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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 183

Sick girl fights floodwaters for three days

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Sat.--A 14-year-old girl, seriously ill, arrived in Mareeba last night after a three-day trip of 200 miles through floods from the…

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The floods left them high -- and still dry

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 3

THE FLOODS at Wagga yesterday left this pig marooned dejectedly in his sty, the man stranded on a windmill, and the kitten on the pole…

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200 Forgotten in Flood for Week

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 3

Nearly 200 people who have been marooned by floodwaters in the lower Burragorang Valley for a week call themselves "the forgotten flood victims."…

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Families fleeing from raging floods

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 1

Families in three towns yesterday fled from Murrumbidgee floodwaters sweeping from Wagga downstream to…

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Storms Forecast

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 6

Isolated thunderstorms are possible in Sydney today, according to a Weather Bureau official. The official said…

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Storm Over U.s. Actors British Lose Film Roles

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

LONDON, Monday.--British actors, already resentful because American producers have cast the shapely Virginia Mayo and lovely Irene…

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Storm Over U.s. Actors British Lose Film Roles

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. -- British actors, already resentful because American producers have cast the shapely Virginia Mayo and lovely Irene…

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Floodwaters racing to threaten towns in ravaged valley

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 3

NARRANDERA, Monday.--With the river rising more than a foot an hour, the worst flood in the Murrumbidgee River valley this century swept on Narrandera last night. Today, the river's level was…

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Duck rescues duck in flood area

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

AN ARMY DUCK is towed out of muddy floodwaters at Yarragundry, nine miles from Wagga. The ducks have been of great value in rescuing people marooned in the flood Two Army ducks, which raced the floodwaters to Narrandera after an eventful three hour 65-mile trip from Wagga, were busy all night patrolling the flooded area…

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Another town faces big flood today 'Ducks' Race to Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

Darlington Point residents expect the Murrumbidgee to flood the whole township by midday today. Two army amphibious "ducks" set out…

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Clean-up after floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

SHOP: Miss Mary O'Donoghue, of Wagga, rescued models in the shop where she works in preparation for a new window display now that floods are receding. HOME: Mrs. MacMullins mopping out silt left behind…

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U.s. Magazine Flood Worries Canadians

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

OTTAWA Monday.--The United States has "invaded" Canada with magazines, Canadian journalists claim. Publishers in Ottawa have…

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Narrandera Threatened River Passes Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

Floodwaters from the swift -running '.Murrumbidgee flowed over the- banks at Narramidera last night and began to swirl into the backyards of homes on…

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U.s. Magazine Flood Worries Canadians

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

OTTAWA Monday--The United States has invaded Canada with magazines, Canadian journalists claim. Publishers in Ottawa have…

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Narrandera Threatened River Passes Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

Floodwaters from the swift-running Marrambidgee flowed over the. banks at Narrandera last night and began to swirl into the backyards of homes on…

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U.s. Magazine Flood Worries Canadians

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

OTTAWA Monday--The United States has "invaded" Canada with magazines, Canadian journalists claim. Publishers in Ottawa have…

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Narrandera Threatened River Passes Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

Floodwaters from the swift-running Murrumbidgee flowed over the banks at Narrandera last night and began to swirl into the backyards of homes on…

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U.s. Magazine Flood Worries Canadians

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

OTTAWA Monday--The United States has "invaded" Canada with magazines, Canadian journalists claim. Publishers in Ottawa have…

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Narrandera Threatened River Passes Flood Level

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

Floodwaters from Hie swiff-running Murrumbidgee flowed,over the banks at Narrcsndera lasf nigbf and began to swirl info the backyards of homes on…

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U.s. Magazine Flood Worries Canadians

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

OTTAWA Monday--The United States has invaded Canada with magazines, Canadian journalists claim. Publishers in Ottawa have…

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