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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 104

Survey Of Flood Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. McGirr, said last night that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. F. Scott, would charter a…

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Many feared missing in N.W. floods

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

Two aircraft from the flying doctor base at Broken Hill left this afternoon to search for a number of people feared missing in the north-west floods and to drop urgently needed food to isolated settlers…

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3 Missing in Flood Police To Search By Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

Two men and a woman in a car have been missing for five days in the flooded, isolated north-western corner of New…

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Floods Cut Off Sick From Flying Dr. Pedal Radio Helps Babies More Rain in N.W. of State

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

BLOODS in the far north-west are preventing the Broken Hili Flying doctor(Dr. J. Woods) from attending a umber of urgent medical cases in…

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Rains Increase Flood Dangers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 2

A fresh deluge at Broken Hill and other parts of the far north-west last night and this morning had increased the danger to people marooned in flooded outlying…

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Floods Cut Off Sick From Flying Dr. Pedal Radio Helps Babies More Rain in N.-w. of State

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

FLOODS in the far north-west are preventing the Broken Hill Flying Doctor (Dr. J. Woods) from attending a number of urgent medical cases in…

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Floods Cut Off Sick From Flying Dr. Pedal Radio Helps Babies More Rain in N.-w. of State

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

FLOODS in the far north-west are, preventing the Broken Hill Flying Doctor (Dr. J. Woods) from attending a number of urgent medical cases in…

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Floods Cut Off Sick From Flying Dr. Pedal Radio Helps Babies More Rain in N.-w. of State

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

FLOODS in the for north-west are preventing the Broken Hill Flying Doctor (Dr. J. Woods) from attending a number of urgent medical cases in…

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Floods Cut Off Sick From Flying Dr. Pedal Radio Helps Babies More Rain in in N.W. of State

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

FLOODS in the far north-west are preventing the Broken Hill Flying Doctor (Dr. J. Woods) from attending a number of urgent medical cases in…

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Floods Gut Off Sick From Flying Dr. Pedal Radio Helps Babies More Rain in N.-w. of State

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

FLOODS in the far north-west are preventing the Broken Hill Flying Doctor (Dr. J. Woods) from attending a number of urgent medical cases in…

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Floods Cut Off Sick From Flying Dr. Pedal Radio Helps Babies More Rain in N.-w. of State

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

FLOODS in the far north-west are preventing the Broken Hill Flying Doctor (Dr. J. Woods) from attending a number of urgent medical cases in…

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The Pontificate of Pope Pius Xii For ten years he has stood at the helm of Peter's Barque battling against the worst storms ever to threaten man

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII. has now occupied the Chair of Peter for a…

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First Picture of Flooded Areas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

First picture of floods in the isolated north-west corner of New South Wales. It was taken hy the pilot of a plane flying from Bourke to Thargomindah (Queensland) with supplies. Heavy rains have made roads in the area impassable…

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Editorial Stemming the Flood From the East

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 3

It is heartening, for Australia particularly, to find that the nations of the British Commonwealth are taking steps at last to forge a concerted defence plan against the threat of…

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Air search in N.W. floods

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 7

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.--Weather here and surrounding districts has cleared, but the north-west still resembles a vast lake…

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Five Missing in Flooded Areas Planes To Drop Food For Stations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

Four men and a woman are now missing in the flooded north-western corner of New South Wales. Several stations isolated by floods have reported…

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Wide Flooding In Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Heavy rain's in the last two days have flooded many Melbourne streets and caused Gippsland rivers to overflow. The rains have:…

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Dramatic Air Dash to Sick Man Flying Dr. In Flood Epic Food, Medicine to Marooned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

THE Charleville (Qld.) Flying Doctor (Dr. Alan Vickers) will make a dramatic attempt today to reach an elderly man seriously ill with pneumonia…

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Dramatic Air Dash to Sick Man Flying Dr. In Flood Epic Food, Medicine to Marooned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

THE Charleville (Qld.) Flying Doctor (Dr. Alan Vickers) will make a dramatic attempt toddy to reach an elderly man seriously ill with pneumonia…

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Dramatic Air Dash to Sick Man Flying D. In Flood Epic Food, Medicine to Marooned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

THE Charleville (Qld.) Flying Doctor (Dr. Alan Vickers) will make a dramatic attempt today to reach an elderly man seriously ill with pneumonia…

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