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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 109

Rain, New Floods Predicted

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 2

Weather Bureau officials today warned that new floodings can be expected within the…

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Storm Stops Landing of Migrants

The Sun · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 9

Efforts to land over 400 migrants in quarantine at North Head today from the…

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Storm on Bbc Television Over Schoolboy Inventor

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 11

LONDON, Fri. (Kemsley). -- John Lowrie, 15-years-old schoolboy who has invented a revolutionary low-slung double-decker bus caused a storm in the British Broadcasting…

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Storm on Bbc Television Over Schoolboy Inventor

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 11

LONDON, Fri. (Kemsley). -- John Lowrie, 15-years-old schoolboy who has invented a revolutionary low-slung double-decker bus caused a storm in the British Broadcasting…

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Storm on Bbc Television Over Schoolboy Inventor

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 11

LONDON, Fri. (Kemsley). -- John Lowrie, 15-years-old schoolboy who has invented a revolutionary low-slung double-decker bus caused a storm in the British Broadcasting…

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Heavy Damage To Many Farms In Severe Floods This Week

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

TORRENTIAL week-end rain on the N.S.W. Central Coast caused great damage to homes, vegetable and dairy farms in the Richmond, the Windsor and Camden districts. Parts of the County of…

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Heavy Flood Losses 75,000 Aces Under Water

The Land · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 1

THE Hawkesbury and Wepean River floods this week have drowned about 75,000 acres of rich agricultural land. The president of the…

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Wheat Crops Flooded

The Land · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 17

Replanting of about 10,000 acres of wheat has been necessary on the Darling Downs as a result…

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More floods on way in wet weekend

The Sun · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 5

Sydney can expect another wet weekend and further serious flooding is predicted in near-city areas and the central west…

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Forbes ready for 5th flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 3

Forbes is facing flooding by the Lachlan River for the fifth time this…

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New Floods Expected

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

The Weather Bureau has warned that renewed flooding is expected on the Murrumbidgee,…

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Floods Threat Feared

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

Further flooding of the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers is feared after last night's heavy…

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Floods Disrupt Road Traffic At Windsor

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

Floodwaters from the Nepean River are dislocating traffic in the Windsor area, and surfaces of many away. Today's picture shows a truck forcing its way through a flooded section of the road between Pitt Town and Windsor. When this aerial picture was taken many vehicles were waiting at each end of the flooded area to make the crossing. One vehicle at a time attempts the crossing. (See story P. 4)…

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Floods Disrupt Road Traffic At Windsor

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

Floodwaters from the Nepean River are dislocating traffic in the Windsor area, and surfaces of many roads have been washed away. Today's picture shows a truck forcing its way through a flooded section of the road between Pitt Town and Windsor. When this aerial picture was taken many vehicles were waiting at each end of the flooded area to make the crossing. One vehicle at a time attempts the crossing. (See story P. 4)…

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New Floods Expected

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

The Weather Bureau has warned that renewed flooding is expected on the Murrumbidgee…

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New Floods Expected

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

The Weather Bureau has warned that renewed flooding is expected on the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Macquarie…

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Floods Threat Feared

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 7

Further flooding of the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers is feared after last night's heavy…

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Floods Disrupt Road Traffic At Windsor

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

Floodwaters from the Nepean River are dislocating traffic in the Windsor area, and surfaces of many roads have been washed away. Today's picture shows a truck forcing its way through a flooded section of the road between Pitt Town and Windsor. When this aerial picture was taken many vehicles were waiting at each end of the flooded area to make the crossing. One vehicle at a time attempts the crossing. (See story P. 4)…

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New Floods Expected

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

The Weather Bureau has warned that renewed flooding is expected on the Murrumbidgee…

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Floods Disrupt Road Traffic At Windsor

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 2

Floodwaters from the Nepean River are dislocating traffic in the Windsor area, and surfaces of many roads have been washed away. Today's picture shows a truck forcing its way through a flooded section of the road between Pitt Town and Windsor. When this aerial picture was taken many vehicles were waiting at each end of the flooded area to make the crossing. One vehicle at a time attempts the crossing. (See story P. 4)…

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