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Floods & storms, 1949

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BLONDIE Dust Storm

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 36

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33 Dead in Big Storms

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.-- Snow fell in some parts of Britain and all over Europe yesterday when…

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33 Dead in Big Storms

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.-- Snow fell in some parts of Britain and all over Europe yesterday when…

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33 Dead in Big Storms

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.-- Snow fell in some parts of Britain and all over Europe yesterday when…

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Four Killed When Cyclone Hits Qld

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--A cyclone with gusts of 120 miles an hour killed four people in Queensland coastal towns today. Early in the afternoon…

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Four Killed in Q'land Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.--At least four persons, three men and a boy, have lost their lives as the result of a cyclone which crossed the Queensland coast yesterday, devastating Gladstone and causing…

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Cyclone Havoc Long Night of Terror

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 12

BRISBANE, Thursday.--At least four persons, three men and a boy, have lost their lives as the result of a cyclone which crossed the Queensland coast…

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Q'ld towns in ruins after cyclone passes

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 13

Almost every house in Rockhampton and Gladstone was damaged by the cyclone which struck the North Queensland coast yesterday, claiming four lives. The cyclone is now moving…

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Town Battered by Cyclone Four Killed, Many Homeless

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Four persons were killed and others injured when a cyclone struck the Queensland coast south of…

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Night of Terror As Cyclone Strikes 3000 Northern Homes Damaged Four Persons Lose Lives

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--At least four persons, three men and a boy, have lost their lives as the result of a cyclone which crossed the Queensland coast…

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Night of Terror As Cyclone Strikes 3000 Northern Homes Damaged Four Persons Lose Lives

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--At least four persons, three men and a boy, have lost their lives as the result of a cyclone which crossed the Queensland coast…

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Night of Terror As Cyclone Strikes 3000 Northern Homes Damaged Four Persons Lose Lives

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--At least four persons, three men and a boy, have lost their lives as the result of a cyclone which crossed the Queensland coast…

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City flooded with phoney petrol coupons

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

Flooding the Sydney "market" with hundreds of forged 10-gallon petrol tickets, a gang of counterfeiters is reaping a rich harvest…

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Devastation in Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

This motor lorry lodged under a house in North Rockhampton during the cyclone which devastated parts of Queensland on Wednesday…

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Cyclone Now Passing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 19

CYCLONE which hit coastal towns in Queensland north of Brisbane on Wednesday, leaving a trail of damage to…

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Storm Cuts Airlift

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--Storms reduced airlift supplies flown into Berlin yesterday to 800 tons. Only 125 planes were…

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Trail of Ruin Left by Qld. Cyclone Cyclone Left £750,000 Toll

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.--Dramatic reports now coming to hand show that the damage caused by the cyclone which swept Queensland on Wednesday was far more extensive than at first believed…

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Pig Meat Price Storm Gathering

The Land · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

A STORM is gathering over the price of pig meats. This was stated by the general president of the Primary Producers'…

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'Ghost town' look about city hit by cyclone

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Rockhampton estimates the cyclone damage at nothing less than £300,000, and Gladstone at £150,000--or more. Mayor of Rockhampton…

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Queenslanders Withstood Frightful Havoc £750,000 Gale Toll

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--Dramatic reports now coming to hand show that the damage caused by the cyclone which swept Queensland on Wednesday was…

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