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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 183

Floods Hold Up Open-cut Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 3

Eleven open cuts, nine in the west and two in the north, are out of production today because of flooding…

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Floods Hold Up Open-cut Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 11

Eleven open cuts, nine in the west and two in the north, are out of production today because of flooding…

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Flood Damage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

FLOODS on the Lachlan completely destroyed vegetable crops, from Coolagong through Forbes in Cindobolin. It will take several months for farmers to…

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Flood Victims Grant

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The British Government has granted £100,000 to help the Canadian flood victims at Winnipeg,…

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Flood Victims Grant

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The British Government has granted £100,000 to help the Canadian flood victims at Winnipeg,…

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Flood Victims Grant

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The British Government has granted £100,000 to. help the Canadian flood victims at Winnipeg,…

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Flood Victims Grant

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The British Government' has granted £100,000. to help the Canadian flood victims at Winnipeg…

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Flood Victims Grant

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--The British Government has granted £100.000 to help the Canadian flood victims, at Winnipeg,…

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Flood Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 12

Mr. and Mrs. Camille Dorge were married on May 16, a month before they intended, to avoid being separated…

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Flood Wedding

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 12

Mr. end Mrs: Camille Dorge were married on May 16, a month before they intended, to avoid being separated…

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Flood Victims Grant

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--The British Government has granted £100,000 to help the Canadian flood victims at Winnipeg…

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Gale, flood damage in N. Zealand

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 3

WELLINGTON (NZ), Saturday. -- Gale force winds and torrential rain-- up to 16 inches in 24 hours…

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Gale Hurls Man Through Glass

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA Saturday.--During a windstorm at Blackheath last night, a man was blown through two shop windows. He suffered only a cut to a finger…

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Gale Hurls Man Through Glass

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Saturday.--During a windstorm at Blackheath last night,la man was blown through two shop windows. He suffered only a cut to a finger,…

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Freeze Grips 2 States: Gale Lashes Katoomba

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1

Two States shuddered today in the grip of the first winter freeze. Icy, gale-force winds caused damage at Katoomba, while Victoria last night was lashed by a fierce, freak storm…

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Families Flee From Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Saturday.--A hundred families were evacuated from riverside settlements when the Waimakariri River, eight miles from Christchurch. came down in a record flood this morning. Flood control teams were…

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Families Flee From Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Saturday.--A hundred families were evacuated from Riverside settlements when the Waimakariri River, eight miles from Christchurch. came down in a record flood this morning. Flood control teams were…

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Families Flee From Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Saturday.--A hundred families were evacuated from riverside settlements when the Waimakariri River, eight miles from Christchurch, came down in a record flood this morning. Flood, control teams were…

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Families Flee From Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Saturday.--A hundred families were evacuated from riverside settlements when the Waimakariri River, eight miles from Christchurch, came down in a record flood this morning. Flood control teams were…

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Families Flee From Floods in N. Zealand

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Saturday.--A hundred families were evacuated from riverside settlement when the Waimakariri River, eight miles from Christchurch, came down in a record flood this morning. Flood control teams were…

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