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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 104

Gale Badly Scarred Bondi Beach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

After Saturday night's gale and huge breakers had transformed the face of Bondi beach, hundreds…

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Damage in Wake of Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 3

AGROUND: A wave washing over a submarine which went on the rocks at Manly yesterday. Arrows show three men clinging to the vessel. RIGHT: T. Hancock (centre) who feared the submarine would capsize and tried to swim ashore. SWAMPED: Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Smith packing up their belongings after a gale had…

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Storm Damage in City

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

Stone wall of St. Gabriel's School for Girls, Waverley, was badly damaged when a tree fell on it during the storm at the weekend…

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Heavy Loss in Wake of Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 7

A TRAIL of damage estimated by police at thousands of pounds has been left by the cyclone which lashed Sydney and the central coastal area…

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Storm over French boxer's weight

The Sun · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 20

A wordy storm broke out at the Stadium today when at the official weighing for tonight's fight Andre Famechon was 6oz overweight. Jack Hassen's manager (E…

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Ship At Sea Stopped By Cyclone Off Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

Captain of the stormdelayed collier Hetton Bank, which arrived from Newcastle late last night,…

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Gale Lashes Camping Area Families Homeless When Tents Torn

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 5

The full force of a gale struck campers at Stanwell Park at 2 a.m. yesterday and blew 24 out of 50 tents to ribbons. The families spent the rest of the night in tents still…

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Storm May Cut Gas Supplies Coal Ships Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

The violent cyclone which lashed the coast during the week-end may mean gas rationing in Sydney this week as the result of a shortage of coal. Unless conditions at sea improve and the collier Pelton…

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Cyclone's' Trail of Damage Houses Unroofed, Boats Lost Help From State Govt

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

A TRAIL of damage estimated by police at thousands of pounds has been Soft by the cyclone which lashed Sydney and the central coastal area…

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Shops Flooded

The Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 3

Two shops were flooded when a water main burst at the corner of Bayswater Road and Waratah Street,…

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Radar Photos to Forecast Storms

The Biz · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 7

Two scientists working at Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company. Manchester recently photographed a cloud neither of them could see, while on weather…

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The Week-end Storm

The Propeller · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 7

The severe storm last Saturday and Sunday caused considerable damage in the St. George and Sutherland Shire…

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Marrickville Wins in Three Grades C.Y.O. Players Defy Storm In Last Sunday's Matches

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 1

ALL officials and players in the Catholic Youth Organisation Rugby League Competition are expected to attend Mass and receive Holy Communion at 8.30 a.m. in St. Mary's Cathedral on June 19. There will be no match played on that day…

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Gale Hits Hard

The Observer · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

After heavy rain had fallen in Cronulla and districts on Saturday afternoon, a rapidly mounting wind caused much alarm to residents as…

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Storm Sunk Launch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 5

Salvage men pumping the bilges and bailing out a 38-foot motor launch after it was raised yesterday. The launch sank near Carss Park, Kogarah, in the storm at the week-end when water went in through the portholes…

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World Spotlight Labour Leaders In Britain Weather The Storm From Our London Office

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 6

UNDER the shadow of the approaching general election, the week's conference of the British Labour Party has been marked by…

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Gruesome Stories Flood Press

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 7

FROM east to west death, with its horrible side to the foremost, floods Europe's press…

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"Tainted" floods in Govt. homes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 4

Mr. S. C. Calderwood, chief engineer of Parramatta City Council, has condemned living conditions of residents in Housing Commission homes on…

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Fun in Flooded Street

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 4

Newtown children, Carol Jeffery (11) and Ron Hodgen (8), put their rain-boots on this morning to have fun in stormwater flooding down the street near North Newtown School…

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Fun in Flooded Street

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 4

Newtown children, Carol Jeffery (11) and Ron Hodgen (8), put their rain-boots on this morning to have fun in stormwater flooding down the street near North Newtown School…

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