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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 104

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 Charlevilie (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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Floods In Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

More, than 100 houses were flooded at Elwood, Melbourne, yesterday when the Elwood Canal burst its banks…

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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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Floods In Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

More than 100 houses were flooded at Elwood, Melbourne, yesterday when the Elwood Canal burst its banks…

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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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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The prime Minister (Mr,. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday,—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Cyclone Victims

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 18

CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated today that he had received a telegram from the…

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Far West Flooded ; New Pasture Life

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

AT the Week-end heavy rains flooded the far western portion of New South Wales extending along the South Australian border. Homesteads were isolated and in one ease food win flown in by Air, The rain will do a tremedous…

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Flood Waters Trap Man Up Tree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 1

WYONG, Thursday.—Swirling flood waters had Leonard Ingram, 40, trapped up a tree at Brush Creek, 20 miles west…

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Flood Peril in U.S.A. Record Snowfall Thaws Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, March 10.— For the second time in a month, floods are threatening the Middle West…

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Floods in Northwestern N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 3

Pimpara homestead, 85 miles north of Broken Hill, is in the worst of the flood areas in the north-west corner of New South Wales. A cloudburst in this area resulted in four inches of rain in 30 minutes. The Walden family, who own the station, are safe…

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Flood in N.-w. Party Not Found Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Thursday. — Renewed heavy rain along the Queensland border to-day…

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