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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 75

Deluge of Rain Breaks Big Dam 'People Saved From Flood s

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 6

LISMORE, Fri.--The 160,000,000- gallons Rocky Creek Dam burst at 6.30 a.m. today after frequent warnings of the danger had been broadcast, and…

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Storm Hits Coast

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

The Pacific did not live up to her name today. Whipped up by a gale, foam-capped rollers pounded the eastern coast, disrupting shipping. This picture was taken at Watson's Bay…

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Storm Hits Coast

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

The Pacific did not live up to her name today. Whipped up by a gale, foam-capped rollers pounded the eastern coast, disrupting shipping. This picture was taken at Watson's Bay…

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Storm Hits Coast

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

The Pacific did not live up to her name today. whipped up by a gale, foam-capped rollers pounded the eastern coast, disrupting shipping. This picture was taken at Watson's Bay…

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Huleh Reclamation Storms World Opinion

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 10

JERUSALEM: Huleh reclamation scheme has stormed world opinion, said 2a Keren Kayemeth official this…

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Gale Hits Coast; Damage Mounts

The Sun · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 2

Gale-force winds and driving rain lashed Sydney and the central coast throughout last night and today, damaging homes and dislocating shipping and flying-boat schedules…

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Deluge Breaks Huge Dam People Saved After Alarms

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 2

LISMORE, Fri.--The 160,000,000-gallons Rocky Creek Dam burst at 6.30 a.m. today after frequent warnings of the danger had been broadcast, and several farming families evacuated…

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Gale Lashes Coast, Whips Up Sea

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 3

The Pacific did not live up to her name today. Whipped up by a gale, foam-capped rollers pounded the eastern coast, disrupting shipping. This picture was taken at Bondi…

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Gale Causes Postponement of Jubilee Yacht Race

The Sun · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 19

The Jubilee 100-mile ocean yacht race to Newcastle, which was to have started from Sydney Harbor tonight, has been postponed until next Friday…

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Heavy Damage As 55 m.p.h. Gale Lashes Nsw Coast

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

Shipping has been disrupted, families made homeless, and heavy damage done by a 55-miles-an-hour gale which lashed the N.S.W. coast early today. Newcastle and district is being swept by powerful winds and driving rain, and the Weather Bureau has issued a gale and flood warning…

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Star Letter of the Week Water Conservation and Flood Safeguards to the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

Sir,—I have heard that the plan of the Snowy Mountains conservation scheme provides, apart from generation of…

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MacLeay Floods To Be Examined

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 3

FLOOD problems in the Macleay River valley will be examined by a apecial committee, members of which have been…

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Storm Rips Off Roof

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 4

KATOOMBA, Saturday.--In a 60 m.p.h gale at Katoomba last night a roof was blown off a…

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Storm Rips Off Roof

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Saturday.--In a 60-m.p.h.gale at Katoomba last night a roof was blown off a…

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Trawler's 2-day fight with gale

The Sun · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 2

With galley and engineroom two feet under water, the 216-ton trawler Samuel Benbow returned to Sydney today after battering through heavy…

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Storm Keeps Ships In Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 1

Rough, gale-swept seas outside the Heads compelled one overseas ship, two interstate ships, five…

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Gale Moderating, Lighter Rain Expected To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 1

The Weather Bureau last night forecast moderating gales and lighter showers for Sydney to-day, the first day of the King's Birthday holiday week-end…

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55 M.p.h. Gale Lashes Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 1

The gale caused extensive damage. A 55-miies-an-hour gale lashed Australia's eastern coast yesterday…

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Police work late to end Sydney's worst traffic hold-up Roads Choked As Gale Lashes City

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 4

A gale, Tain, and very heavy traffic yesterday caused Sydney's worst traffic hold-ups, police officers said…

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North Floods May Cause City Milk Cut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 11

Impassable roads and marooned herds on the North Coast may seriously affect Sydney milk supplies,…

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