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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 75

Heavy rain has ended

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

Sydney's spell of heavy rain has ended. and Weather Bureau officials forecast a cloudy weekend, with only…

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Brisbane Rage in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 11

BRISBANE, Saturday.--The Third Division of the Sixth Division Handicap was raced in torrential rain…

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Brisbane Race in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 11

BRISBANE, Saturday.--The Third Division of the Sixth Division Handicap was raced in torrential rain…

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Brisbane Race in Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 10

BRISBANE, Saturday. --The Third Division of the Sixth Division Handicap was Traced in torrential rain…

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Brisbane Races Race Run In Deluge

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 12

BRISBANE, Saturday. --If jockeys had a union representative danger money would have been demanded…

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Brisbane Races Race Run In Deluge

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 12

BRISBANE, Saturday.--If jockeys had a union representative danger money would have been demanded…

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Yacht in Battle with Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 5

The 29ft. sloop Jasnar, smallest craft in the last Sydney-Hobart, race, returned to Sydney…

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Storm Lashes 18-Footers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 8

The first heat Australian 18ft. Handicap sailed by the Sydney Flying Squadron today started in a blinding…

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Cyclone no bar to 18-footers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 21

Not even a cyclone would cause a postponement of the first heat of the Australian 18-footer championship…

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The Storm and the Silence, by David Walker.—Jonathan Cape, London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 10

THIS is a novel by a new writer, which nearly, but not quite, makes the grade. Mr. Walker needs to polish his style…

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Maitland Fights Grimly to Hold Flooded River

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 1

Maitland townspeople are waging a desperate fight against time to keep out rising floodwaters which threaten to surge through the centre of the…

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Towns Menaced by Flooded Rivers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 1

The storm which lashed the New South Wales coast yesterday flooded rivers, disrupted phones, sank small craft, and washed out sport. Many families in…

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Flooding May Cause Gas Cut

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

With, the Cessnock-South Maitland coalflields cut off by floodwaters, Sydney faces the…

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Floods Isolate Three Towns Bridge At Windsor May Be Washed Out

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Floods have isolated Richmond, Windsor and Camden rom road and rail traffic. In the upper Hunter Valley, the position is improving. Police reported this morning that the river was three feet…

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Floods Delay N. Coast Trains

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Trains bound for Sydney from the North Coast are running up to seven hours late because flood waters cover sections of the lines…

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Floods Delay N. Coast Trains

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Trains bound for Sydney from the North Coast are running up to seven hours late because flood waters cover sections of the lines…

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Floods Submerge Wide Areas Families Flee From Homes Near Sydney

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Rising flood waters around Sydney have inundated thousands of acres of rich farmlands, severed; main roads, and forced families to leave their homes…

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Floods Submerge Wide Areas Families Flee From Homes Near Sydney

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Rising flood waters around Sydney have inundated thousands of acres of rich farmlands, severed main roads and forced families to leave their homes…

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Footpath Flooded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

Is causeway in Marsden. Parramatta, which nor [?]lly as a footpath pedestrians, is under…

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Floods Isolate Three Towns Bridge At Windsor May Be Washed Out

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Floods have isolated Richmond, Windsor and Camden from road and rail traffic. In the upper Hunter Valley, the position is improving. Police reported this morning that the river was three feet…

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