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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 183

Record Flood On Diamentina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

The Flying Doctor station at Broken Hill has received reports that the Diamentina is four feet higher than it had…

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Victorian Town In Flood Peril

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Police to-day and to-night warned about 300 residents of Wyuna, north…

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Minister floodbound

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The Commerce Minister, Mr. McEwen, is floodbound at his home at Stanhope…

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Flood Warning to Town "Get out quickly'"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- Shepparton police tonight broadcast instructions for Wyuna residents to leave the…

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Floods and Commandeering Of Food Causing Famine Millions Face Starvation in Red China

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Tuesday.--Nearly 8,000,000 Chinese on the mainland are starving because of famine, say travellers arriving in Hongkong. They tell ghastly stories of suffering…

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Flood in Vic. Envelops Village Police Aiding Evacuation Of Dwellings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The village of Wyuna (population 300), obi the banks of the Goulburn River, is being inundated deliberately today to…

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Canberra Area Floods Recede

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--With the Molonglo River down to 8ft. early this morning and falling steadily, floods in the Canberra…

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Floods and Commandeering Of Food Causing Famine Millions Face Starvation in Red China

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Tuesday.--Nearly 8,000,000 Chinese on the mainland ore starving because of famine, soy travelers arriving in Hongkong. They fell ghostly stories of suffering…

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Flood Levels At Record Height In Vic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--More rain in the north and north-east of Victoria has caused rivers to come down in the biggest floods in living memory…

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Flood in Vic Envelops Village Police Aiding! Evacuation Of Dwellings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The village of Wyuna (population 300), on the banks of the Goulburn River, is beina inundated deliberately today to…

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Floods and Commandeering Of Food Causing Famine Millions Face Starvation in Red China

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Tuesday.--Nearly 8,0.00,000 Chinese on the mainland are starving because of famine, say travellers arriving in Hongkong. They tell ghastly stories of suffering…

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Canberra Area Floods Recede

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 20

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--With the Molonglo River down to 8ft. early this morning and falling steadily, floods in the Canberra…

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Flood in Vic Envelops Village Police Aiding Evacuation Of Dwellings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The village of Wyuna (population 300), on the hanks of the Goulburn Rives', is being inundated deliberately today to…

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Floods and Commandeering Of Food Causing Famine Millions Face Starvation in Red China

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Tuesday.--Nearly 8,000,000 Chinese on the mainland are starving because of famine, say travellers arriving in Hongkong. They tell ghastly stories of suffering…

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Floods and Commandeering Of Food Causing Famine Millions Face Starvation in Red China

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Tuesday.--Nearly 8,000,000 Chinese on the mainland are starving because of famine, say travellers arriving in Hongkong. They tell ghastly stories of suffering…

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Flood in Vic. Envelops Village Police Aiding Of Dwellings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The village of Wyuna (population 300), on the bonks of. the Goulburn River, is being inundated deliberately today to…

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Floods and Commandeering Of Food Causing Famine Millions Face Starvation in Red China

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

HONGKONG, Tuesday.--Nearly 8,000,000 Chinese on the mainland are starving because of famine, say travellers arriving in Hongkong. They tell ghastly stories of suffering…

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Flood in Vic. Envelops Village Police Aiding Evacuation Of Dwellings

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The village of Wyuna (population 300), on the banks of the Goulburn Sliver, is being inundated deliberately today to…

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Canberra Area Floods Recede

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 20

CANBERRA. Tuesday.--With the Molonglo River down to 8ft. early this morning and falling steadily, floods in the Canberra…

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Serious Flood Damage in Vic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--More rain in the north and north-east of Victoria has caused rivers to come down in the biggest floods in living memory…

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