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Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 104

Grim Picture of Cyclone Disaster Houses Explode Like "Bombs" Six Admitted to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Pathetic stories of losses of homes and personal goods were told today by Cooktown victims of the cyclone which devastated the town…

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Grim Picture of Cyclone Disaster Houses Explode Like "Bombs" Six Admitted to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Pathetic stories of losses of homes and personal goods were told today by Cooktown victims of the cyclone which devastated the town…

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Pathetic Tales of Cyclone Losses Homes, Possessions Wiped Out Six Admitted to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Pathetic stories of losses of homes and personal goods were told today by Cooktown victims of the cyclone which devastated the town…

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Grim Picture of Cyclone Disaster Houses Explode Like "Bombs" Six Admitted to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Pathetic stories of losses of homes and personal goods were told today by Cooktown victims of the cyclone which devastated the town…

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Grim Picture of Cyclone Disaster Houses Explode Like "Months" Six Admitted to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Pathetic stories of losses of homes and personal goods were told today by Cooktown victims of the cyclone which devastated the town…

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Grim Picture of Cyclone Disaster Houses Explode Like "Bombs" Six Admitted to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Pathetic stories of losses of homes and personal goods were fold today by Cooktown victims of the cyclone which devastated the town…

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Grim Picture of Cyclone Disaster Houses Explode Like "Bombs" Six Admitted to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday.--Pathetic stories of Bosses of homes and personal goods were told today by Cooktown victims of the cyclone which devastated the town…

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Floods Force Men Into Trees

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. -- Three members of the United States-New Zealand scientific…

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Floods Force Men Into Trees

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. -- Three members of the United States New Zealand scientific…

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Floods Force Men Into Trees

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. -- Three members of the United States-New Zealand scientific…

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Floods Force Men Info Trees

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. -- Three members of the United States-New Zealand scientific…

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Cyclone Desolation In Cooktown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—Cooktown to-day is a scene of desolation after the cyclone which struck the town last Thursday. The Premier, Mr. E. M. Hanlon, promised the…

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Launch Parties Lost In Cyclone Area

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 4

CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Grave fears are held for the safety of eight men in two fishing launches which have been missing since-the cyclone, hit the far north Queensland coast last Thursday…

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Ship Radios for Help in Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Mon.--During last Thursday's cyclone the crew of the lighthouse ship Swingle sent out repeated radio calls for help but got no replies…

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Launch Parties Lest in Cyclone Area

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 4

CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Grave fears are held for the safety of eight- men in two fishing launches which have been missing since the cyclone hit the far north Queensland coast last Thursday…

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Launch Parties Lost In Path Of Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 4

CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Grave fears are held for the safety of eight men in two fishing launches which have been missing since the cyclone hit the far north Queensland coast last Thursday…

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Launch Parties Lest In Path Of Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 4

CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Grave fears are held for the safety of eight men in two fishing launches which have been missing since the cyclone hit the far north Queensland coast last Thursday…

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New Pictures Of Cyclone's Devastation At Cooktown

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

LARGE BUILDING (centre) was completely wrecked in Thursday's cyclone at Cooktown; most others in the town were badly damaged. It is estimated that storm repairs will cost thousands of pounds. (See story page 5.) COOKTOWN AERODROME suffered severely in the cyclone. Of this group of buildings…

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Launch Parties Lost In Path Of Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 4

CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Grave fears are held for the safety of eight men in two fishing launches which have been missing since the cyclone hit the far north Queensland coast last Thursday…

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Disease Threatens Stricken Town Cyclone's Trait Of Debris Disruption of All Services

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 5

CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Fears of disease adding to the chaos in storm-battered Cooktown were expressed today by the town's Medical Officer (Dr…

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