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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 75

'Deep Freeze' Hits South Battered By Heavy Gales

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 2

Blizzards, heavy snowfalls and gale force winds have put the south-eastern section of the continent into its deepest freeze this winter. Kiandra, in the southern Alps is beings blasted by the…

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Gale Force Winds Lash City, Suburbs Big Trail Of Damage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

Widespread damage was caused to many Sydney homes last night and today when winds caching a peak velocity of 66…

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Fresh Floods Feared Rain On Lachlan From Our Own Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 3

FORBES, Wednesday.—Rain and a reported snowfall in the upper reaches of the Lachlan River to-day threatened flooded Forbes with a second inundation…

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The Forbes Flood at Its Peak

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 3

Floodwaters at Forbes were at peak when this aerial photograph was taken late on Tuesday afternoon. The water is now slowly receding…

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2 Drowned in Swiss Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 3

GENEVA,Thur. (B.U.P.).-- A child of twp and an 18-years-old youth were swept away and drowned…

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2 Drowned in Swiss Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 4

GENEVA, Thur. (B.U.P.). -- A child of two and an 18-years-old youth were swept away and drowned…

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2 Drowned in Swiss Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 3

GENEVA, Thur. (B.U.P.).-- A child of two and an 18-years-old youth Were swept away and drowned…

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2 Drowned in Swiss Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 4

GENEVA, Thur. (B.UP.). -- A child of two and an 18-years-old youth were swept away and drowned…

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Gales Trail of Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 3

RIPPED. The gale ripped slate roofing at St. Francis Xavier School, Woollongong. UNROOFED. Roofing which flew 100 feet and landed in Austral Street,…

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Ship helpless in gale

The Sun · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The storm-lashed freighter Stanfirth, with 42 aboard, is drifting helpless 35 miles off Cape Everard in tremendous seas Last night the…

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26 killed in Europe's storms

The Sun · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Friday. -- Earth tremors, torrents or rain, hailstorms and river floods were Europe's summer weather yesterday. Twenty-six people are…

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Cyclone Damage at Navy Depot

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 5

At Nowra yesterday an 83-miles-an-hour cyclone caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to the naval station H.M.A.S. Albatross…

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Storm Tore Down Awnings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 3

Road Transport Department linesmen repair overhead wires which were pulled down when yesterday's high winds lifted the roofs off shops at Kogarah. The roofs landed on the shop awnings which collapsed under their weight…

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Storm Damages Church Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

The Franc[?] Navier Church Hall, [?], was seriously damaged yesterday when the high winds lifted its roof off and dumped it inside the building, damaging its walls…

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Icy Storms Still Lash South-East

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

Golds are still sweeping many parts of south-east Australia, and almost all of the…

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lcy Storms Stall Lash South-East

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

Gales are still sweeping many parts of south-east Australia, and almost, all of the…

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Heavy Gale Damage on Coast Buildings unroofed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

Gale force winds yesterday unroofed houses and caused wide damage along 150 miles of the New South Wales…

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Gale Leaves Trail of Damage £30,000 Naval Hangar Razed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

Gales which roared across the southeast corner of Australia yesterday left behind a trail of destruction and injury. Buildings were demolished, homes unroofed,…

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Toys for Child Flood-victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (A.A.P.).—About 200lb of loys for child victims of the recent Kansas floods have…

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Lachlan Rises, Flooding Worse From Our Own Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 3

FORBES, Thursday.— Heavy rain and snow caused the Lachlan River to rise quickly to-day, and it is now…

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