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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 75

Cyclone Warning to Ships

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

The Weather Bureau last night issued storm warnings to ships off the New South Wales…

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Big Cyclone Near South Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

The Weather Bureau last night said that a major cyclone was deepening near the…

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'Ducks' rescue families on house tops 16 Saved in Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Army ducks tonight rescued five families marooned by floods on the roofs of their homes at…

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Snow In N.S.W.: Floods In Vic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 7

Rain and snow are falling in parts of N.S.W. today and floodwaters are pouring over river and creek banks in Southern Victoria…

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Victorian Rivers Flooded

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues. Flood waters are During Over river Tanks and creeks…

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Snow In N.S.W: Floods In Vic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 7

Ruin and snow are falling in parts of N.S.W. today and floodwaters are pouring over river and creek banks in Southern Victoria…

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Villages Go Down In Flooding Of Assam

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 11

CALCUTTA, Tues. (Extel.).--About 5000 square miles of Assam, where the swollen tributaries of the Brahmaputra River broke their banks, is now a vast lake…

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Villages Go Down In Flooding Of Assam

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 11

CALCUTTA, Tues. (Extel.).-- About 5000 square miles of Assam, where the swollen tributaries of the Brahmaputra River broke their banks, is now a vast lake…

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Villages Go Down In Flooding Of Assam

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 11

CALCUTTA, Tues. (Extel.).--About 5000 square miles of Assam, where the swollen tributaries of the Brahmaputra River broke their banks, is now a vast lake…

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Snow In N.S.W.: Floods In Vic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 7

Rain and snow are falling in parts of N.S.W. today and floodwaters are pouring over river and creek banks in Southern Victoria…

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Snow In N.S.W.: Floods In Vic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 7

Rain and snow are falling in parts of N.S.W. today and floodwaters are pouring over river and creek banks in Southern Victoria…

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Tracks Flooded

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 21

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Training plans for nearly all racehorses were upset this morning following…

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Snow In N.S.W.: Floods In Vic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 7

Rain and snow are falling in parts of N.S.W. today and floodwaters are pouring over river and creek banks in Southern Victoria…

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Flood Cuts Main Road To Victoria

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.-- Every main highway in Gippsland is impassable as a result of what the…

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Victorian Rivers Flooded

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.-- Flood waters are pouring oyer river banks and creeks…

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Storm Deaths Now 114

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 3

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 21 (A.A.P.).—According to reports reaching Kingston from the interior of Jamaica…

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Cyclone off N.S.W. Coast Moves East

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 18

A cyclone off the N.S.W. coast is now moving eastward towards New Zealand, but strong…

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Cyclone Off N.S.W. Coast Moves East

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 2

A cyclone off the N.S.W. coast is now moving eastward towards New Zealand, but strong…

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Cyclone Off N.S.W. Coast Moves East

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 2

A cyclone off the N.S.W. coast is now moving eastward towards New Zealand, but strong…

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Cyclone Off N.S.W. Coast Moves East

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 18

A cyclone off the N.S.W. coast is now moving eastward towards New Zealand, but strong…

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