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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 109

3 Ships Wrecked by 60-Foot Waves 28 Die In U.S. Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. --A roaring Atlantic gale, whipping up 60 waves, is lashing…

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3 Ships Wrecked by 60-F00t Waves 28 Die In U.S. Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. --A roaring Atlantic ale, whipping up 60 Waves, is lashing…

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Many perish in storms

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 12

LONDON, Wednesday.--Snowstorms in Europe and the New England States of America yesterday left a trail of death and devastation…

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Atlantic Storm Shatters Ships; 8 Drown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tues.--At least eight seamen are believed to have drowned when two tankers broke in halves in this winter's worst storm in the western Atlantic…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 33 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wed. --In dramatic rescues carried out yesterday in a 60 m.p.h. gale, the last survivors were taken from the…

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Atlantic Storm Breaks Two Tankers In Halves, 44 Men Adrift

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (A.A.P.).—Forty-four men are adrift in the Atlantic on three halves of two ships. Two 10,000-ton American tankers broke in halves in a fierce storm off Cape Cod yesterday. This morning 34 of the…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 36 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

New YORK, Wed, -- In dramatic rescues curried out yesterday in a 60 m.p.h. gale, the Bust survivors were taken from the…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 33 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

HEW YORK, Wed. --In dramatic rescues carried out yesterday in a 60 m.p.h. gale, the last survivors were taken from the…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 20 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.P.).--Baffling through enormous seas in a 60 m.p.h. gale yesterday, a coastguard cutter rescued 20 men…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 20 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.P.).--Baffling through enormous seas in a 60 m.p.h. gale yesterday, a coastguard cutter rescued 20 men…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 36 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK Wed. --In dramatic rescues carried out yesterday in a 60 m.p.h. gale, the last survivors were taken from the…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 36 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wed. --In dramatic rescues carried out yesterday in a 60 m.p.h. gale, the last survivors were taken from the…

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Dramatic Rescue in Storm 36 Taken Off Hulk Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wed. -- In dramatic rescues carried out yesterday in a 60 m.p.h. gale, the last survivors were taken from the…

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News in brief STORM

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 11

SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. (A.P.).--The £10,700 home of Mr. Walter Hollis Adams, British Consul in…

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13 Men on Broken Ship Split in storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed.-- Thirteen seamen have refused to abandon the stern of a broken tanker…

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Gale lashes split tanker

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

BOSTON, Thursday.-- 35-mile-an-hour winds, with snow and rain, today lashed the two tugs…

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Storm Near Broken Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

BOSTON, Thurs.--A new storm bore down today on 13 seamen who refused to leave the battered stem of the American tanker Fort Mercer…

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Fire, flood relief

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

WHEN the N.S.W. Parliament resumes its sitting at least two members will endeavor to persuade…

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U.s. Official Donates Salary to Flood Relief

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 4

TEL. AVIV (JTA): William D. Cole, liaison officer at the United States Embassy here, has…

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Cloudburst on Goulburn; heavy rain along coast

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1952 · page 3

Traffic in Goulburn was halted when a cloudburst hit the main shopping area late yesterday. The local weather [?]360…

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