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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 109

This was a golf links!--Manly flooded

The Sun · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 5

GOLF COURSE FLOODED. Almost the entire Manly-Warring ah golf course was flooded this morning. Water was more than four feet deep in places, and some buildings on the course were partly submerged. RUSSIANS Alex Pogoreloff and Nick Vorofieff carry furniture from their flooded home at Ryde before sweeping out mud and water…

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Gale Sweeps Sydney; Wide Damage 5in Deluge Washes Out Most Sports

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 July 1952 · page 1

Heavy driving rain and gale-force winds up to 59 miles an hour, which swept Sydney and the central coast area, yesterday: Wrecked a house at Umina,…

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A Folies Touch to the Gale at Bondi

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 July 1952 · page 3

YESTERDAY'S gale and rain didn't keep beach lover Sue McKenna away from Bondi. TOP: She's windswept but happy as she leans into the headwind on the beach. BELOW: She gets a shower as a car swishes by in Blair Street, raising a lace-like tracery of spray from the flooded road. Story, page 5…

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Dramatic Police Moves Expected Over Poisoning of Flood Hero

Truth · Sunday 27 July 1952 · page 9

COWRA, Saturday.—The terrible transformation of Allan Williams from a happy, well-set-up, courageous young man into a paralysed, balding, pain-racked human wreck has been probed by police poison experts this week. C.I.B. detectives have established that…

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Flood fear on Murray MILDURA, Sat

The Sun · Sunday 27 July 1952 · page 52

PEOPLE in the lower Murray Valley are preparing for their worst flood since 1931…

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Cyclones Lash Coast Floods feared Homes, farms, roads suffer Sport Off

The Sun · Sunday 27 July 1952 · page 1

TWO cyclones which have thrashed the NSW coast from Newcastle to Nowra have already caused £500,000 damage. Sydney's rain yesterday was the heaviest in a day since…

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18½ inches of rain hits Sydney in 24 hrs. Homes flooded, roofs off

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 July 1952 · page 5

More than eight and a half inches of rain fell in some parts of Sydney yesterday. This was the heaviest 24-hours rainfall…

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Smart Dressing Despite Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 16

Saturday night storm cancelled many functions, but there were still plenty of stalwarts who went out-- and dressed smartly (for it despite howling wind and lashing rain…

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Smart Dressing Despite Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 16

Saturday night's storm cancelled many functions, but there were still plenty of stalwarts who went out-- and dressed smartly j for it despite howling wind and lashing rain…

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Smart Dressing Despite Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 16

Saturday night's storm cancelled many functions, but there were stilt plenty of stalwarts who went out-- and dressed smartly for it despite howling wind and lashing rain…

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Smart Dressing Despite Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 16

Saturday night's storm cancelled many functions, but there were still plenty of stalwarts Who went out-- and dressed smartly for it despite howling wind and lashing rain…

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Smart Dressing Despite Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 16

Saturday night's storm cancelled many functions, but there were still plenty of stalwarts who went out-- and dressed smartly for it despite howling wind and lashing rain…

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Smart Dressing Despite Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 16

Saturday night's storm cancelled many functions, but there were still plenty of stalwarts who went out-- and dressed smartly for it despite howling wind and lashing rain…

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Smart Dressing Despite Storm

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 16

Saturday night's storm cancelled many function, but there were still plenty of stalwarts who went out-- and dressed smartly for it despite howling wind and lashing rain…

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Dollar Clash by P.M., CAHILL Storm On Power Plant

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

The Premier (Mr.Cahill) today clashed with the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) over New South Wales demands for 20 million dollars for American generating plant to end blackouts in this State. Mr. Cahiil challenged the Prime Minister's contention (contained in a statement issued in…

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Dollar Clash by P.M., CAHILL Storm On Power Plant

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

The Premier (Mr. Cahill) today clashed with the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) over New South Wales demands for 20 million dollars for American generating plant to end blackouts in this State. Mr. Cahill challenged the Prime Minister's contention (contained in a statement issued in Can…

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Dollar Clash by P.M., CAHILL Storm On Power Plant

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

The Premier (Mr, Cahill) today clashed with the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) over New South Wales' demands for 20 million dollars for American generating plant to end blackouts in this State. Mp. Cahill challenged the Prime Minister's contention (contained in a statement issued in…

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Dollar Clash by P.M., CAHILL Storm On Power Plant

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

The Premier (Mr. Cahill) today clashed with the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) over New South Wales demands for 20 million dollars for American generating p plant to end blackouts in this State. Mr. Cahill challenged the Prime Minister's contention (contained in a statement issued in…

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Rain, Gale From Page 1 £50,000 Loss to Growers Citrus Area On Central Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 4

The week-end rain and gale caused a loss of £50,000 to citrus and vegetable growers on the central coast, a spokesman for the farmers said last night…

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Bathurst Flooded: Hundreds Flee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

BATHURST, Sunday.—The flooded Macquarie River suddenly broke into Bathurst…

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