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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 104

Flood Of Spurious Florins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 2

So many counterfeit coins have been passed in the payment of tram and bus fares and bridge tolls…

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Flood Of Spurious Florins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 8

So many counterfeit coins have been passed in the payment of tram and bus fares and bridge tolls…

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Flood Of Spurious Florins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 8

So many counterfeit coins have been passed in the payment of tram and bus fares and bridge tolls…

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Flood Of Spurious Florins

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 8

So many counterfeit coins have been passed in the payment of tram and bus fares and bridge tolls…

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Grounded Collier Held Fast Salvage Hopes Fading Waiting for Flood Tide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 2

HOPES of salvaging the stranded collier Munmorah, which ran aground on a reef off Bellambi on the South Coast last night, faded this morning…

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Grounded Collier Held Fast Salvage Hopes Fading Waiting for Flood Tide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 2

HOPES of salvaging the stranded collier Munmorah, which ran aground on a reef off Bellambi on the South Coast Bast night, faded this morning…

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Floods in Texas City Under Water Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 3

FORT WORTH, May 18.— Floods and tornadoes ripped across Texas yesterday, killing at least eight persons and…

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Power Failure After Deluge

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Heaviest rain Sydney has experienced for some time boosted power demands today and led to the most extensive early morning blackouts of the year…

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Power Failure After Deluge

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Heaviest rain Sydney has experienced for some time boosted power demands today and led to the most extensive early morning blackouts of the year…

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Power Failure After Deluge

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Heaviest rain Sydney has experienced for some time boosted power demands, today and led to the most extensive early morning blackouts of the year…

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Power Failure After Deluge

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Heaviest rain Sydney has experienced for some time boosted power demands today and led to the most extensive early morning blackouts of the year…

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Power Failure After Deluge

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Heaviest rain Sydney has experienced for some time boosted power demands today and led to the most extensive early morning blackouts of the year…

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Tatt.'s Randwick Meeting May Be Off Track Soaked By Heavy Rain No Decision Till Morning

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 24

IF the present heavy rain continues, tomorrow's Tattersall's Club meeting at Randwick is likely to be cancelled. No decision is likely to be made, however,…

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Tatt.'s Randwick Meeting May Be Off Track Soaked By Heavy Rain No Decision Till Morning

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 24

IF there is further heavy rain, tomorrow's Tattersall's Club meeting at Randwick is likely to be cancelled. No decision is likely to be made, however,…

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Tatt.'s. Randwick Meeting May Be Off Track Soaked By Heavy Rain No Decision Till Morning

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 24

IF there is further heavy rain, tomorrow's Tattersall's Club meeting at Randwick is likely to be cancelled. No decision is likely to be made, however,…

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Tatt.'s Randwick Meeting May Be Off Track Soaked By Heavy Rain No Decision Till Morning

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 24

IF the present heavy rain continues, tomorrow's Tattersall's Club meeting at Randwick is likely to be cancelled. No decision is likely to be made, however,…

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Roads flooded by downpour

The Sun · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

Torrential rain fell in Sydney during the night, and between 8 pm and 8 am 150 points were recorded. Many roads were flooded,…

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Record Blackouts As Rain Deluges Sydney Flooding At Airport

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

HEAVIEST rain Sydney has experienced for some time boosted power demands today and led to the most extensive early morning blackouts of…

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Record Blackouts As Rain Deluges Sydney Flooding At Airport

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

HEAVIEST rain Sydney has experienced for some time boosted power demands today and led to the most extensive early morning blackouts of…

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Protest Storm At Eisler Kidnapping LONDON.—

Tribune · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 2

—The ruthless kidnapping of Gerhard Eisler by British police, supervised by four Americans, in violation of international law and custom and the Polish flag, has roused an international storm of…

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