Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 104

200 Homes Damaged And Boy And Man Killed In Fierce Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 5

More than 200 metropolitan and country homes were partly or wholly unroofed in Saturday's hurricane. Other highlights of the storm which swept…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

£500,000 Damage by Storm Crops Ruined in Hail, Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 13

DAMAGE to property and crops by the hurricane which swept a wide area of the State at the weekend may exceed £500,000, it was estimated today…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

£500,000 Damage by Storm Crops Ruined in Hail, Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 13

DAMAGE to property and crops by the Hurricane which swept a wide area of the state at weekend may exceed 500,000, it was estimated today…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

£500,000 Damage by Storm Crops Ruined in Hail, Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 13

DAMAGE to property and crops by the hurricane which swept a wide area of the State at the weekend may exceed £500,000, it was estimated today…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

£500,000 Damage by Storm Crops Ruined in Hail, Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 13

DAMAGE to property and crops by the hurricane which swept a wid area of the State at the weekend may exceed £500,000, it was estimated today…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

£500,000 Damage by Storm Crops Ruined in Hail, Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 13

DAMAGE to property and crops, by the hurricane which swept a wide area of the State at the weekend may exceed £500,000, it was estimated today…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Boy Drowned in Creek Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

A 17-years-old youth, who could not swim, was drowned while testing the depth of rain-swollen Rickaby Creek, near Richmond, yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Boy Drowned in Creek Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

A 17-YEARS-OLD youth, who could not swim, was drowned while testing the depth of rain-swollen Rickaby Creek,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

18 Live In Flats Hit By Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 9

Eighteen people, including five children, are still living in a two-story…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Storm Over Palestine Mr. Bevin May Be Asked To Resign From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 17.—Anxiety in the British Labour Party over British policy on Palestine may bring demands for the resignation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Ketch in Gale

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 5

WELLINGTON (NZ), Thursday.--Blown 150 miles off course by a gale, the auxiliary ketch Miranda,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Storm Damage

The Biz · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 5
Also in Nepean Times

The brief but fierce storm on Saturday afternoon last wrought widespread [?] throughout the State. In the near [?]outhern districts much damage was done…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Storm Damage. Lightning Strikes Two Homes

The Propeller · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

During the severe storm on Saturday afternoon last two homes in Hurstville were struck by lightning. Most…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Limbs Broken in Big Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday.--Passengers and crew members on the Orontes were injured during a violent storm on the trip from England. Some had their arms broken. The ship also was damaged…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Limbs Broken in Big Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday.--Passengers and crew members on the Orontes were injured during a violent storm on the trip from England. Some had their arms broken. The ship also was damaged…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Limbs Broken in Big Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday.--Passengers and crew members on the Orontes were Injured during a violent storm on the trip from England. Some had their arms broken. The ship also was damaged…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Limbs Broken in Big Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday.--Passengers and crew members on the Orontes were injured during a violent storm on the trip from England. Some had their arms broken. The ship also was damaged…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Liner Upset 14-Footers in Big Gale

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 19

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- The 27,000-ton liner, Dominion Monarch, paying her first post-war…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

Liner Upset 14-Footers in Big Gale

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 19

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--The 27,000-ton liner, Dominion Monarch, paving her first post-war…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →