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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

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

Gale Damages Q'land Town

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wed.--A 1000-gallon tank was hurled over five-foot-high fences and narrowly, missed a house before…

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Flood of Ruhr Protests

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Fri.--The British in the Ruhr have been powerless to prevent a flood of German…

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Gals Were In A Gale

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 17

The gale which whipped up off Botany Bay before the first race at Moorefield yesterday had an…

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24 Scamp in Notable Success Gale Plays Havoc with 18-Ftrs. Fleet

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 25

A southerly gale and an ebb tide played havoc among the eighteens competing in the Sydney Flying Squadron's first race of the second half of the the season yesterday afternoon…

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Gale Warning to Ships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

Local flooding is likely in some North Coast and southern Queensland rivers, the Weather Bureau reports…

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Boat Over in Gale

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

OVERTURNED ROWING BOAT in Double Bay this morning after the easterly gale which hit Sydney…

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Boat Over in Gale

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

OVERTURNED ROWING BOAT in Double Bay this morning after the easterly gale which hit Sydney…

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Gale, Rain Warning On Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

The Weather Bureau last night predicted heavy rains and winds…

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Flood Warning in Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.-The Weather Bureau to-night issued local flood warnings in Queensland's low-lying coastal and…

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Soaking Rains in N.S.W. Warning Of Floods In North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

Heavy rain has fallen throughout the central, north and north-west arcas of New South Wales and in Southern Queensland since Saturday. There have been falls of up to four inches in…

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Campers Flee From Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Several hundred campers at Narra been Lakes were washed out about 6 a.m. today when the lakes overflowed and inundated part of the camping area…

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Heavy Floods, Big Damage Caused by Torrential Rain Transport Disrupted

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

WATER oyer a foot deep is swirling round the doors of houses in Pitt water Rd. Manly, after a weekend of! torrential rain which has flooded the…

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Heavy Floods, Big Damage Caused by Torrential Rain Transport Disrupted

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

WATER over a foot deep is swirling round the doors of houses in Pittwater Rd., Manly, after a weekend of torrential rain which has flooded the Vehicles Stranded At Manly A BUS, CAR AND LORRY stranded in swirling floodwaters in Buckingham St., Manly, today, after almost continuous weekend rain. Floodwaters cover a wide area of the adjoining countryside. YOUNGSTERS PLAYING waist- deep this morning in floodwaters across Pittwater Rd., Manly…

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Campers Flee From Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Several hundred campers at Narra been Lakes were washed out about 6 a.m. today when the lakes overflowed and inundated part of the camping area…

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Campers Flee From Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Several hundred campers off Narra been Lakes were washed out- about 6 a.m. today when the fakes overflowed- and inundated part of the camping area…

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Heavy Floods, Big Damage Caused by Torrential Rain Transport Disrupted

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

WATER over a foot deep is swirling round the doors of houses in Pitt- water Rd., Manly, after a weekend of torrential rain which has flooded the…

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Heavy Floods, Big Damage Caused by Torrential Rain Transport Disrupted

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

WATER over a foot deep is swirling round the doors of houses in Pitt- water Rd., Manly, after a weekend of torrential rain which has flooded the…

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Heavy Floods, Big Damage Caused by Torrential Rain Transport Disrupted

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

WATER over a foot deep is swirling round the doors of houses in Pitt- water Rd., Manly, after a weekend of torrential rain which has flooded the…

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Campers Flee From Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Several hundred campers at Narra been Lakes were washed out about 6 a.m. today when the lakes overflowed and inundated part of the camping area…

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Heavy Rain Fills Dams

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

Sydney's water storage dams, now hold about 103 thousand million gallons, the secretary of the Water…

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