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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 109

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 front 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…

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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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Races on If No Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 20

Rosehill races will be on today unless heavy rain falls this morning. S.T.C. secretary (Mr. L. V. Lachal) said this…

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In Your Garden Repairs After The Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 2

FOR some people the storm of last weekend is now little more than a memory. But gardeners…

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Floods stop farm output at Windsor

The Sun · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 3

A State Government committee, which toured the flood- ravaged Richmond and Windsor…

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Ship's Fight in Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 August 1952 · page 3

The crew of the collier Easby tried to sail the disabled 3000-ton ship through a Tasman Sea cyclone when air and sea searchers failed to find…

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Collier Towed To Port After Storm Ordeal

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 3 August 1952 · page 4

The collier Easby (3,341 tons), which was disabled in a gale off the New South Wales coast last Sunday, was towed into Sydney by the tug St. Giles yesterday…

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Richmond in Flood Peril Again

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 9

Richmond police yesterday warned residents to prepare for a new flood. Eight days ago the…

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Flood threat to river cottages Families Cut Off

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 9

Six homes on a bank of the George's River at Canley Vale are in danger of becoming an island, Mr. C. R. Stanton said…

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A.b.c. Talk on Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 12

Some practical measures for flood control will be broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission…

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Floods Make Ghost Town Euabalong's Big Population Drop

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 11

The spoil township of Euabalong, on the Lachlan, has been turned into a "ghost town" by lost June's record floods…

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Floods Make Ghost Town Euabalong's Big Population Drop

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 11

Tike small township of Euabalong, on the Lachlan, has been turned into a "ghost town" by last June's record floods…

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Heavy Rain, Flooding Anticipated

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Heavy rain along the coast and tablelands. with severe flooding of the Nepean,…

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Heavy Rain, Flooding Anticipated

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Heavy rain along the coast and tablelands, with severe flooding of the Nepean,…

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Heavy Rain, Flooding Anticipated

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Heavy-rain along the coast and tablelands, with severe flooding of the Nepean,…

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Heavy Rain, Flooding Anticipated

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Heavy rain along the coast and tablelands, with severe flooding of the Nepean,…

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Heavy Rain, Flooding Anticipated

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Heavy rain along the coast and tablelands with severe flooding of the Nepean,…

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