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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 61

Aeroplane Hits Post During Sand Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

DARWIN, Saturday.--A Trans-Australia Airlines DC3 was slightly damaged while taxiing at Tennant's Creek during…

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Aeroplane Hits Post During Sand Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 5

DARWIN, Saturday.--A Trans-Australia Airlines DC3 was slightly damaged while taxiing at Tenuant's Creek during…

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Cloudburst Floods Homes Traffic Halted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

A cloudburst over northern suburbs of Sydney last night caused extensive damage in private homes and shops and…

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Ten Perish in U.s. Storms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 8

CHICAGO, Tuesday.-- Storms which swept Oregon and Washington States on the north-west coast of America…

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Ten Perish in U.s. Storms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 8

CHICAGO, Tuesday.-- Storms which swept Oregon and Washington States on the north-west coast of America…

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Ten Perish in U.s. Storms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 8

CHICAGO, Tuesday.--Storms w which swept Oregon and Washington States on the north-west coast of America…

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Ten Perish in U.s. Storms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

CHICAGO, Tuesday.--Storms which swept Oregon and Washington States on the north-west coast of America…

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Ten Perish in U.s. Storms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 8

CHICAGO, Tuesday.-- Storms which swept Oregon and Washington States on the north-west coast of America…

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Ten Perish in U.s. Storms

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

CHICAGO, Tuesday.--Storms which swept Oregon and Washington States on the north-west coast of America…

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Compensation for Flooded House

The Land · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 25

"Subscriber's Wife": (1) Damages can be recovered against the council only in the, case where the council has done some negligent or unauthorised act. In…

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Rangi story of capsize in cyclone

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1948 · page 1

DAMAGED by a terrific battering received in a cyclone two weeks ago, the yacht Rangi was Rangi, an entrant in the Tasman yacht race was…

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Tornado Wrecks Homes in Victorian Town Terrific Fall Of Rain Residents Flee After Floodings

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Terrified householders rushed into flooded streets when a freak 100-m.p.h. tornado struck the town of Koreng Vale tonight…

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Herbert River in Full Flood

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1948 · page 12

Although Maurice McCarten has trained Herbert River and other horses for Mr. R. L. Atkinson for about four years, he has seen his client on only one occasion…

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Storm Hits Country Towns Homes Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

A violent electrical storm, which struck a large area of south-eastern New South Wales yesterday afternoon--…

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Early Morning Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

A heavy thunderstorm broke over Sydney at 2 a.m. to-day. There was vivid lightning and heavy rain…

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50 mph gale hits City

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

A 50-mile-an-hour south westerly hit Sydney and suburbs late today…

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Car Over Bridge In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

During the height of the storm in southern N.S.W. last night a car carrying…

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Rangi Crew 'Awaited End' Skipper Tells Of Ordeal In Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 5

While R.A.A.F. planes were searching the ocean near Lord Howe Island for the New Zealand yacht Rangi last week, she was off Jervis Bay, 90 miles south of Sydney…

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Freak Storms Leave Wide Trail of Destruction! Telephone Lines Down

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

DAMAGE estimated at thousands of pounds was caused in freak storms which swept through southern New South Wales and northern Victoria…

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