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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 109

Heavy Rain in Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 4

Heavy rain fell over the city and suburbs this afternoon. Sydney Weather Bureau…

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Heavy Rain in Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 2

Heavy rain fell over the city and suburbs this afternoon. Sydney Weather Bureau…

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Heavy Rain in Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 2

"Heavy rain fell over the city and suburbs this afternoon Sydney Weather Bureau…

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Heavy Rain in City

The Sun · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 1

Lunch-hour crowds were drenched by heavy showers today. More rain is expected…

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Labor Storm Expected

The Sun · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Fresh Storms within Britain's Labor Party may follow publication of an interim statement on Home Policy, including…

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Heavy Rain Forecast, New Flood Warnings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

More stormy weather, with heavy rain, can be expected in the next 24 to 48 hours, the…

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Deluge in Sydney Worst for Years Flood Fear Again

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney was swamped this morning by a cloudburst which produced 1½ in. of rain…

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Deluge in Sydney Worst for Years Flood Fear Again

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney was swamped this morning by a cloudburst which produced 1½ in of rain…

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State-wide Deluge Heaviest For 53 Years In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney was swamped this morning by a cloud burst which produced 1½in. of rain in three hours and sent the August rainfall total soaring to the highest figure for 53 years…

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State-wide Deluge Heaviest For 53 Years In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney was swamped this morning by a cloudburst Which produced 1 ½in. of rain in three hours and sent the August rainfall total soaring to the highest figure for 53 years…

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State-wide Deluge Heaviest For 43 Years In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney was swamped this morning by a cloudburst which produced 1½ in. of rain in three hours and sent the August rainfall total soaring to the highest-figure for 43 years…

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State-wide Deluge Heaviest For 43 Years In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney was swamped this morning by a cloudburst which produced 1½in. of rain in three hours and sent the August rainfall total soaring to the highest figure for 43 years…

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State-wide Deluge Heaviest For 53 Years In Sydney

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney was swamped this morning by a cloudburst which produced 1½in. of rain in three hours and sent the August rainfall total soaring to the highest figure for 53 years…

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STORM Agreement On Manus Applauded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (A.A.P.).—The "New York Times" says that the Australian invitation to the…

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Brickworks Hit By Freak Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 2

Brookvale brickworks was unroofed early this morning in a fireak electrical storm and a willy-willy at Waverley knocked down two people, unroofed a house and almost capsized…

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Brickworks Hit By Freak Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 2

Brookvale brickworks was unroofed early this morning in a freak .electrical storm and a willy-willy at Waverley knocked down two people, unroofed a house and almost capsized…

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Brickworks Hit By Freak Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 2

Brookvale brickworks was unroofed early this morning in a freak electrical storm and a willy-willy at Waverley knocked down two people, unroofed a house and almost capsized…

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Brickworks Hit By Freak Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 2

Brookvale brickworks was unroofed early this morning in a freak electrical storm. The plant was damaged extensively…

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Tribune Magazine Save Sydney’s “Tucker Box” From Floods

Tribune · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 5

A SODDEN mattress hanging from the topmost branches of a free a child’s shoe caught in the debris of a bush…

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Toongabbie to Fight Floods

Tribune · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 11

TOONGABBIE Progress Association has obtained permission for a deputation to blacktown Council meeting on August 8 to ask Council…

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