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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 104

Flood of Money for Real Guy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 10

Comic Court will be the attraction of the day in the Devonshire at Moonee Valley today…

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Flood of Money Fob Real Guy

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Blackmarket support suggested that Damon would start in the Malua Handicap…

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U.S. Bus Missing In Snow Storm

Truth · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 49

CHICAGO, Saturday.—A bus carrying 12 schoolchildren is missing in new blizzards in Idaho. It is believed that the…

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Protest Storm Sweeps U.S. About Cardinal's Trial Prosecution Denies Use of Torture From Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—A storm of protest against Cardinal Mindszenty's trial in Budapest swept the United States yesterday. The State Department said in Washington that the…

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This Wide Would News From Here and There U.S. Fears A Record Flood

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 10

NEW YORK.—The United States is preparing for the worst flood in its history. Engineers believe it may not come for 10 weeks, but they are, sure it will…

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Gales Trap U.S. Skiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (A.A.P.).—Storms and heavy snow over wide areas have made this the worst winter in…

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Church Storm Centres

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 6

The Rev. William Howard Melish (right) has provoked a storm involving his father and the Rev…

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Storm Havoc In America

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

CHICAGO, Tuesday.-- Serious new livestock losses have followed a fresh storm sweeping…

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O'land "Floods Hold Up Trains

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.-- Floods at Concurry and washouts near Richmond are dislocating rail traffic between…

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Storm Lashes Mountain Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Wednesday. --Heavy rain and hail, lashed by a southerly gale, swept the Blue Mountains…

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Cyclone Sweeps N. Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Seventy-miles-' an-hour winds, bringing heavy rains fro some districts, are sweeping far northern Queensland…

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Cooktown Razed by Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--"Most of the town has been blown away. The whole place has been…

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Cyclone Sweeps N. Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Seventy-miles- an-hour winds, bringing heavy rains fro some district's, are sweeping far northern Queensland,…

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Cooktown Razed by Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday. --"Most of the town has been blown away. The whole place has been…

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Cyclone Sweeps N. Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Sevenly-miles- an-hour winds, bringing heavy rains to some district's, are sweeping far northern Queensland…

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Gale Endangers Liner Strathaird

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).--Four hundred passengers from Australia spent last night ashore at Port Said when the liner Strathaird moved to sea to avoid damage in a gale…

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Cyclone lashes N. Q'land

The Sun · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Airfields between Cairns and Port Moresby are closed as an 80 mph cyclone sweeps south…

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Master Saves Ship In Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 9 (A.A.P.). —Captain Allan, master of the Strathaird, saved the vessel yesterday by taking her into…

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For North Town Hit By Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 20

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Dam age estimated at thousands of pounds was caused in Cooktown, last…

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Far North Port Hit by Cyclone

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Historic Cooktown, last port in the north, has been badly damaged by a…

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