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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 75

Storm Brewing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 21

SARA gazed ruefully at the dead, leaves that littered the yard. Those big trees should have been cut down long ago, but she had not noticed the mess they…

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Storm Brewing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 21

SARA gazed ruefully at the dead littered the yard. Those big trees should have been cut down long ago, but she had not noticed the mess they…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Storm Brewing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 21

SARA gazed ruefully at the dead leaves that littered the yard. Those big trees should have been cut down long ago, but she had not noticed the mess they…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Storm Brewing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 21

SARA gazed ruefully at the dead leaves that littered the yard. Those big trees should have been cut down long ago, but she had not noticed the mess they…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Storm Brewing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 21

SARA gazed ruefully at the dead leaves that littered the yard. Those big trees should have been cut down long dad, but she had not noticed the mess they…

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Floods cut off towns in north

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wed.--Heavy rain in northern and central Queensland has held…

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Deluge Floods N. Queensland Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A 60-mile-an-hour wind and torrential rains today swept a 450 miles stretch of central and northern Queensland, causing damage totalling…

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Countrywomen's Interests Children Travel More Than 300 Miles Over Flooded Country To Seaside Holiday Camp

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 14

FOR the 150 children now attending the Far West camp at Manly, January, 1951, will be a red letter month. They are seeing the sea for the first time and, in addition to swimming, a very full and exciting programme has been arranged for their…

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Harbour Bridge Floodlit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 3

Army searchlights illuminated the Sydney since Anniversary Day, 1938. The Bridge will be floodit for the jubilee celebration on January 29 if last night's test shows that motorists are not affected by glare…

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Transit Work Camps in Israel Flooded

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

TEL AVIV (JTA): Last Tuesday’s first heavy rainfall has had disastrous effects on a number of…

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Flood Havoc in N. Queensland

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 9

MACKAY (Q.), Friday --The flooded condition of the Styx River, between Rockhampton and Mackay is holding up a train carrying a generator for the damaged…

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Flood Havoc in N. Queensland

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday.--Hundreds of people have had to flee from their homes as a result of widespread floods covering large areas of North Queensland extending 400 miles along…

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Flood Havoc in N. Queensland

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday.--Hundreds of people have had to flee from their homes as a result of widespread floods covering large areas of North Queensland expending 400 miles along…

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Flood Havoc in N.queensland

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday.--Hundreds of people have had to flee from their homes as a result of widespread floods covering large areas of North Queensland extending 400 miles along…

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Flood Havoc in N.queensland

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday.--Hundreds of people have had to flee from their homes as a result off widespread floods covering large areas of Queensland extending 400 miles along…

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Flood Havoc in N. Queensland

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 9

MACKAY (Q.), Friday.--The flooded Condition of the Styx River, between Rock wampton and Mackay, is holding up a train carrying a generator for the damaged…

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Storm Stops Tennis Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday. —A thunderstorm washed out play in the international tennis match between the…

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Violent Storm in Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

Wreckage of four roofs beside a hospital after a violent electrical storm in Melbourne yesterday. (Story below.)…

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Sugar Crop Hit By Queensland Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.— Thousands of pounds' worth of damage has been done to Queensland's…

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Heaviest Flood for 33 Years

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 3

MACKAY, Saturday.-- With 15.68 inches of rain in 36 hours to nine o'clock last night and…

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