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Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 109

Storm Sinks Flying Boat

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 7

PORT MORESBY, Mon.--A Sea Otter flying-boat worth £14,000 sank at its moorings in…

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Storm Sinks Flying Boat

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 7

PORT MORES BY, Mon.--A Sea Otter flying-boat worth £14,000 sank at its moorings in…

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Luggers feared lost in cyclone Houses Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun. -- Torres, Strait officials fear that many pearling luggers have sunk in big seas, whipped up by a…

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Cyclone Sweeps Gulf Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.— Cyclonic winds of from 40 to 50 miles an hour to-night are sweeping large areas of…

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Flying-boat Sinks in Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--A £14,000 flying-boot capsized and sank in a gale at Port Moresby last night. The Australasian…

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Floods Cut Off Towns

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Tues. -- The Haughton River at Giru is rising rapidly and is expected to cut…

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Floods Cut Off Towns

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 14

TOWNSVILLE, Tues. -- The Haughton River at Giru is rising rapidly and is expected to cut…

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Floods Cut Off Towns

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 14

TOWNSVILLE, Tues. -- The Haughton River at Giru is rising rapidly and is expected to cut…

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Two issues by Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 22

Cyclone Co. of Australia, Ltd., will make a bonus issue to ordinary shareholders on a one-for-four…

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Cyclone's Bonus and Cash Issues

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 25

Directors of Cyclone Co. Australia Ltd. have decided to make a bonus issue to ordinary…

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Cyclone Bonus And Prem. Issues

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 6

Cyclone Co. of Australia Ltd. is to make bonus and cash issues to ordinary shareholders…

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U.s. Hit by Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wednesday (B.U.P.). --Thousands of persons were marooned in cars and…

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U.s. Hit by Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wednesday (B.U.P.). --Thousands of persons were marooned in cars and…

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U.s. Hit by Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wednesday (B.U.P.). -- Thousands of persons were marooned in cars and…

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U.s. Hit by Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wednesday (B.U.P.).--Thousands of persons were marooned in cars and…

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U.s. Hit by Snow Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wednesday (B.U.P.). -- Thousands of persons were marooned in cars and…

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Menzies celebrates Australia Day with a flood of Jap goods

Tribune · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 6

ON February 7, 1788, a few days after the First Fleet had arrived in Sydney. Cove, Australia was formally…

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Five Trains Floodbound in Nth. Qld

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 18

TOWNSVILLE, Wed.--Five trains are held up in North Queensland because flood waters from…

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Five Trains Floodbound in Nth. Qld

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 27

TOWNSVILLE, Wed.-- Five trains are held up in North Queensland because flood waters from…

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Five Trains Floodbound in Nth. Old

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 27

TOWNSVILLE, Wed.-- Five trains are held up in North Queensland because flood waters from…

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