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Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 75

Flooding May Cause Gas Cut

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

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

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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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Footpath Flooded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

This causeway in Marsden St., Parramatta, which normally is used as a footpath by pedestrians, is under…

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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

This causeway in Marsden St., Parramatta, which normally is used as a footpath by pedestrains is under…

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Footpath Flooded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

causeway in Marsden arramatta. which nor is used as a footpath edestrians, is under…

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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 fate because flood waters cover sections of the lines…

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Floods Submerse 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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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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Footpath Flooded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

This causeway in Marsden St., Parramatta, which normally is used as a footpath by pedestrians, is under…

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Floods Submerse 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

This causeway in Marsden St., Parramatta, which normally is used as a footpath by pedestrians, is under…

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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 Imperil Maitland Rescue Men Stand By

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 1

Thousands of people in Maitland and Singleton got ready last night to leave their homes, as the Hunter River, already 22 feet above normal,…

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Roads Blocked By Floods, Landslide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 4

A landslide blocked half the wjdth of Hume Highway over the Razorback Mountain, near Picton, yesterday…

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Queensland Flood Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.—The first drowning in the floods at Rockhampton occurred this morning when Vincent John Black, 17, of…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Seven Dead in Snow Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 44

GENEVA, Sat.(A.A.P.).--Avalanches and snowstorms have killed seven men in Switzerland in the last 24 hours…

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The Floods: Graphic Pictures From Areas Under Water

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 1

MILPERRA: The flood area closest to Sydney is Milperra, where the George's River has broken its banks. These boys played yesterday in floodwaters in Neawstead Road…

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The Floods Northern Railway Services In Doubt To-day

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 6

A Railways Department spokesman announced last night that, because of the flood in the Maitland area, all trains to and from the North and North Coast lines might be stopped by 4 o'clock this morning. At 5 p.m. yesterday the…

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