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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 183

Cyclone Causes 2 Drownings, Stock Losses

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 10

A woman and a boy have been drowned, stock lost, crops damaged, and road and rail traffic disorganised, following cyclonic rains in north-east N.S.W. and south-east…

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Cyclone Causes 2 Drownings, Stock Losses

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 10

A woman and a boy have been drowned, stock lost, crops damaged, and road and rail traffic disorganised, following cyclonic rains in north-east N.S.W. and south-east…

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Cyclone Causes 2 Drownings, Stock Losses

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 10

A woman and a boy have been drowned stock lost, crops damaged, and road and rail traffic disorganised, following cyclonic rains in north-east N.S.W. and south-east…

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Cyclone Causes 2 Drownings, Stock Losses

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 10

A woman and a boy have been drowned, stock lost, crops damaged, and road and rail traffic disorganised, following cyclonic rains in north-east N.S.W. and south-east…

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12 Hurt; Orcades In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve passengers were injured aboard the Orcades in a tempestuous crossing of…

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12 Hurt; Orcades In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve passengers were injured aboard the Orcades in a tempestuous crossing of…

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12 Hurt in Orcades in Wild Gale

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve passengers were injured aboard the Orcades in a tempestuous crossing of…

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12 Hurt in Orcades in Wild Gale

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve passengers were injured aboard the Orcades in a tempestuous crossing of…

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12 Hurt in Orcades in Wild Gale

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve passengers were' injured aboard the Orcades in a tempestuous crossing of…

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12 Mart Mm Orcades In Wild Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve passengers were injured aboard the Orcades in a tempestuous crossing of…

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Woman Drowned; Flood Warnings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

A woman has been drowned and several townships have been cut off after heavy rain in the far…

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Towns cut off; North Coast flood anxiety

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 16

Heavy rain has caused flooding in north-east NSW, and some small towns are isolated…

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Woman Dies In N. Coast Floods; Towns Isolated

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 5

A woman has been drowned and several small townships are isolated following heavy rain over the far North Coast in the last few days. The woman, Mrs. Pearl Wilson (64), was drowned in a…

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Woman Dies In N. Coast Floods; Towns Isolated

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 5

A woman has been drowned and several small townships are isolated following heavy rain over the far North Coast in the last few days. The woman, Mrs. Pearl Wilson (64). was drowned in a…

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Gale Hits Orcades

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 28 (A.A.P.) —A 60-mile-an-hour gale battered the liner Orcades for l8 hours in the Bay of Biscay on…

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Sick Woman Driven Through Floodwaters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

CASINO, Tuesday.— A woman, seriously ill, rode on the back of a lorry through 10 miles of…

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Flood Weather Now Clearing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

After some very heavy rain yesterday morning, the weather began to clear a little over the North Coast last night. However, the Weather…

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North Flood Danger Past

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 8

Danger of floods has receded in North Coast towns which were threatened yesterday by…

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Dramatic Flood Rescue By Man

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday. -- Jeff James, farmer, Sextonville, figured in a dramatic flood rescue late yesterday…

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Dramatic Flood Rescue By Man

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday. -- Jeff James, farmer, Sextonville, figured in a dramatic flood rescue late yesterday…

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