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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 75

Storm Steals Blueprints

The Sun · Sunday 22 July 1951 · page 44

Blueprints for a 1 bed Nurses Home w[?] blown away when storm demolished…

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Gale Stops Rescue at Lighthouse

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A gale and heavy seas at the Wilson Promontory lighthouse may…

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Gale Stops Rescue at Lighthouse

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- A gale and heavy seas at the Wilson Promontory lighthouse may…

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3 killed in violent storm

The Sun · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Two men and a woman were killed in southern England's worst storm for 20 years. One woman was killed…

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14 die in U.S. storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sun.-- Storms in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota yesterday…

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3 Dead in Fierce U.k. Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (Extel.).--A 10-mile-wide swathe of death and destruction was cut acress the south of England yesterday by an electrical storm. Three persons were…

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Storm Cuts Swathe Of Death Through England

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (Extel.)-- A 10- mile- wide swathe of death and destruction was cut acress the south of England yesterday by an electrical storm. Three persons were…

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Storm Cuts Swathe Of Death Through England

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (Extel.).-- A 10- mile- wide swathe of death and destruction was cut acress the south of England yesterday by an electrical storm. Three persons were…

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Storm Cuts Swathe Of Death Through England

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (Extel.).-- A 10 mile- wide swathe of death and destruction was cut acress the south of England yesterday by an electrical storm. Three Persons were…

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3 Dead in Fierce U.k. Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

LONDON Mon. (Extel.).-- A 10-mile-wide swathe of death arid destruction was cut acress, the south of England yesterday by an electrical storm. Three persons were…

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Other Cable Items: 14 Die in Storms Second Freak Wave In U.S.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

MINNEAPOLIS, July 22 (A.A.P.). — Fourteen people were killed and scores injured as…

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Flood Threat In Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— A levee of sandbags is holding back thousands of tons of water in the Melbourne…

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U.s. Flood Toll Heavy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

ST. LOUIS, Sun.--The flood which has devastated the two-miles-long industrial area of St. Louis has…

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Flood Danger Eases in Vic

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon. --Fears of disastrous floods in the north east of Victoria were…

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Three Killed in U.k. Thunderstorm

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

" LONDON, Mon. (Extel)--Three persons were killed and many injured yesterday when a severe electrical storm struck London and the south of England. The storm blew the roofs off houses, tore chimneys…

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Flood Danger Eases in Vic

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Fears of disastrous floods in the north east of Victoria were…

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Flood Danger Eases in Vic

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Fears of disastrous floods in the north east of Victoria were…

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Lightning Kills Three In U.K. Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

LONDON, July 23 (A.A.P.).—Lightning killed three people and injured at least four when a violent…

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100 Die in Floods

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Tuesday. -- More than 100 people have lost their lives in storms and floods in…

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U.S. city's fight to stem floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Mon. -- More than 600,000 volunteers today piled sandbags on levees to try to hold back the swollen Mississippi at St. Louis…

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