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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 104

Home Flooded, Family Cut Off

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wed.-- Rescue parties have been unable to reach a flooded home where a man and his wife and child are isolated. he man, K. Green…

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Rain Lashes Three States: Floods in Q'land Battering For Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

HEAVY rainstorms are lashing Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Parts of Queensland are flood bound…

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Rain Lashes Three States Floods in Q'land Battering For Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

HEAVY rainstorms are lashing Victoria New South Wales and Queensland Parts of Queensland are flood bound…

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Full Airlift to Operate in North Heavy Rains Renew Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 7

Heavy rains have created a new crisis in the flooded northern areas of the State. The police are again operating their…

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Q'land Flood Threat

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 16

BRISBANE, Friday. -- With steady rain continuing over most of the State the threat of floods is…

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Q'lano Flood Threat

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday. -- With steady rain continuing over most of the State the threat of floods is…

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Q'land Flood Threat

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday. -- With steady rain continuing over most of the State the threat of hoods is…

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Q'land Flood Threat

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday. -- With steady rain continuing over most of the State, the threat of floods is…

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Q'land Flood Threat

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday. -- With steady rain continuing over most of the State the threat of hoods is…

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Family Saved From Roof In Flood Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday. —Rescuers in an improvised raft to-day found the Green family, of…

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More towns cut off in flood-bound west Queensland

The Sun · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. --All south-west. Queensland is described as one big lake as a result of continuous, torrential rain. More floodings in the…

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Blue Baby Off To Melbourne Child Ill, Floods Hold Up Doctor

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Because the Flying Doctor (Dr. Vickers) is floodbound at Mt. Margaret stattion, near Quilpie, a child at Thargomindah, suffering from pneumonia and in urgent need of medical…

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The Township Waits for Death Rising Waters of Enlarged Hume Dam Will Flood Site of Tallangatta

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 1

THEY came racing out of the backyard gate, five tanned youngsters with a fair-haired little girl in the lead, her plaits flying as she sang…

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Danger of Floods Rivers Rise In North

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 3

Heavy rain yesterday in North Coast districts has caused rivers and creeks to rise, and farmers in some…

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6 towns cut off by floods: food dropped from air BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 48

FLOODED rivers have cut off six small towns in south-west Queensland. Some will be isolated for a fortnight. A RAAF plane dropped 2000lb flour and tinned food at Birdsville on the…

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Lismore's Flood Danger Q'land Towns Cut Off by Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 7

LISMORE, Monday. -- Heavy rain since midnight has aggravated the flood position in the Richmond River district. So far no homes heave been inundated…

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Lismore's Flood Danger Q'land Towns Cut Off by Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 7

LISMORE, Monday. -- Heavy rain since midnight has aggravated the flood position in the Richmond River district. So far no homes have been inundated,…

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Lismore's Flood Danger Q'land Towns Cut Off by Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 7

LISMORE, Monday. -- Heavy rain since midnight has aggravated the flood position in the Richmond River district. So far no homes have been inundated,…

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Lismore's Flood Danger Q'land Towns Cut Off by Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 7

LISMORE, Monday. -- Heavy rain since midnight has aggravated the flood position in the Richmond River district. So far no homes have been inundated,…

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Ships Warned of North Coast Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 5

The Weather Bureau last night issued a storm warning to shipping off the North Coast. A Bureau official said…

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