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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 84

Melbourne Books Cop Doubles Business Sydney Flooded With Charts Backed for Doncaster

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 1

Sydney bookmakers, whose doubles business is now confined only to the racecourse, are being "white-anted" by some Melbourne fielders who are flooding this city with their betting charts on the Doncaster-Sydney Cup…

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Help for Dutch Flood Victims

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 5

A KLM Skymaster left Mascot today for Holland carrying three tons of clothing and blankets…

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Flood Relief

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 28

GENEVA, Thursday. -- Red Cross organisations throughout the world have contributed about…

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Plane drops food to refugees Marooned by Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wed. -- An R.A.A.F. bomber today parachuted supplies to flood-bound refugees at Urandangie, 1100…

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Rescues 'forced' in floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 6

Allied rescuers had to force from their homes many Dutch lowlands…

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Fund Aids Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

The United Nations Children's Fund has decided to offer 'aid to victims of the recent floods…

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Fund Aids Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

The United Nations Children's Fund has decided to offer aid to victims of the recent floods…

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Fund Aids Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

The United Nations Children's Fund has decided to offer aid to victims of the recent floods…

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Fund Aids Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

The United Nations Children's Fund has decided to offer aid to victims of the recent floods…

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Fund Aids Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

The United Nations Children's Fund has decided to offer aid to victims of the recent floods…

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Fund Aids Flood Relief

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

The United Nations Children's Fund has decided to offer aid to victims of the recent floods…

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Daily Telegraph's world-wide selection of news Storms isolate towns cut roads Snow Piles Big Drifts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Thurs.--Blizzards today raged over northern England and Wales for the third day in succession…

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New England Offer To Flood Victims

The Land · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

New England, if granted self- government, could provide settlement for 10,000 British and Dutch…

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C.W.A. Aid For Overseas Flood Victims

The Land · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 34

A GIFT of £1,000 sterling (£1250 Australian currency) will be sent to flood…

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New Homes For Flood Victims?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

IF granted self-government under the Federal Constitution, New England could provide settlement for…

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C.W.A. Sends Flood Relief To Two Sister Societies

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 15

A FUND for the relief of flood victims in Great Britain and Holland has been opened by the Country Women's Association of New South Wales. When the Executive…

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New Flood Threat: Blizzards Sweep U.K. Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 12.— Blizzards sweeping Britain for the third consecutive day, to-day blocked at…

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Flood Appeal Opened Help For British, Dutch Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

The Lord Mayor, Alderman P. D. Hills, at a public meeting at the Town Hall yesterday, opened an appeal for the relief of distress in flood areas of Great Britain and Holland…

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Flood Fears In West Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. —Floodwaters now flowing down far western rivers in Queensland are expected to…

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Y.w.c.a. Clothes Appeal for Flood Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 11

The Y.W.C.A. is making an urgent appeal for woollies— dresses, coats, underwear, blankets, for the Netherlands…

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