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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 104

Youth's Heroic Swim Over Flooded Rivera

Truth · Sunday 26 June 1949 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Saturday.—Sixteen-years-old Katoomba footballer,Jack Swadling, is being hailed as a hero in Katoomba tonight, for the part he played when he and four other footballers were stranded in the valley of the Kowmung River for nearly two…

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Actress Finds Real Drama in Floods

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1949 · page 35

SYDNEY actress Joanne Thomas spent last week helping flood victims in the Windsor district and each night on the stage of the Independent Theatre. Miss Thomas, who lives at…

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Appeal for Flood Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 June 1949 · page 2

A former corporal in the Australian Army Service Corps yesterday appealed to all ex-servicemen who were at Army…

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Made Pies for Flood Victims

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 June 1949 · page 9

AS a contribution to the relief of the food'situation in flood areas, 6,000 pies and 10,000 scones have…

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Flood Sidelights

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 June 1949 · page 4

MAITLAND police say that if Captains E. L. Stooke or M. Trip or any of their men ever find themselves in the town…

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A "Sunday Herald" Man Last Week Found Courage, But Also... Ruin, Tragedies In Maitland Floods Damage Is Beyond Estimate

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 June 1949 · page 4

A "Sunday Herald" special reporter at Maitland has made a, tour of the farming area round Maitland. This is what he has to tell:—…

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Army Got 10, 000 Out Of Floods

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 June 1949 · page 5

Citizen and Regular Army men completed "Operation Rescue" yesterday. For a week, officers and men of the 1st Armoured…

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Ready aid for flood victims

The Sun · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 5

Sydney's response to the Red Cross appeal for relief for flood-ravaged Maitland has been so generous…

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Maitland Flood Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 9

A MAN carrying a woman across one of Maitland's flooded streets on Saturday…

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Flood Sightseers Jam Roads Fifty police stop traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 9

MAITLAND, Sun.--Nearly 15,000 sightseers from Sydney, Newcastle and Cessnock jammed roads into Maitland yesterday when they went…

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Tatt's Floods Fund

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 4

AT settlement today City Tattersall's Club members subscribed £36[?] for Maitland flood relief…

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Tatt's Floods Fund

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 4

AT settlement today City Tattersall's Club members subscribed £360 for Maitland flood relief…

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Scouts Good Deeds For Windsor Flood Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 1

A party of 91 senior Boy Scouts, Rovers and Scout Masters returned from Windsor last night…

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Erosion And Silt Are Making Hunter River Floods Worse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

The recently appointed Hunter River Valley Conservation Committee will hold its first meeting at Maitland on July 6, to deal with questions involved in the State…

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Flood Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

Sir,—The aid proposed by the State Government for the sufferers by flood is inadequate in amount, and niggardly in its terms. Seeing…

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Flood Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 2

Sir,—As one who has advocated greater Government financial relief to the flood areas, I was pleased to read comments…

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Aftermath of Maitland Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 4

A not uncommon sight in Maitland as the floodwaters recede. This picture, taken yesterday in High Street, shows beddings and household effects spread over fences to dry out…

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Sydney Diary Caravan brought health: Perils of reform: Blankets for typists: Brotherhood of flood

The Sun · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 9

SOME milko pulled a smooth trick on East Sydney flat-dwellers during the rationing last week. Some of the more…

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Flood Appeal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 8

IF a house-to-house appeal were made to help the flood victims at Maitland the amount needed to relieve distress would…

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Flood Appeal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 8

INSTEAD of us all standing by and saying the Maitland floods are dreadful, could not we do something practical to…

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