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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 104

Q'land Cyclone Damage Now £800,000 Eyewitnesses Tell Stories

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thurs.--Police estimate that the cyclone which struck central Queensland on Tuesday and yesterday caused more than £800,000 damage…

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Cyclone Causes £750,000 DAMAGE Commonwealth Asked For Help Havoc Worse Than Feared

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

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

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Cyclone Causes £750,000 DAMAGE Commonwealth Asked For Help Havoc Worse Than Feared

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…

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Cyclone Causes £750,000 DAMAGE Commonwealth Asked For Help Havoc Worse Than Feared

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…

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Cyclone Causes £750,000 DAMAGE Commonwealth Asked For Help Havoc Worse Than Feared

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…

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Cyclone Causes £750,000 DAMAGE Commomwealth Asked For Help Havoc Worse Than Feared

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…

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Cyclone Causes £750,000 DAMAGE Commonwealth Asked For Help Havoc Worse Than Feared

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…

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Cyclone Causes £750,000 DAMAGE Commonwealth Asked For Help Havoc Worse Than Feared

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…

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Cyclone Progress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 6

Sales of Cyclone Co. of Aust. Ltd. for the half-year ended December 31 showed an increase, directors state in their interim report…

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Fifth Death In Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.— The body of George Coulsen, a dairy farmer, was found to-day on a fence 100…

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Floods in for outback

The Sun · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.--The food position at Tibooburra and other towns in that area has become serious,…

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Qld. Flood Victims Now Five

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri.--Floodwaters yesterday drowned a dairy fanner, bringing the…

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New Fears of Cyclone in Q'land

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 56

BRISBANE, Sat. -- Queensland Weather Bureau officials fear that another cyclone…

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Floods Now Feared in Far North

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday.—With North Queensland rivers still rising after Friday's torrential rain,…

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Flood Victims Eat Out Town

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 3

MAROONED by a cyclone 60 miles north of Gladstone (Queensland), 350 train passengers ate up a small town's food supply. Raglan, where the train…

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Church Down In Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 7

Only the front of the Presbyterian Church and its rear wall remain standing after last Wednesday's cyclone at Gladstone, Queensland. The town was badly damaged…

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Church Down In Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 7

Only the front of the Presbyterian Church wall remain standing after last Wednesday Gladstone, Queensland. The town was bad…

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Church Down In Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 7

Only the front of the Presbyterian Church and its rear wall remain standing after last Wednesday's cyclone at Gladstone, Queensland. The town was badly damaged…

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Church Down In Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 7

Only the front of the Presbyterian Church and its rear Wall remain standing after last Wednesday's cyclone at Gladstone, Queensland. The town was badly damaged…

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Victorian gale delays liner

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--After three unsuccessful attempts to berth at Port Melbourne today, the Stratheden,…

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