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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 75

Floods Again Halt Trains Im Queensland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 11

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday.--North Queensland rail traffic again has been halted by flood waters…

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Floods Again Halt Trains in Queensland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 8

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday.--North Queensland rail traffic again has been halted by flood waters…

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Price Control Brings Political Storm in N.Z. WELLINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1951 · page 44

A POLITICAL storm is brewing over the Government's decision the week to reintroduce subsidies and price controls for essential foods…

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Flood Of Biographies (From London)

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 February 1951 · page 5

SIX remarkable, characters are coming back to life this year —Valentino, Florence Nightingale, Caruso, Hans Andersen, Van Gogh,…

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Late News Gales in Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON. February 4 (A.A.P.).—Winds of 60 m.p.h. swept Britain to-day and whipped up the worst…

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More Than 200 Die in U.S. Cold Wave Worst Storm In Years Hits U.K. Too

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.--More than 200 persons are dead as the cold wave continues to hold the mid-western, eastern and southern States of America in its sub-zero grip. Not all these deaths are directly attributable to the…

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More Than 200 Die in U. S. Cold Wave Worst Storm In Years Hits U.K. Too

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.--More than 200 persons are dead as the cold wave continues to hold the mid-western, eastern and southern States of America in its sub-zero grip. Not all these deaths are directly attributable to the…

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More Than 200 Death in U.S. Cold Wave Worst Storm In Years Hits U.K. Too

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

HEW. YORK, Monday.-- More than 200 persons are dead as the cold wave continues to hold the mid-western, eastern and southern States of America in its sub-zero grip. Not all these deaths are directly attributable to the…

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Moms Than 200 Dead in U.S. Cold Wave Worst Storm In Years Hits U.K. Too

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.-- More than 200 persons are dead as the cold wave continues to hold the mid-western, eastern and southern States of America in its sub-zero grip. Not all these deaths are directly attributable to the…

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More Than 200 Dead in U.S. Cold Wave Worst Storm In Years Hits U.K. Too

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.-- More than 200 persons are dead as the cold wove continues to hold the mid-western, eastern and southern States of America in its sub-zero grip. Not all these deaths are directly attributable to the…

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More Than 200 Die in U.S. Cold Wave Worst Storm In Years Hits U.K. Too

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.--More tifoasi 200 persons care dead cas the cold wcave continues to hold' the mid-western, eastern and southern States of America in its sub-zero grip. Not all these deaths are directly attributable to the…

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More Than 200 Dead in U.S. Cold Wave Worst Storm In Yours Hits U.K. Too

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.-- More than 200 persons are dead as the cold wave continues to hold the mid-western, eastern and southern states of America in its sub-zero grip. Not all these deaths are directly attributable to the…

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Tanker Sinks in Atlantic Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

Battered by a gale and heavy seas, the 9,720-ton Panamanian tanker, Janko, broke up off Cape Finisterre in the Bay of Biscay. TOP: The end draws near as the ship settles down stern first. LOWER: Covered with oil,…

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Gales Sweep Away Flu Germs In U.K.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--Britain's influenza epidemic is abating rapidly. Gales at the weekend did much to end the…

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Gales Sweep Away Flu Germs In U.K.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Britain's influenza epidemic is abating rapidly. Gales at the weekend did much to end the…

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Gales Sweep Away Flu Germs In U.K.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--Britain's influenza epidemic is abating rapidly. Gales at the weekend did much to end the…

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Gales Sweep Away Flu Germs In U.K.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--Britain's influenza epidemic is abating rapidly. Gales at the weekend did much to end the…

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Gales Sweep Away Flu Germs In U.K.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Britain's influenza epidemic is abating rapidly. Gales at the weekend did much to end the…

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Gales Sweep Away Flu Germs In U.K.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--Britain's influenza epidemic is abating rapidly. Gales at the weekend did much to end the…

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Gales Sweep Away Flu Germs In U.K.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Britain's influenza epidemic is abating rapidly. Gales at the weekend did much to end the…

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