunderstorm stopped Hobart's tram service yesterday afternoon…

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Vic. towns flooded-- 4 inches in 3 hours

The Sun · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Towns for 50 miles around the hay side were washed out late yesterday by a cloudburst which brought more than four inches of rain in three hours. Thousands of motorists…

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Britain lashed by gales

The Sun · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--H. Gales, floods and snowstorms have caused damage in many parts…

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Storm warning

The Sun · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 3

The Weather Bureau today issued a storm warning to shipping. It stated that a…

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Airliner bogged on flooded strip

The Sun · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 3

Sixteen passengers in a TAA Douglas airliner were marooned for almost an hour when the plane was bogged…

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