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Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 183

Floods Maroon Trains in S.a

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.--A stock train and a freight train are flood-bound at Marree, where the countryside is flooded after…

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Warning of Flood Danger in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The tropical depression which caused widespread flooding in Central Australia and…

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Victorian Deluge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Heavy State-wide rains which began this morning may wash out all major Victorian sporting…

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Many Sporting Fixtures Washed Out By Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

Nearly half an inch of rain this morning disorganised sporting fixtures and cancelled St. Patrick's Day sports. It was the ninth wet day this month…

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Many Sporting Fixtures Washed Out By Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

Nearly half an inch of rain this morning disorganised sporting fixtures and cancelled St. Patrick's Day sports. It was the ninth wet day this month…

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Many Sporting Fixtures Washed Out By Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

Nearly half an inch of rain this morning disorganised sporting fixtures and cancelled St. Patrick's Day sports. It was the ninth wet day this month…

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Many Sporting Fixtures Washed Out By Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

Nearly half an inch of rain this morning disorganised sporting fixtures and cancelled St. Patrick's Day sports. It was the ninth wet day this month…

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Many Sporting Fixtures Washed Out By Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

Nearly half an inch of rain this morning disorganised sporting fixtures and cancelled St. Patrick's Day sports. It was the ninth wet day this month…

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Storm-arnold Fifth

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 10

PARIS, Saturday.--Alf Strom and Roger Arnold are lying fifth at the end of the third day in the six-day bike race…

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Russian Ships Wrecked in Gale

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 1

One of four Russian fishing vessels caught in a violent storm off the island of Bornholm, in the Baltic Sea, this ship was driven ashore on the rocky coast of the island. A fisherman from Bornholm threw a line to the crew of the vessel, who clambered to the shore unharmed…

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Floods Receding In Queensland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday.-- The rain has eased off throughout Queensland and the flood waters are…

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Nurse May Fly to Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A nurse on her way from Brisbane to North Cruso station, a lonely outpost of Queensland,…

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Nurse May Fly to Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 8

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A nurse on her way from Brisbane to North Cruso station, a lonely outpost of Queensland,…

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Nurse May Fly to Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A nurse on her way from Brisbane to North Cruso station, a lonely outpost of Queensland…

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Nurse May Fly to Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 8

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A nurse on her way from Brisbane to North Cruso station, a lonely outpost of Queensland,…

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Nurse May Fly to Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A nurse on her way from Brisbane to North Cruso station, a lonely outpost of Queensland…

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Nurse May Fly to Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- nurse on her way from Brisbane to North Cruso station, lonely outpost of Queensland…

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Floods Receding In Queensland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE, Saturday.-- The rain has eased off throughout Queensland and the flood waters are…

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Nurse May Fly to Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A nurse on her way from Brisbane to North Cruso station, a lonely outpost of Queensland,…

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U.S. Flood Of Irish Propaganda

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 19 March 1950 · page 8

NEW YORK, March 18 (A.A.P.).—One million Americans received St. Patrick's Day post cards yesterday asking…

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