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Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 109

Floods Send Up Vegetable Prices

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 17

Recent heavy floods and cold weather caused vegetables to sell at the highest price in months at the City Markets this morning. Cauliflowers sold at an…

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Flooded Line To Open

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 6

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. W. A. Anderson, announced last night that the Broken Hill line, closed…

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"Flood" horse's upset

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 19

"Flood" horse Spear by, upset a heavy plunge at Gosford yesterday…

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June Floods Hit Cumberland Area

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 9

ALTHOUGH the June flooding of the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers was not as extensive as the 1949 and 1950 floods,…

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To Study Flooding On The Macleay

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 4

NEW ENGLAND University College, Armidale, will carry out research study of the problems associated with flooding in…

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Rain, Flood Cut Wheat Crop

The Land · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

THIS year's N.S.W. wheat crop acreage would have been greater than last year's but for heavy autumn rains holding up cultivation and sowing in the southern division, where the cropped area showed a substantial drop…

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Fencing Saved In Floods By Easy Device

The Land · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 8

A GRONG GRONG farmer saved four miles of valuable fencing in the recent Murrumbidgee River floods by use of a simple device…

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Please Support the Flood Victims’ Appeal Competitions

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 9

Closing July 24. Children 10 to 14. Write a letter on what you would like to have in…

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49 Japanese Die In Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 3

TOKYO, July 11 (A.A.P.). —Japan's worst rainstorms in 40 years killed 49 persons and injured 67…

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The [?]imerick [?]eprechauns Ride Again Sceptical engineers Liamed storms or wind when houses collapsed but the Irish workmen weren't in any doubt the little people were doing it

The World's News · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 4

EVERYBODY, particularly the Irish, know that ghosts and leprechauns like old houses with eerie cellars, dark halls and attics with…

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Houses Collapse In London Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 3

LONDON, July 11, (A.A.P.).—A 20 m.p.h. torrent of water from a burst main poured through…

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50 Killed in Floods

The Sun · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 2

TOKIO, Saturday. -- Floods killed more than 50 people yesterday in western and central…

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£1000 for flood relief

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 6

The New South Wales Bushfire and Flood Relief Committee yesterday voted £1000 from the Daily Telegraph Rugby League Skill Contest Fund for flood relief. The Committee…

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Drama of the FLOODS--No. 1

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 6

This is the first of a series of many dramatic pictures taken by Daily and Sunday Telegraph…

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£1000 to aid flood victims

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 July 1952 · page 11

A vote of £1000 from the Sunday and Daily Telegraph League Skill Contests Fund last…

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Many Homes Flooded Heavy Rain In Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Hundreds of people evacuated their flooded homes in Melbourne suburbs to-night after the city's…

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Many Homes Flooded Rain, gales sweep Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- The heaviest July rain for 61 years today flooded big areas of four Melbourne suburbs…

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Dramatic rescue in floods

The Sun · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- In a dramatic midnight rescue nine thoroughbred horses, valued at £10,000, were saved from drowning…

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Two Rivers in Flood: More Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 3

The Tumut River yesterday broke its banks and flooded lowlying country around…

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Flood Drama-- No. 2

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 10

Von can help the flood victims of Wagga, and other towns in N.S.W., by filling in an entry form…

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