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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 183

Floods Stop Show Trip

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 32

HEAVY flooding in the Warren district has precluded the sending of a team of Merinos from Mr. J. A. McLaughlln's Merryanbone…

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More Flood Aid Sought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 40

A REQUEST to the N.S.W. Government to provide flood relief, until their farms are productive again, to farmers whose properties…

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Thousands flee from floods

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 10

WINNIPEG, Thursday. -- The Canadian Army fought a battle of the bridges today to…

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Mass flight from flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

WINNIPEG, Thurs.--The biggest mass evacuation in Canada's history is in progress at Winnipeg…

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Race To Evacuate People As Floods Engulf Bridges Thousands of Canadians in Mass Flight

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

WINNIPEG, Friday,-- Thousands of evacuees from the flood-bound are fleeing over the few remaining roads the city as the raging red river [?]aters rise relentlessly hour by hour…

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Mass Flight From Winnipeg Floods Waters Still Rising

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

WINNIPEG, Friday.-- Thousands of evacuees from fload-bound Winnipeg are fleeing over, the…

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Mass Flight From Winnipeg Floods Waters Still Rising

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

WINNIPEG, Friday.-- Thousands of evacuees from, flood-bound Winnipeg are fleeing over the…

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60,000 Flee From Flooded Winnipeg; Worst Is to Come

The Sun · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

WINNIPEG, Friday.--Authorities tonight estimated that 60,000 of Winnipeg's 320,000 population have fled from the flooded city. Another 10,000 have been…

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Plea for Divine Aid in Flooded City More Rain Falls

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 1

WINNIPEG, Saturday.--"God have mercy on us," a radio announcer said yesterday as furthbr…

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Floods Still Rising As Winnipeg Evacuation Goes On

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 3

MONTREAL, May 12 (A.A.P.).—At least 10 towns are isolated and deserted as flood waters from the Red River to-day rose further to cover more than 500 square miles of Southern Manitoba…

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Floods In Winnipeg Sweep On

Truth · Sunday 14 May 1950 · page 2

WINNIPEG (Manitoba), Saturday.—This city, one of Canada's oldest and most important, is…

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Winnipeg Fights To Save Flooded City

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 14 May 1950 · page 4

WINNIPEG, May 13 (A.A.P.).—Weary soldiers and civilians held their own last night in their fight to arrest the spread of flood waters through this city…

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Winnipeg now flood-bound city of islands

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 May 1950 · page 12

OTTAWA, Sat.--The rampaging waters of the Red River and its tributaries which weave through Winnipeg now spread over 12 square miles,…

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Big exodus from flooded Winnipeg

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 3

OTTAWA, Sun. (A.A.P.).--By tomorrow more than one third of Winnipeg's 320,000 population will have evacuated the city to escape the rising floods…

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More Quit Flooded Winnipeg

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 3

WINNIPEG, Mav 14 (A.A.P.).—One-third of Winnipeg's population of 300,000 will be evacuated by to-morrow…

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Expert Sees Storms' End

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 24

WASHINGTON.-- Dr. Vincent Shaeffer, pioneer in rainmaking by bombing" clouds with dry ice pellets…

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Expert Sees Storms' End

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 11

WASHINGTON.-- Dr. Vincent Shaeffer, pioneer in rainmaking by "bombing" clouds with dry ice pellets,…

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Expert Sees Storms' End

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 11

WASHINGTON.-- Dr. Vincent Shaeffer, pioneer in rainmaking by "bombing" clouds with dry ice pellets,…

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Fight Against Flood Danger

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 6

WINNIPEG, Tuesday.-- Ten thousand flood fighters labored unceasingly yesterday to…

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Disastrous Flood Imperils Winnipeg

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

Above: The Winnipeg Municipal Hospital, floodbound after dykes had given way before the swollen Red River. Over 140 patients were evacuated just before the barricades collapsed. Another 20…

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