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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 109

Townspeople Get Ready For Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

Residents of neighboring towns went to Warren today to help townspeople build levees to…

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Townspeople Get Ready For Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

Residents of neighboring towns went to Warren today to help townspeople build levees to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Townspeople Get Ready For Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

Residents of neighboring towns went to Warren today to help townspeople build levees to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Townspeople Get Ready For Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

Residents of neighboring towns went to Warren today to help townspeople build levees to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Townspeople Get Ready For Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

Residents of neighboring towns went to Warren today to help townspeople build levees to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Townspeople Get Ready For Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

Residents of neighboring towns went to Warren today to help townspeople build levees to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Townspeople Get Ready For Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 July 1952 · page 3

Residents of neighboring towns went to Warren today to help townspeople build levees to…

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TownWaits Behind Levees For Floods

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 20 July 1952 · page 3

WARREN, Saturday. —Men worked all to-day to close levee banks around Warren, which…

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34 Perilous Landings in Flooded Country Marooned sheep saved by plane

The Sun · Sunday 20 July 1952 · page 7

A SYDNEY pilot yesterday made 34 hazardous landings on a tiny island surrounded by floodwaters near Hillston, in western NSW, to rescue…

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Contest helps flood victims

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 July 1952 · page 11

Floods and bushfires have caused millions of pounds' worth of damage in New South Wales in the last two years…

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Airlift Men Walk Miles Through Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 July 1952 · page 3

Six men had to wade through four miles of floods after their Anson plane blew out a tyre on a…

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Farm Flooded for Second Time Flood Town Is Without Water by a Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 July 1952 · page 3

WARREN, Sunday.—There is "water, water everywhere" around Warren to-night—but not a drop for drinking or washing…

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For Flood Victims

The Sun · Monday 21 July 1952 · page 4

Mr. Jack Crisp, of Hurstville, has sent £20 to help Mr. and Mrs. Williams, who were heavy…

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Aid for Fire, Flood Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 July 1952 · page 10

Every reader entering Rugby League Skill Contests helps flood and bushfire victims. Entrants may win…

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Widow May Have Died In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 3

Maritime authorities in Douraenez (France) fear that Ann Davidson (38), a British widow who set out on June 10 in an attempt to become the first woman to…

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New Storm in Commons on Brewers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday (Kemsley).--When the Commons discussed public houses in the…

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Widow May Have Died In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 3

Maritime authorities in Douraenez (France) fear that Ann Davidson (38), a British widow Who set out on June 10 in an attempt to become the first woman to…

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Widow May Have Died In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 3

Maritime authorities in Douraenez (France) fear that Ann Davidson (38), a British widow who set out on June 10 in an attempt to become the first woman to…

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Widow May Have Died In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 3

Maritime authorities in Douraenez (France) fear that Ann Davidson (38), a British widow who set out on June 10 in an attempt to become the first woman to…

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Widow May Have Died In Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 3

Maritime authorities in Douraenez (France) fear that Ann Davidson (38), a British widow who set out on June 10 in an attempt to become the first woman to…

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