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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 109

Streets Flooded

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 April 1952 · page 1

YESTERDAY'S heavy rain flooded many streets in Sydney suburbs. LEFT: Rodney Achuren (left)…

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Cyclone Holds Up Two Ships

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 5

The cyclone off the South Coast has delayed two ships. Late last night the coastal passenger ship…

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Basements Of Two City Banks Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

Water from a burst main in York Steeet early this morning poured into the basements of two banks…

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Lachlan In Flood, Cuts Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 3

The Lachlan River has burst its banks and has closed the road between Forbes and Cowra…

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29th Flood in Three Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Flood waters isolated Merlo for the twenty-ninth time in three years when the Snowy…

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River Flood Shows Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 2

The Lachlan River, which burst its banks in several places during the weekend and made…

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Big Flood Losses From Snow Thaw

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 9

MEDICINE HAT (Alberta) (A.P.). -- Almost £90,000 damage has been caused by floods from…

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River Flood Shows Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 16

The Lachlan River, which burst its banks in several places during the weekend and made…

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River Flood Shows Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 9

The Lachlan River, which burst its banks in several places during the weekend and made…

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River Flood Shows Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 2

The Lachlan River, which burst its banks in several places during the weekend and made…

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River Flood Shows Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 16

The Lachlan River, which burst its banks in several places during the weekend and made…

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River Flood Shows Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 9

The Lachlan River, which burst its banks in several places during the weekend and made…

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Big Flood Losses From Snow Thaw

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 9

MEDICINE HAT (Alberta) (AP.). -- Almost £90,000 damage has been caused by floods from…

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River Flood Shows Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 16

The Lachlan River, which burst its banks in several places during the weekend and made…

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Floods Cut Highway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 9

Mile-wide floodwaters of the Lachlan River had cut the Cowra-Forbes road in…

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Strathmore in Gale

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 32

Liner Strath[?] on way from London has [?] engine trouble in a severe gale of far…

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Freak Winter Storms Hit Israel

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

TEL AVIV, (JTA). Freak winter storms, in direct contrast to the brilliant sunny weather of the previous days, swept across Israel last week. The strong winds caused minor damage in…

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Jewish Communities Affected by Missouri Floods

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

CHICAGO (JTA) A number of Jewish communities in the Middle West are seriously affected by the Missouri river…

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Two deaths in Japan floods

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 5

TOKIO, Sunday.--Heavy rains in Japan's southernmost island, Kyushu, in the past two…

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Big Flood in Jap Island

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Mon. (A.P.).--At least two persons were killed and two injured and more than 2000 homes…

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