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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 109

Airport flooded in two-inch downpour

The Sun · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Torrential rain in Sydney last night and today flooded streets, stalled…

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Three-Inch Downpour Forces 'Drome To Close, Wrecks Gardens Floodings in Sydney Area

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Torrential rain which began in Sydney about 8.30 p.m. yesterday and lasted all night, flooded streeets in almost every suburb and washed out many home gardens. Three inches of rain were recorded and the…

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Burst Sewer Floods Town

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 16

NEW YORK, Monday (B.U.I.).--A sewer pipe 25 feet below the flooded Missouri River at Omaha…

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Flood Easing in Missouri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 21 (A.A.P.).—A record Missouri River flood surged into northwestern Missouri yesterday,…

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60 Natives Missing in Storm Havoc

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 3

PORT MORESBY, Tues.--Relief workers on Misima Island fear that 60 natives were drowned when a…

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Gaol Rioters Detain Guards As Hostages, Beat Up Two' Traitors' Warden Refuses to Storm Rebels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 3

JACKSON, (Michigan), Wed. (I.N.S.). -- Eleven guards are being held as hostages by 174 rioting prisoners in a cell block at Southern Michigan Penitentiary. The rioters yesterday severely battered and slashed two convicts,…

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Gaol Rioters Detain Guards As Hostages, Beat Up Two Traitors' Warden Refuses to Storm Rebels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 3

JACKSON, (Michigan), Wed. (I.N.S.). -- Eleven guards are being held as hostages by 174 rioting prisoners in a cell block at Southern Michigan Penitentiary. The rioters yesterday severely battered and slashed two convicts…

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Gaol Rioters Detain Guards As Hostages, Beat Up Two 'Traitors' Warden Refuses to Storm Redels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 3

JACKSON, (Michigan), Wed. (I.N.S.).-- Eleven guards are being held as hostages by 174 rioting prisoners in a cell block at Southern Michigan Penitentiary. The rioters yesterday severely battered and slashed two convicts…

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Gaol Rioters Detain Guards As Hostages, Seat Up Two 'Traitors' Warden Refuses to Storm Rebels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 3

JACKSON, (Michigan), Wed. (I.N.S.). -- Eleven guards are being held as hostages by 174 rioting prisoners in a cell block at Southern Michigan Penitentiary. The rioters yesterday severely battered and slashed two convicts…

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Fears of Floods on Sth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

Local flooding is feared on the South Coast as a result of heavy falls expected…

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Fears of Flooding

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

Local flooding is feared on the South Coast as a result of heavy falls expected…

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Fears of Floods on Sth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

Local flooding is feared on the South Coast as a result of heavy falls expected…

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Fears of Floods on Sth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

Local flooding is feared on the South Coast as a result of heavy falls expected…

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Fears of Floods on Sth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

Local flooding is feared on the South Coast as a result of heavy falls expected…

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Fears of Flooding

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

Local flooding is feared on the South Coast as a result of heavy falls expected…

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Fears of Floods on Sth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

Local flooding is feared on the South Coast as a result of heavy falls expected…

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Floodfighters Fail To Save Airfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 24 (A.A.P.).—A flood levee woke at Sherman Airfield, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,…

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Missouri Floods Airfield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thurs.--Missouri River floodwaters covered Sherman Airfield at Fort…

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Floods on Sth. Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 1

Rivers and streams along the south coast and nearby highlands flooded yesterday during heavy rain. Last night the Bega…

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Floods Block Highway

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 5

A tourist coach and other vehicles were stranded by floodwaters on the Princes Highway…

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