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Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 84

BIG R.A.A.F. Food Drop 400 Isolated In Northern Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 8

A R.A.A.F. Dakota left Richmond this morning to parachute supplies of food and fodder to more than 400 people who are marooned by floodwaters in Northern New South Wales…

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R.A.A.F. Food "Drop" 400 Marooned In Northern Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 2

A R.A.A.F. Dakota left Richmond this morning to parachute supplies of food and fodder to more than 400 people who are marooned by floodwaters in Northern New South Wales…

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BIG R.A.A.F. Food Drop 400 Isolated Northern Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 8

A R.A.A.F. Dakota left Richmond this morning to parachute supplies of food and fodder to more than 400 people who are marooned by floodwaters in Northern New South Wales…

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R.A.A.F. Food, Fodder Drop 400 Isolated In Northern Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 8

A R.A.A.F. Dakota left Richmond this morning to parachute supplies of food and fodder to more than 400 people who are marooned by floodwaters in Northern New South Wales…

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R.A.A.F. Food "Drop" 400 Marooned In Northern Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 2

A R.A.A.F. Dakota left Richmond this morning to parachute supplies of food and fodder to more than 400 people who are marooned by floodwaters in Northern New South Wales…

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BIG R.A.A.F. Food Drop 400 Isolated In Northern Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 8

A R.A.A.F. Dakota left Richmond this morning, to parachute supplies of food and fodder to more than 4019 people who are marooned by floodwaters in Northern New South Wales…

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Overseas cable news.. Storm over King Govt. Faces Crisis

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 4

BRUSSELS, Wed. -- The Belgian Government today faced a possible…

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British Help Victims Of Dutch Floods

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 3

Dutch soldiers on the staff of the Netherlands Military Attache in London, sort clothing…

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World-Wide Relief Sent To Aid Victims Of Europe's Floods

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 3

RELIEF is being sent from Catholics in all parts of the world, to aid flood victims in England, Holland and Belgium. In Rome, the Holy Father, who last week sent money to aid…

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Archdiocese Donates £2800 To Aid Flood Victims

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 24

Receipts so far returned in the recent appeal for European flood victims conducted by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the Archdiocese of Sydney amounted to £2809. A total of £3000 is expected when further…

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Food for Air-drop to Flood-bound Families

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 1

Inspector R. B. MacKie, of Tamworth police, Flight-Lieutenant F. R. Gamble and Sergeant L. F. Newman checking "parapacks" containing food being loaded on board an R.A.A.F. Dakota at Tamworth airport yesterday. The Dakota dropped the food to families isolated by floods in the Boomi district. (Story page 3.)…

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Flood Danger Moves Inland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 3

Floods fell steadily at most points on the north coast yesterday but the danger increased along the Barwon River, in the north-west, near the Queensland border. Most seriously…

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Food Drop to Flood Victims Planes aid isolated families

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 3

Planes yesterday parachuted food to families floodbound on the Queensland border. An R.A.A.F. Dakota dropped…

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Storm Over Indian Visit

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Fri. (A.P.) .--Questions on the presence in India of Lady Mountbatten…

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Storm Over Indian Visit

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Fri. (A.P.).--Questions on the presence in India of Lady Mountbatten…

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Storm Over Indian Visit

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Fri. (A.P.) .--Questions on the presence in India of Lady Mountbatten…

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They Beat The Floods

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

THESE Hereford for-ward store bullocks from Queensland are shown crossing the…

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Swiff Thanks To C.W.A. From Flood Victims

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 28

PROMPT action of the C.W.A. State executive in cabling £1.000 sterling (£1,250 Australian) to London for…

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Flood Danger Turns Inland

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3

YESTERDAY N.S.W. rain moved in from the coast and further flooding of inland rivers could take…

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Flooding Eases On Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3

The flood position continued to case on the north coast yesterday. In the north-west the…

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