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Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 84

Toll of British Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Fri.(Extel).-- Horn' Secretary (sir David Maxwell "Fyfe) old the House…

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Big Flood Threat in North Rivers Spill Over Banks

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Swollen rivers in the north - east cornet of New South Wales were bursting their banks this afternoon and a major flood seems inevitable. At Lismore residents are already evacuating…

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Bursting Rivers in Flood

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Swollen rivers in the north - east corner of New South Wales were bursting their honks this afternoon and a major flood seems inevitable. At Lismore residents are already evacuating…

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Flood Relief On The Way

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 19

BRISBANE, Fri. -- The first United Kingdom flood relief cheque from the Australian people will leave…

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Toll of British Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Fri. (Extel). -- The Hom Secretary (Sir David Maxwell Fyfe) told the House…

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British Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 16

LONDON. Fri. (Extel). -- The Home Secretary (Sir David Maxwell Fyfe) told the House…

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Big Flood Threat in North Rivers Spill Over Banks

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Swollen rivers in the north - east corner of New South Wales were bursting their banks this afternoon and a major flood seems inevitable. At Lismore residents are already evacuating…

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Big Flood Threat in North Rivers Spill Over Banks

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Swollen rivers in the north - east corner of New South Wales were bursting their banks this afternoon and a major flood seems inevitable. At Lismore residents are already evacuating…

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Flood Belief On The Wav

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE. Fri. -- The first United Kingdom flood relief cheque from the Australian people will leave…

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Big Flood Threat in North Rivers Spill Over Banks

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

Swollen rivers in the north - east corner of New South Wales were bursting their banks this afternoon and a major flood seems inevitable. At Lismore residents are already evacuating…

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Toll of British Floods

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Fri. (Extel). -- The Hom Secretary (Sir David Maxwell) told the House…

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Heavy Rain Mars Grade Cricket

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 8

Consistent rain during the past two days soaked wickets and marred play in the final round of the grade cricket competition sel down for today…

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Heavy Rain Mars Grade Cricket

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 8

Consistent rain during the past two days soaked wickets and marred play in the final round of the grade cricket competition set down for today…

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8 Perish When Gale Wrecks Fishing Boat

The Sun · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Eight seamen were drowned yesterday when an Atlantic gale smashed a 290-ton British trawler Richard Crofts on rocks off the West…

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Sound effects without faking When a storm broke recently Joe Lapis "canned" 735ft of thunder

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 13

MEET Joe Lapis, whose "canned thunder" is used in Hollywood's most exciting storm sequences…

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Man Drowned In Flooded River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

A man was drowned trying to swim the flooded Richmond River seven miles from Lismore yesterday. As the river rose,…

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Flood Aid Fund Now £5,066

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 7

A further £1,004 has been contributed to the Britain and Holland Flood Victims' Fund…

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U.K. Floods Killed 307

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 20 (A.A.P.).—The Home Secretary, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, said in the House of…

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Leading jockey dies in flooded canal

The Sun · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday --Peter Morgan, 37, prominent Brisbane jockey, wets drowned today in a Hooded canal 50 yards from his Hendra home. Morgan and trainer…

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Floods Sweep on Lismore: 300 Flee in Dark

The Sun · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

300 Lismore people fled their homes last, night and early today as floodwaters from the Richmond swept through low-lying parts of the town…

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