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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 75

Any Port in a Storm!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 3

Enough to make any conjurer jealous. Here are a baby penguin,…

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Heavy Gale Isolates N.Z. Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 10

AUCKLAND, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The severest north-east gale for 15 years has caused wide damage in…

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Heavy Coastal Rain in March Forecast

The Land · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 45

CROHAMHURST OBSERVATORY (Q'ld) Feb. 27.— Under the Main Cycle March should witness good rains along…

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Maitland Flood Losses Great

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 11

MAITLAND pois[?] harvest, just completed, only yielded 5000 bags, probably the lowest on record,…

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Bega Stages Splendid Jersey Show, In Spite Of Flood Rains Victorian Judge Impressed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 8

FAR South Coast National Show, held at Bega, on February 22, 23, and 24, was successful, despite many difficulties. Heavy rains made it impossible to get all the cattle in, as the rivers were in flood…

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Continual Floods Hit Duninald Operations

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 8

MR. P.A. reynolds, duninald A.I.S. Stud, Paterson, states recently that owing to continual floodings ever the last three years and the almost complete loss and failure to reestablish lucerne, improved pastures…

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A Scot Took Radio Fans By Storm Gusts Of Laughter Turned To Applause

Truth · Sunday 4 March 1951 · page 41

Loud laughter came from the audience as Andrew Galbraith, a true Scotsman, trundled his home-made xylophone onto the stage during a recent performance of the 2UW Amateur Hour…

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Sudden Storm Reduces Fleet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 7

Only 20 of 47 entries started in the Port Jackson 12-foot skiff championship on Sydney Harbour…

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Golf pros, battle through storm for £200 purse

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 16

Golf professionals battled through a torrential rainstorm on waterlogged greens and fairways in the Carnarvon Club's £200 professional purse yesterday. Eric Cremin won…

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Yacht In Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1

I AUCKLAND, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The first Tasman yacht to return to New Zealand after the race to Sydney is…

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60 Tourists in Gale Msssing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1

HOBART, Mon. -- Two launches carrying 60 mainland tourists are missing in a gale on the west coast of Tasmania…

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Any Port in a Storm for an Alsatian

The Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 9

An Alsatian, terrified by the thunder and lightning of last night's storm, broke into a…

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Sharp Thunderstorm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 1

A strong south-westerly wind hit Sydney about 7.30 p.m. yesterday, bringing a sharp thunderstorm…

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Fireball Over Town During Violent Electrical Storm

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 9

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.--A huge fireball hovered over the centre of the town for 10 minutes during a violent electrical storm early today…

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Defeat Conscription! Flood Canberra with Referendum demands

Tribune · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 2

A referendum before the National Service (Conscription) Bill becomes law! THIS demand is being raised with increasing insistence by…

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Maitland Show Success Was Tribute To District Farmers Adversity Of Floods Overcome

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

OPENING the Maitland Show on Thursday, March 1, Sir Angus Gillian, official representative of the British Council, said the high standard of exhibits was a tribute to the grit and determination of the district's farming community…

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Heavy rain in some suburbs

The Sun · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

For several hours late last night and early today northern and western suburbs received heavy…

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Disabled ship in gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sun.--The disabled freighter Palana is hove to in a 50-miles-an-hour gale off Brisbane. She will move to shelter in Moreton…

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Gale Buffets Disabled Ship And Tugs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The disabled 11,000-ton P. and O. freighter Palana, which is being towed 918 miles from…

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Heavy Rains Flood Shaft

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 16

Heavy rain in January caused dams to overflow and serious flooding in Bucket Koman and…

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