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Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 104

Gale, Rain Force Aircraft to Abandon Bombo Search Glimpse Of Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 1

LITTLE hope is held of finding olive any of the 10 missing members of the coastal steamer Bombo, which foundered five miles off Wollongong on Tuesday night…

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Heavy Rain Again on the Coast

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1

Heavy rain is still falling along the New South Wales coast. Heaviest reports come from the Hunter…

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Mines set adrift by cyclone

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Drifting mines are a threat to navigation in Northern waters, the Navy warns…

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Shipwreck Search Abandoned Gales, Rain Hamper Police

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 7

Gales, rain, and heavy seas yesterday forced police to abandon the sea dad air search for the ten men missing from the coastal steamer Bombo…

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Delayed reports tell of five cyclone deaths Blockaded by wild boar, old man dies

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 February 1949 · page 16

BRISBANE, Sat. -- An 81-year-old man, blockaded in his hut by a wild boar for several days after the Cooktown cyclone, has died of exposure. His was one of five…

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Darling River Storage Plan Solves Old Problem Saving Flood Waters

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 February 1949 · page 4

Engineers say they will conserve millions of gallons of flood waters under the £2,300,000 storage system at Menindee on the Darling River. The scheme involves…

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Cyclone May Cause Floods and Gales on North Coast Blackouts In Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 1

A CYCLONE moving towards the North Coast from southern Queensland is expected to cause gale force winds and possible heavy flooding in…

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Cyclone May Cause Floods and Gales on North Coast Blackouts In Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 1

A CYCLONE moving towards the North Coast from southern Queensland is expected to cause gale force winds and possible heavy flooding in…

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Flood Danger in North From Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 1

A tropical cyclone off the Queensland coast is moving towards New South Wales. A Weather Bureau…

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Quiet moment Storm

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 13

WHEN the night comes down in storm and angry splendor, and the dome of Heaven's a wrack of cloud above; and…

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Gales batter Europe; many die; ships in peril

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--Gales which swept Europe yesterday left behind death, wrecked buildings, broken communications and crippled ships…

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Eighteen Die in Gales Channel Ships In Trouble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, March 1 (A.A.P.).—Fierce gales sweeping Europe have killed at least l8 people…

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Storms with Garden, Farrell Says at Inquiry

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 2

Edward Farrell, head of the vendor syndicate in the New Guinea timber deal, told the Royal Commission today that Jock Garden told him under no consideration to approach the External Territories Minister (Mr. Ward)…

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Homes smashed, 3 towns hit in Queensland cyclone

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Homes have been wrecked, occupants injured, and streets flooded in three Queensland towns, which today are being lashed by a cyclone. The towns are Gladstone,…

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80-Miles-An-Hour Gale Kills 18 People

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Tues.(A.A.P.).--An 80-miles-an-hour gale which swept Britain and parts of Europe yesterday killed at least 18 people, injured scores of…

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Extensive Gale Damage in Europe Many Die Under Crashed Walls Heavy Flood Havoc in U.K.

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--An 80 m.p.h. gale which swept over England and parts of Western Europe yesterday wrought widespread devastation…

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Extensive Gale Damage in Europe Many Die Under Crashed Walls Heavy Flood Havoc in U.K.

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--An 80 m.p.h. gale which swept over England and parts of Western Europe yesterday wrought widespread devastation…

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Troops Rushed to Repair Sea Wall Gale Havoc On English Coast Many Perish in Germany

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Five hundred troops and laborers worked throughout the night to stem the breaches in sea walls along the Essex coast…

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Troops Rushed to Repair Sea Wall Gale Havoc On English Coast Many Perish in Germany

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Five hundred troops and laborers worked throughout the night to stem the breaches in sea walls along the Essex coast…

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Troops Rushed to Repair Sea Wall Gale Havoc On English Coast Many Perish in Germany

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Five hundred troops and laborers worked throughout the night to stern the breaches in sea walls along the Essex coast…

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