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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 183

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, flood bound 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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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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West Floods Worst Since 1921

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 3

Floodwaters from the Macquarie and Castlereagh Rivers are causing the worst floods in western…

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British Protests Flood Australia House From Rupert Lockwood

Tribune · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON.—A mounting flood of protests against the Menzies Fascist Bill is swamping Australia House, London. Among the most recent protests are those from trade unionists of Newtown Abbot, Brighton and Hove, Shoreditch Trades and Labor Council (by unanimous…

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Flood of Scotch promised

The Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 8

Australia will have all the Scotch whisky it can drink in about two years, according to Mr…

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Strathnaver Meets Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 6

Some of the 400 passengers in the Strathnaver, which reached Sydney from London this…

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Strathnaver Meets Gale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

Some of 400 passengers in the Strathnaver, which reached Sydney from London this…

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Gale kits liners off coast

The Sun · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 7

The liner Strathnaver, which arrived at Sydney today from London with 400 passengers, had a…

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25,000 Homeless In Tigris Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

BAGHDAD, Thursday. -- Twenty-five, thousand persons Were rendered homeless and 5000 houses were inundated…

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Flooded Winnipeg Faces New Threat

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

WINNIPEG, Thursday. -- Further, rain yesterday brought an additional threat to the flood-strained dykes at Winnipeg and added millions of gallons of wafer to the 30.2ft. flood level of the turbulent…

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25,000 Homeless Bn Tigris Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

BAGHDAD, Thursday. -- Twenty-five thousand persons were rendered homeless and 1000 houses were inundated…

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25,000 Homeless In Tigris Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

BAGHDAD, Thursday. -- Twenty-five thousand persons were rendered homeless and 1,5000 houses were inundated…

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25,000 Homeless In Tigris Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

BAGHDAD, Thursday. -- Twenty-five thousand persons were rendered homeless and 5000 houses were inundated…

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25,000 Homeless In Tigris Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

BAGHDAD, Thursday. -- Twenty-five thousand persons were rendered homeless and 5000 houses were inundated…

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25,000 Homeless In Tigris Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

BAGHDAD, Thursday. -- twenty-five thousand persons were rendered homeless and 5000 houses were inundated…

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Flooded Winnipeg Faces New Threat

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

WINNIPEG,Thursday. -- Further rain yesterday brought an additional threat to the flood-strained dykes at Winnipeg and added millions of gallons of water to the 30.2ft. flood level of the turbulent…

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Quiet Moment Storms

The Sun · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 19

THE storms of fate may gather, and the adverse winds may blow, as our ship of life goes questing far and,…

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Kissing Cause Of Storm At College

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Kissing in college lowers the standard, according to Miss Winifred Herbert, women's organiser, who described "goings one" at the Regent Street Polytechnic. West End. in an…

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Kissing Cause Of Storm At College

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Kissing in college lowers the standard, according to Miss Winifred Herbert, women's organiser, who described "goings one" at the Regent Street Polytechnic, West End, in an…

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