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Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 84

Duke Flies to Flood Hit Areas

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Sat. (Extel, Kemsley).--The Duke of Edinburgh told flood relief workers yesterday:…

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Flood Suicide

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 12

LONDON, Saturday (D.M.W.C.) .--Stanley Rees, a 28-years-old Canvey Island flood refugee, was…

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Flood Suicide

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday (D.M.W.C.).--Stanley Rees, a 28-years-old Canvey Island flood refugee, was…

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Duke Flies to Flood Bit Areas

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Sat. (Extel, Kemsley).--The Duke of Edinburgh told flood relief workers yesterday:…

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Flood Aid Grant

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 7

MELBOURNE. Sat.—The State Cabinet is likely to grant £10,000 on Monday for flood relief in Britain…

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Belgian Floods

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 6

BRUSSELS, Sat. (B.U.P.) —A state of emergency was declared in Malines today and the population warned…

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Disease And Hunger In Q'land Floods

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 6

BRISBANE, Saturday.— Disease and hunger have come to flooded towns and stations in far north-west…

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Moon's Part in Flood Disaster

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 21

A full moon, coinciding with gales, helped to cause the disastrous floods in…

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Heavy flood rain on way

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 2

The Weather Bureau yesterday warned of heavy flood rains in New South Wales during the next few days…

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Cyclone to Hit Coast Tonight: Shipping Warned

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 2

A cyclone is expected to cross the east Australian coast between northern NSW and Bundaberg (Q.), tonight. This warning was…

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Fresh Flood Danger at Peak To-day From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 15. — Britain's hastily improvised east coast sea defences face their toughest test to-morrow when the present cycle of high spring tides…

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Thames Flooded Her Back Garden

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

An Australian woman whose back garden was completely flooded by the River Thames during the recent floods in England, arrived in Sydney at the week-end…

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Thames Flooded Her Back Garden

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

An Australian woman whose back garden was completely flooded by. the River Thames during the recent .floods in England, arrived in Sydney at the week-end…

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Thames Flooded Her Back Garden

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

An Australian woman whose back garden was completely flooded by the River Thames during the recent floods in England, arrived in Sydney at the week-end…

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Thames Flooded Her Back Garden

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

An Australian woman whose back garden was completely flooded by the River Thames during the recent floods in England, arrived in Sydney at the week-end…

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Move On Flood Victims

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Mon.-- A suggestion that some Dutch families, victims of Holland's recent…

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Thames Flooded Her Back Garden

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

An Australian woman whose back garden was completely flooded by the River Thames during the recent floods in England, arrived in Sydney at the week-end…

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Thames Flooded Her Back Garden

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

An Australian woman whose back garden was completely flooded by the River Thames during the recent floods in England, arrived in Sydney at the week-end…

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Thames Flooded Her Back Garden

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

An Australian woman whose back garden was completely flooded by the River Thames during the recent floods in England, arrived in Sydney at the week-end…

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Heavy Rain Batters Crops Bureau Warns Of Flood Dangers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 5

Heavy rain storms which have lashed the North Coast and other parts of the State since the weekend, threaten to cause widespread damage…

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