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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 104

Liner Upset 14-Footers in Big Gale

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 20

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

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Guildford Storm Damage

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

Among those who suffered has through the recent storm were Mrs. Mc Innes, of Banger Street, whose home lost half of its roof, and the contents of…

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Liner Damaged in Heavy Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 9

PERTH, Tues.--A violent storm in the Bay of Biscay damaged the liner Orontes, which reached Fremantle today. The storm broke soon…

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Forged £5 Notes Flooding Into U.S. Refugees From Europe Defrauded One Man Loses Entire Fortune

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 9

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Forged £5 notes worth at least £120,000 have poured into the U.S. Arid they are still coming in at the rate of about £3000 a…

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Forged £5 Notes Flooding Into U.S. Refugees From Europe Defrauded One Man Loses Entire Fortune

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 9

MEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Forged £5 notes worth at least £120,000 have poured into the U.S. And they are still coming in at the rate of about £3000 a…

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Storm Damage at Mt. Pritchard

The Biz · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

Considerable damage was done at Mt. Pritchard by the recent storm. The roof from the home of Mr. George Riley, in Mulgoa Road, was blown off and the…

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Storms Reduce U.s. Wool Clip

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 14

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.). The Journal Of Commerce says recent storm damage to Sheep may reduce wool…

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Gardening without tears Digging in after the storms

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 42

THE gales blew my cucurbit vines to pieces so I decided to root them out and did quite a lot of my…

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Storm Holds Up Trains

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

Lightning, accompanied by a terrific burst of thunder, caused the failure of electric railway signals from Illawarra Junction to North Sydney at 4 p.m. today…

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118 Favorite, Freedom, Races Away in Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 16

Racing away in blinding rain, Freedom (118) beat Midwise (52) by two and a half lengths with Tamarind (6 1) a length further away, in the Bondi Handicap at Randwick, this afternoon. BOOKMAKERS gambled…

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Warning by Cardinal Gilroy Growing Storm Of Communism 100,000 Protest on Primate's Fate

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, warned a vast crowd in the Domain yesterday of a gathering storm of Communism which, if it remained unchecked, would sweep towards this land…

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Warning by Cardinal Gilroy Growing Storm Of Communism 100,000 Protest on Primate's Fate

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, warned a vast crowd in the Domain yesterday of a gathering storm of Communism which, if it remained unchecked, would sweep towards this land…

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Warning by Cardinal Gilroy Growing Storm Of Communism 100,000 Protest on Primate's Fate

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, warned a vast crowd in the Domain yesterday of a gathering storm of Communism which, if it remained unchecked, would sweep towards this land…

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Warning by Cardinal Gilroy Growing Storm Of Communism 100,000 Protest on Primate's Fate

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, warned a yasfr crowd in the Domain yesterday of a gathering storm of Communism which, if it remained unchecked, would sweep towards this land…

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Warning by Cardinal Gilroy Growing Storm Of Communism 100,000 Protest on Primate's Fate

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, warned a vast crowd in the Domain yesterday of a gathering storm of Communism which, if it remained unchecked, would sweep towards this land…

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Warning by Cardinal Gilroy Growing Storm Of Communism 100,000 Protest on Primate's Fate

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, warned a vast crowd in the Domain yesterday of a gathering storm of Communism which, if it remained unchecked, would sweep towards this land…

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Transaction Beat the Storm Backers Feared Greasy Track

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 7

Storm clouds gathering just before time for the Anniversary Handicap at Randwick yesterday worried backers of Transaction,…

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Storm Damage to Hills Repaired

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

Baulkham Hills Council employees have now repaired all damage in the Shire caused by the…

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Claims Floods Damage Property

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 8

When floodwaters overflow from Chelmsford Road, considerable damage is caused to her property and the lives of her…

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Angry fishmongers storm manager's office Police called to Markets

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

Police were called to disperse a mob of angry fishmongers who attempted to storm the…

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