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Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 104

5 ships adrift in storm Distress Flares Reported Seen

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 1

YESTERDAY'S storm broke five ships from their moorings in Sydney and Newcastle. Last night a ship was reported…

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Small Vessel In Distress Off Botany Bay Storm Hits Harbour, Craft Aground

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 1

An unidentified vessel, believed to be a small trawler, was in distress in heavy seas off Botany Bay last night, signalling for help. Her distress flares brought two…

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500 storm-bound at Kurnell get back after rough trip in dunes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 2

Five hundred people who went to Kurnell yesterday for the 179th anniversary of Captain Cook's landing were stranded when the gale stopped…

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Ship Rides Out Storm Crew Return Exhausted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

With an exhausted crew, the 2,367-ton cargo ship Goulburn returned to Sydney Harbour yesterday after riding out the big storm…

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Ships Again Get Storm Warning Milder Days In Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

The Weather Bureau last night issued its ninth storm warning to…

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Monowai's 'nightmare' voyage in cyclone

The Sun · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 3

Twenty-four hours late, the Monowai reached Sydney today from Wellington after what some passengers described as a "nightmare" trip. On Sunday night the vessel…

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Rome Hit By Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 9

ROME, Thursday.--Firemen and policemen yesterday had their busiest day for years…

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Rome Hit By Storm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 9

ROME, Thursday.--Firemen and policemen yesterday had their busiest day for years…

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Storms Boost Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 8

MR. WALTER GRANGER, who represents Utah in the United States House of Representatives, predieed that domestic wool prices would increase…

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Dingo Invasion Follows Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 9

A record invasion of dingoes from Queensland into New South Wales has followed the recent heavy floods in the border region…

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Ziegfeld's Gale Rocked Tar

Truth · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 10

It may not be exactly a place where you'd take your ma or your grandmamma, or a nitery where you'd expect to find members of select cafe society, but if you happen to be a member of the King's Navee, the Ziegfeld's cafe is a must. ALTHOUGH there's hardly…

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The European Scene U.s. Plan to Restore Industry in Japan Likely to Cause Storm

Truth · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 7

ALLIED policy of accelerating reconstruction in Germany and Japan may face some criticism in the Commons as a result of Friday's Washington news announcing that the removal of industrial…

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Political Roundabout The one alternative to an Asian flood

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 32

FEDERAL Caucus criticism becomes less probable after the Canberra deliberations of Federal ALP Executive. Prime Minister Chifley…

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Floodlit Match Official

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 15

BRISBANE, Sun--Tomorrow night's floodlit Rugby Union match…

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Refugees Flooding Hongkong Airlift of British Out of Shanghai

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 6

HONGKONG, Monday.--The panic flight of refugees into Hongkong from Southern China reached record proportions yesterday as Communist armies drove southward…

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Refugees Flooding Hongkong Airlift of British Out of Shanghai

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 6

HONGKONG, Monday.--The panic flight of refugees into Hongkong from Southern China reached record proportions yesterday as Communist armies drove southward…

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Refugees Flooding Hongkong Airlift of British Out of Shanghai

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 6

HONGKONG, Monday.--The panic flight of refugees into Hongkong from Southern China reached record proportions yesterday as Communist armies drove southward…

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Refugees Flooding Hongkong Airlift of British Out of Shanghai

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 6

HONGKONG, Monday.--The panic flight of refugees into Hongkong from Southern China reached record proportions yesterday as Communist armies drove southward…

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Refugees Flooding Hongkong Airlift of British Out of Shanghai

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 6

HONGKONG, Monday.--The panic flight of refugees into Hongkong from Southern China reached record proportions yesterday as Communist armies drove southward…

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Refugees Flooding Hongkong Airlift of British Out of Shanghai

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 6

HONGKONG, Monday.--The panic flight of refugees into Hongkong from Southern China reached record proportions yesterday as Communist armies drove southward…

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