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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 75

More, Higher Floods

The Land · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 11

More floods were possible in the Maitlande and Kempsey districts than ever before, but they would come and go more…

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Many Sea Rescues: Gales Sweep Over Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Mon. -- Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour lashed the English Channel and most of Britain yesterday, and the Argentine liner Maipu sank after colliding in a fog in the North Sea…

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Many Sea Rescues: Gales Sweep Over Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Mon. -- Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour Bashed the English Channel and most of Britain yesterday, and the Argentine liner Maipu sank after colliding in a fog in the North Sea…

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Many Sea Rescues Gales Sweep Over Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Mon. --Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour lashed the English Channel and most of Britain yesterday, and the Argentine liner Maipu sank after colliding in a fog in the North Sea…

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Many Sea Rescues: Gales Sweep Over Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Mon. --Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour lashed the English Channel and most of Britain yesterday, and the Argentine liner Maipu sank after colliding in a fog in the North Sea…

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Many Sea Rescues: Gales Sweep Over Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Mon. -- Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour lashed the English Channel and most of Britain yesterday, and the Argentine liner Maipu sank after colliding in a fog in the North Sea…

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Many ships flounder in U.K. gale

The Sun · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.-- Ships floundered in distress all around the British coast last night as…

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Many Sea Rescues Made As Storms Lash Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 4

LONDON Mon. -- Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour lashed the English Channel and most of Britain yesterday, and the Argentine-liner Maipu sank after colliding in a fog in the Norths Sea. The 80 passengers and…

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Many Sea Rescues Made As Storms Lash Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 4

LONDON, Mon. -- Gales of 80 to 100 miles an hour lashed the English Channel and most of Britain yesterday, and the Argentine liner Maipu sank after colliding in a fog in the North Sea. The 80 passengers and…

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30 Die in Big Storm in Italy

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 3

CAGLIARI (Sardinia) (A.P.).--More than 30 Italians died in recent Mediterranean storms…

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West swept by dust storms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 7

Heavy dust storms swept over hundreds of thousands of square miles of inland N.S.W. yesterday. North - westerly…

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Gale Damage In 3 States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 3

Gales yesterday hit N.S.W., Victoria and South Australia. Considerable damage was…

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Storms Lash Britain, U.s.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Nov. 5 (A.A.P.). —Some ships sank and others were driven ashore in a gale which swept across Britain last…

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Gale ends hunt for pirate loot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 4

LONDON, Mon.--A treasure hunt ended last night when a storm dismasted the 120-tons schooner Lamorna and drove her ashore…

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Melbourne Gale Causes Cup Eve Shopping Panic Staff Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A 70-mile-an-honr wind which swept Melbourne to-day caused a panic among women race-goers, and resulted in a near-record, one-day sale of small head-bugging hats in a…

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Floods in Britain

The Sun · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Gales and torrential rain have turned many parts of Britain into huge…

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8 on Helpless Boat in Gale

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 November 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Wed.--Buffetted by 60 m.p.h. gales, the former Brazilian battleship, Sao Paulo,…

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8 on Helpless Boat in Gale

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 November 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Wed.--Buffetted by 60 m.p.h. gales, the former Brazilian battleship, Sao Paulo,…

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US capital flooding into Australia is threat to our independence CANBERRA.—

Tribune · Wednesday 7 November 1951 · page 10

Official Government figures show a vast growth of American investment in Australia and a corresponding decline in British investment. DURING the first three years…

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Floods Cause Disease, Huge Damage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 November 1951 · page 10

ROME, Wed. (A.P.) -- Huge areas of southern Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia have been devasted by the the worst floods for a century. In Sicily, a typhoid…

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