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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 109

Boys Saved After Ordeal in Flood Two Days In Trees

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

Two 16-years-old boys were rescued in dramatic circumstances today after a terrifying two-day ordeal in tree-tops…

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Boys Saved After Ordeal in Flood Two Days In Trees

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

Two 16-years-old boys were rescued in dramatic circumstances today after a terrifying two-day ordeal in tree-tops…

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Flood Search for 3 VICTIMS Helicopter Combing Area

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

At dawn today police set out from Forbes and a R.A.A.F. helicopter took off to search flood- devastated areas for three missing persons. The rescue teams are looking for two lads who…

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Floods Devastate Wagga Homes

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

TOP: Floodwaters caused considerable damage to these Housing Commission homes in the Duke of Kent area at Wagga. Although the floodwaters are now receding in this,section it will he several days before the residents will be able to return. ABOVE: Shopkeepers and residents stand behind levees…

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Boys Saved After Ordeal in Flood Two Bays In Trees

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

Two 16-years-old boys were rescued in dramatic circumstances today after a terrifying two-day ordeal in tree-tops…

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Flood Devastate Wagga Homes

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

TOP: Floodwaters caused considerable damage to these Housing Commission homes in the Duke of Kent area at Wagga. Although the floodwaters are now receding in this, section it will be several days before the residents will be able to return. ABOVE: Shopkeepers and residents stand behind levees…

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Dramatic Rescue of 2 BOYS 2-Day Ordeal During Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

Two 16-years-old boys were rescued in dramatic circumstances today after a terrifying two-day ordeal in tree-tops surrounded by raging floodwaters in Forbes district…

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Floods Devastate Wagga Homes

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

TOP: Floodwaters caused considerable damage to these Housing Commission homes in the Duke of Kent area, at Wagga. Although the floodwaters are now receding in this section it will, be several days before the residents will be liable to return. ABOVE: Shopkeepers and residents stand behind levees…

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Floods Devastate Wagga Homes

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

TOP: Floodwaters caused considerable damage to These Housing Commission homes in the…

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Flooded Town Now Has No Water Supply

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 7

The water supply at Cowra, which had been flood-bound for several days, has completely…

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In Your Garden Repair Of Storm Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 2

THERE will be need to recondition soil surfaces in many gardens this week-end…

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Predicting Thunderstorms By New Theory

The World's News · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 33

METEOROLOGICAL experts will soon be able to predict thunder-storms if an American's theory is proved correct…

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Flood Havoc Seen From Air

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 5

A Daily Telegraph reporter who flew over the flood area in a Daily Telegraph plane yesterday saw: Floodwaters divided…

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Townspeople fight to beat flood All Hands to Levee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 5

The small Murrumbidgee township of Darlington Point yesterday fought gallantly to meet the worst flood threat it…

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New Danger From Flood 'Copter saves 12

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

The main flood danger on the Lachlan last night was moving downstream from floodbound Forbes,…

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Pictures Tell the Flood Story

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 3

MR. AND MRS. J. BARTHOLAMAEUS towing their boat yesterday through deep floodwater in South Parade, Wagga. The oars were useless in the swift-flowing current. Floodwaters at Wagga are receding, but hundreds of residents will be unable to return to their homes for days. AN AERIAL VIEW of a section of Forbes, showing how floodwater has divided the town. Members…

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Floods Threatening Scores Of Towns

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

Scores o£ towns on the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers expect record floods within the next 24 hoars. Thousands of residents are frantically attempting to build earth and sandbag levees before the arrival of the floodwaters,…

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Frantic Race to Beat Floods Threat To Scores Of Towns

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 2

Scores of towns on the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers expect record floods within the next 24 hours…

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Floods Threatening Scores Of Towns

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

Scores of towns on the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers expect record floods within the next 24 hours. Thousands of residents are frantically attempting to build earth and sandbag levees before the arrival of the floodwaters,…

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Floods Threatening Scores Of Towns

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

Scores of towns on the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers expect record floods within the next 24 hoars. Thousands of residents are frantically attempting to build earth and sandbag levees before the arrival of the floodwaters,…

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