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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 109

Five Trains Flood Bound in Nth. Qld

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

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 18

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

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Five Trains Flood Bound in Nth. Old

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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Cyclone in West Aust

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday — cyclone which has been raging over the far north of Western Australia for three days ist…

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Queensland Trains Flood-bound

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday —More than 600 passengers have been camping in trams at…

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Appeal For Israel Floods

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE — The Jewish News” initiated here an appeal to help the victims of the Israel…

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Wine Gone in Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 17

PARIS (B.U.P.).-- Paris police are trying to recover about 200 casks of wine which were swept out of a…

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Wine Gone in Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 17

PARIS (B.U.P.) .--Paris police are trying to recover about 200 casks of wine which were swept out of a…

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Storms and Heat in Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.— Fast Gippsland sizzled in century heat to-day while Western Victoria had its heaviest…

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British Troops Storm Egyptian Police Barracks

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

These radiograms show how British troops stormed the Ismailia auxiliary police barracks in n fierce battle on Friday. TOP: Clouds of dust rise as troops, led by an officer, rush through the battered gateway of the barracks. The officer second from the right is about to fall. LOWER: Troops take cover after they have followed a Centurion tank which ploughed its way into the barracks. One soldier lies wounded in the…

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Six Die, 8000 Homeless in Flood

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK. Monday.-- The swollen Ohio River droev nearly 8000 persons from their homes in three…

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Six Dead 8000 Homeless In Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Tues.-- Six persons were drowned and 8000 are homeless as the result of the Ohio River having risen at least seven feet above flood level in a large…

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Six Dead, 8000 Homeless in Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Tues.--Six persons were drowned and 8000 are homeless as the result of the Ohio River having risen at least seven feet above flood level in a large…

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Six Dead, 8000 Homeless In Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Tues.--Six persons were drowned and 8000 are homeless as the result of the Ohio River having risen at least seven feet above flood level in a large…

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Six Dead, 8000 Homeless In Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Tues.--Six persons were drowned and 8000 are homeless as the result of the Ohio River having risen at least seven feet above flood level in a large…

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Six Dead, 8000 Homeless in Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Tues.--Six persons were drowned and 8000 are homeless as the result of the Ohio River having risen at least seven feet above flood level in a large…

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Six Dead, 8000 Homeless In Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Tues.--Six persons were drowned and 8000 are homeless as the result of the Ohio River having risen at least seven feet above flood level in a large…

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Mercy Planes for Suva Relief to storm victims

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 9

SUVA, Tues.--Planes with food and medical supplies from Sydney…

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Evaded Toll, Leaped Into Flooded River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (A.A.P.).—An unidentified man, who refused to pay a five-cent. toll (about…

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Mail Floods Limbless War Hero

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 5

William (Darky) Daly, 43-year-old ex- World War II veteran, who has lost both arms…

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