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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 75

Deluge Hits, More Rain Coming

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 9

Sydney was deluged last night by the heaviest rain since the record "wet" last July, and more rain is forecast for today. For the 24 hours ending…

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Deluge Hits, More Rain Coming

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 9

Sydney was deluged last night by the heaviest rain since the record "wet" last July, and more rain is forecast for today. For the 24 hours ending…

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Deluge Hits, More Rain Coming

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 9

Sydney was deluged last night by the heaviest rain since the record "wet" last July, and more rain is forecast for today. For the hours ending…

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Deluge Hits City, More Rain Coming

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

Sydney was deluged lost night by the heaviest rain Since the record "wet" lost July, and more rain is forecast for today. For the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today 2.24 inches had fallen…

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Deluge Hits City, More Rain Coming

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

Sydney was deluged last night by the heaviest rain since the record "wet" last July, and more rain is forecast for today. For the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today 2.24 inches had fallen…

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Boy (14) Swept Mile Down Storm Channel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

. A 14 - years - old boy, crawled dazed and bleeding from the Cook's River at Canterbury to…

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Boy (14) Swept Mile Down Storm Channel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 4

A 14-years-old boy was dragged bleeding and exhausted from the Cook's River today after he had…

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Boy (14) Swept Mile Down Storm Channel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

A 14-years-old boy crawled dazed and bleeding-from the Cook's River at Canterbury…

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Boy (14) Swept Mile Down Storm Channel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 4

A 14-years-old boy was dragged bleeding and exhausted from the Cook's River today after he had…

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Boy (14) Swept Mile Down Storm Channel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

A 14-years-old boy crawled dazed and bleeding from the Cook's River at Canterbury…

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A Storm. Margaret Southon (14), St. Joseph's School, Dunedoo

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

The morning was hot and sultry. As the afternoon approached I noticed heavy black clouds gathering: in the west: Soon the sky grew…

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Boy's ordeal in flooded channel

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 9

Presence of mind saved the life of 14-year-old William Keighran, who fell into a flooded stormwater channel…

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900 Living in Flood-bound Trains in Old

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Nine hundred persons have been forced to live in six trains which have been stranded by floods at Mackay, Rockhampton and Hughenden…

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900 Living in Flood- Bound Trains in Old

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday. --Nine hundred persons have been forced to live in six trains which have been stranded by floods at Mackav, Rockhampton and Hughenden…

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The Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 20

THE sky was pitch black except for the occasional flashes of lightning that Illuminated the…

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Torrential Rain, Gales Sweep Over Coast Area

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Gale-force winds and torrential rain lashed the N.S.W. seaboard last night and early today in the…

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Torrential Rain, Gales Sweep Over Coast Area

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Gale-force winds and torrential rain lashed the N.S.W. seaboard last night and early today in the…

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Torrential Rain, Gales Sweep Over Coast Area

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Gale-force winds and torrential rain lashed the N.S.W. seaboard last night and early today in the…

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Gales, Rain Lash Coast; Wide Damage New Threat Of Flooding In Many Districts

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Gale-force winds and torrential rain lashed the N.S.W. seaboard last night and early today in the worst bout of weather for six months…

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Gales, Rain Lash Coast; Wide Damage New Threat Of Flooding In Many Districts

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Gale-force winds and torrential rain lashed the N.S.W. seaboard last night and early today in the worst bout of weather for six months…

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