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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 75

Cyclone Issues Bonus, Cash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 6

Cyclone Co. of Aust. Ltd is seeking Capital Issues permission to make a bonus ordinary share issue, and…

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Wagga flood danger

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 9

The flooded Murrumbidgee River fast night burst its banks at Wagga…

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"No Flood" of Jap Goods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- "There is not the slightest risk that the Australian market will be…

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"No Flood" of Jap Goods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 12

CANBERRA,. Thurs.-- "There is not the slightest risk that the Australian market will be…

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"No Flood" of Jap Goods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA; Thurs.-- "There is not the slightest risk that the Australian market will be…

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Storm Before Sundown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 6

Based on the broad horizon, white, magnificent, proud; A tall cloud creaming over levels all lesser cloud…

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Solveig Home Cruise Ended In Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 3

After battling gales off the coast for three days, the 36ft Sydney sloop Solveig sailed into the Harbour last…

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Floods Cut Tour Stage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 8

PARKES, Sat.--Riders in the Tour of the West will face a detour in today's third stage of the…

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Floods Cut Tour Stage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 10

PARKES, Sat.--Riders in the Tour of the West will face a detour in today's third stage of the…

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Floods Cut Tour Stage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 10

PARKES, Sat.--Riders in the Tour of the West will face a detour in today's third stage of the…

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Floods Cut Tour Stage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 8

PARKES, Sat.--Riders in the Tour of the West will face a detour in today's third stage of the…

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Flood Moves Body

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 5

Police believe flood- waters moved the nude body of a woman found in the Murray…

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Floods Cover Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 4

No trains are running between Caragabal and Forbes because floodwaters are over the line between Grawlin…

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Accidents Caused by Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 15

Police blamed today's heavy storm for causing a number of road accidents when the…

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Accidents Caused by Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 15

Police blamed today's heavy storm for causing a number of road accidents when the…

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Deluge hits race meeting

The Sun · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 1

About 2½ inches of rain drenched Randwick racecourse today when a sudden storm hit the city and suburbs. After stewards…

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Harnessing the Nile Story of Great Engineering Projects Which Have Kept Flood and Famine From Egypt. Associate Member of Britain's Institution of Civil Engineers

Construction · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 9

Irrigation is Egypt's very lifeblood. Ancient paintings and sculptures depict the peasants using the baler for lifting water into irrigation channels…

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100 Assam Villages Flooded

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 18

CALCUTTA (Extel)-- About 100 villages in Upper Assam were submerged by floods which…

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100 Assam Villages Flooded

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 23

CALCUTTA (Extel).— About 100 villages in Upper Assam were submersed by floods which…

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Heavy Rain Did Not Stop Randwick Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

Following several heavy falls of rain at Randwick yesterday morning, Australian Jockey Club officials inspected the track. TOP: A.J.C. stewards J. Bourke and H. H. Stokes walking through a pool a furlong from the finishing post. LOWER: Inspecting the course are the clerk of the course, Mr. J. A. Sharp; the curator, Mr. G. Johnson; the chairman of stewards, Mr. J. B. Donohue; the secretary of the A.J.C.,…

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