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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 109

Storm Lashes Spanish Port

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

Spaniards clamber to safety as waves lash a street near the waterfront in San Sebastian. The late December tempest-- described as one of the worst in the Bay of Biscay-- hit-Spain's north coast, causing 16 deaths, and considerable damage to the waterfront of fashionable San Sebastian…

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Storm Lashes Spanish Pout

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

Spaniards clamber to safety as waves lash a street near the front in San Sebastian'. The late December…

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Storm Lashes Spanish Port

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

Spaniards clamber to safety as waves lash a street near the front in San Sebastian. The late December…

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Storm Lashes Spanish Port

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

Spaniards clamber to safety, as waves lash a street near the waterfront in San Sebastian. The late December tempest-- described as one of the worst in the Bay of Biscay-- hit Spain's north coast, causing 16 deaths, and considerable damage, to the waterfront of fashionable San Sebastian…

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Storm Lashes Spanish Port

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

Spaniards clamber to safely as waves lash a street near the waterfront in San Sebastian. The late December tempest-- described as one of the worst in the Bay of Biscay-- hit Spain's north coast, causing 16 deaths, and considerable damage to the waterfront of fashionable San Sebastian…

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Yachts Hit by Gale in Tasman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. —Fierce gales have damaged the six yachts in the trans-Tasman race…

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Anxiety Over Tow of Crippledship Storm Causes 3-Hours Halt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.--With victory close at hand, bad weather last night forced the tug Turmoil to a temporary halt in her long tow of the crippled American freighter Flying Enterprise to Falmouth…

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Anxiety Over Tow of Crippled Ship Storm Causes Hours Halt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.--With victory close at hand, bad weather last night forced the tug Turmoil to a temporary halt in her long tow of the crippled American freighter Flying Enterprise to Falmouth…

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"Stayput" still afloat with 57 miles to go Towline Snaps As Ocean Cripple Battles in Gale

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--After taking a beating, have to in an Atlantic storm last night, Captain "Stayput" Carl sen was plugging on again to Falmouth in his battered freighter today when the tow line snapped…

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Anxiety Over Tow Tug Forced To Halt As Storm Breaks Bad List on Vessel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Wed --With victory close cat hand, bad weather last night forced the tug Turmoil to a temporary halt in her long…

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Anxiety Over Tow Tug Forced To Halt As Storm Breaks Bad List on Vessel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.--With victory close at hand, had weather last night forced the tug Turmoil to a temporary halt in her long…

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Underwater Floodlighting

Construction · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 7

Effective floodlighting of small decorative ponds, fountains, etc., can be carried out with ordinary 60W. lamps by means of the G.E.C. underwater…

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Helpless "Stayput" Faces New Gale Peril Chase by Tug As Ship Drifts Toward France

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.-- Captain "Stayput" Carlsen and his battered freighter are drifting helplessly toward the French coast and the tug Turmoil is finding it difficult to keep up with them…

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Freighter Battles on Unaided Captain Carlsen Waves From Listing Freighter Rope Snaps, But Gale Helps From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 9. — The crippled freighter Flying Enterprise is still adrift, but a gale is blowing her away from the dangerous coastline of southern England…

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Heavy Rain In Central Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday. —Heavy rains have broken the drought in Central Queensland's grazing areas…

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Storms cause two deaths in Queensland

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday. Storms and floods in North Queensland have resulted in the deaths…

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Crippled Freighter Died Hard in Battle with Gale

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.-- The crippled US freighter Flying Enterprise sank in the middle of the English Channel yesterday afternoon, 40 miles from the Cornish coast. Thus ended a 13-day…

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Baby lost in flood struggle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs. -- Floodwaters last night tore a baby girl…

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Baby Dies In Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Nine-months-old Isabella Foex was swept from her father's arms…

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Baby Diss In Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.-- Nine-months-old Isabella Foex was swept from her father's arms…

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