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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 109

Manly Storm Over Govt. Plan To Cut 'Through' Buses

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 5

Residents between Manly and Narrabeen were "seething with discontent" over the State Government's plan to cut out through bus services to and from…

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Floodlit For Royalty

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 3

Sydney Harbour Bridge will be floodlit by Army searchlights during the Royal tour…

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Petrol flood for stranded driver

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 40

IRISH nightclub attendant Michael Tydd yesterday won enough petrol to motor him around the world. He was notified of his…

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Coast Gets Heavy Rain More on the way

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

Heavy rain fell at the the weekend along most of file New South Wales coast and in some inland areas…

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Storm Flood In Lithgow

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

LITHGOW, Mon. -- Low-lying areas of Lithgow were flooded this afternoon by a cyclonic…

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Storm Flood In Lithgow

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

LITHGOW, Mon. -- Low-lying areas of Lithgow were flooded this afternoon by a cyclonic…

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Widespread Rains Drought's End Might Be Near Storm Lashes Sydney

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

Rain is falling over a wide area of N.S.W., raising hopes that it will…

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Widespread Rains Drought's End Might Be Near Storm Lashes Sydney

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

Rain is falling over a wide area of N.S.W., raising hopes that it will…

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Widespread Rains Drought's End Might Be Near Storm Lashes Sydney

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

Rain is falling over a wide area of N.S.W., raising hopes that it will…

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Widespread Storms in Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

Winds of gale force at Molong yesterday caused hundreds ot pounds damage to homes and…

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Heavy damage in gales, rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

Gales and rainstorms caused widespread damage in New South Wales yesterday. A storm destroyed…

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Gale Batters Tasman Yachts

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A fierce 60-mile-an-hour gale is battering the six yachts in the…

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Gale Batters Tasman Yachts

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A fierce 60-mile-an-hour gale is battering the six yachts in the…

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Gale Batters Tasman Yachts

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A fierce 60-mile-an-hour gale is battering the six yachts in the…

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Gales lay waste over wide area

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 5

Southerly gales, which at times reached 60 mph, late yesterday and last wight left a trail of devastation through the State…

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Gale hits yachts in ocean race

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Kurrewa III, one of six yachts in the trans-Tasman…

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Storm Likely Over Athletics Team

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 19

A storm is brewing over the selections in the N.S.W. athletics team to compete in the Australian championships at Brisbane on January 26 and 28…

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More than brief storms are needed to end a drought

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 13

Sydney at the weekend registered 130 points of rain in 24 hours, the heaviest fall in that period since September, but it's only a drop in an empty bucket. The rain wasn't sufficient…

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Heavy rain in Q'land

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 5

The first heavy rain in seven months fell in most of Queensland…

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Q'land Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A rainstorm swept 100,000 square miles north and west of Brisbane to-hight after earlier…

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