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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 84

Floodwaters now cover Mungindi

The Sun · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 9

Floodwaters from the swollen Barwon Rsver today covered the entire town of Mungindi in north- west NSW. The river which is 10…

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Two Towns Cut Off By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 3

A flood-caused wash away on the railway near Mungindi, on the N.S.W.-- Queensland…

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Two Towns Cut Off By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 16

A flood-caused wash away on the railway near Muhgindi, on the N.S.W. -Queensland…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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Two Towns Cut Off By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 2

A flood-caused wash-away on the railway near Mungindi, on the N.S.W.-Queensland…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal BY Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways oil picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, One summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed S Townships Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood qn the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Pennsylvania; one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of me fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 perished when flood from burst dam Smashed 8 townships Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899 anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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Two Towns Cut Off By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 3

A flood-caused washaway on the railway near Mungindi, on the N.S.W. Queensland…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Order By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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Two Towns Cut Off By Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 2

A flood-caused Wash away on the railway near Mungindi, on the N.S.W.-Queensland…

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Flood Aid

The Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 16

BONN, Tuesday.-- Germans have contributed about £1670 to the British Flood Relief Fund…

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Small town is ready for flood

The Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 13

The swollen Barwon River today continued to rise half an inch hourly and threatens…

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Families Prepare for Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 5

Collarenebri residents are making last-minute preparations today as they await floodwaters…

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Families Prepare for Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 2

Collarenebri residents are making last-minute preparations today as they await floodwaters…

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Families Prepare for Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 2

Coliarenebri residents are making last-minute preparations today as they await floodwaters…

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Families Prepare for Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 5

Collarenebri residents are making last-minute preparations. today as they await floodwaters…

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Families Prepare for Flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 5

Collarenebri residents are making last-minute preparations today as they await floodwaters…

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