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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 84

Secret Rail Line Used in U.k. Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 28

LONDON.-- A hush-hush "war-secret" railway has come into use following the disastrous…

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Flood Victims Send Thanks

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- The Lord Mayor of London (Mr. Rupert de la Bere) has asked the Prime…

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Flood Victims Send Thanks

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- The Lord Mayor of London (Mr. Ruper do la Bere) has asked the Prime…

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Flood Victims Send Thanks

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- The Lord Mayor of London (Mr. Rupert de la Bere) has asked the Prime…

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Flood Victims Send Thanks

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- The Lord Mayor of London (Mr. Rupert de la Bere) has asked the Prime…

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Secret Rail Line Used in U.k. Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 28

LONDON. -- A hush-hush "war-secret" railway has come into use following the disastrous…

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Flood Victims Send Thanks

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- The Lord Mayor of London (Mr. Rupert de la Bere) has asked the Prime…

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Overseas cable news... 8 adrift in gale Ship Split Apart

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thurs.--Somewhere on the stormy Atlantic--…

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£30,000 Flood Repair Bill

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 42

VICTORIAN Government and the Snowy River improvement That will spend £30,000 on repairing some of…

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Survey Studies Flood Damage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 6

BATHURST.— The Department of Water Conservation and Irritation this week conducted a survey of…

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Thanks For Aid To Flood Victims

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

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Menazies, has received the following message from the Lord Mayor of…

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Soccer Match for Flood Relief Fund

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 4

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A King's Throne Is Rocking The Faults of Baudouin: "He Didn't Help Flood Victims" "He Is Dominated By His Stepmother"

Truth · Sunday 15 March 1953 · page 14

On July 17, 1951, King Baudouin ascended what was described the shakiest throne in Europe as King of the Belgians…

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Soccer for Flood Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 March 1953 · page 63

Leichhardt - Annandale Soccer team will play Sydney Austral today in a special match at Lambert…

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Water Floods City Premises

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 2

Three floors of the Department of Agriculture Building, Farrar Place, City, were flooded today by a burst water main. Water cascaded…

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Water Floods City Premises

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

Laboratory assistant Stella Young, Department of Agriculture…

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Water Floods City Premises

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 2

Three floors of the Department of Agriculture Building, Farrar Place, City, were flooded today by a burst water main. Water cascaded…

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Water Floods City Premises

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 2

Three floors of the Department of Agriculture Building, Farrar Place, City, were flooded today by a burst water main. Water cascaded…

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News From Northern Districts £27,000 Floods Defence Call on Government

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- The Minister for Works (Mr. Renshaw) will be asked to help. Maitland Council find £27,000 for vital flood - protection work on the city banks of the Hunter River…

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Gale Kills 35 in India

The Sun · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 9

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Sixty mph gales, sweeping a wide area in north-east India and…

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