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Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 84

Cyclones Bring Flood Danger To East Australian Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

Cyclonic depressions on the eastern coast of Australia have brought torrential rains and danger,of floods to the North Coast of N.S.W. and almost a quarter of Queensland. In Western Australia, a cyclone has battered western coaftal towns and is…

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Flooding In Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.— Heavy rain over almost a quarter of Queensland was caused to-day by cyclonic…

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Two drowned in flooded river

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

Two children hurled into the flooded Nambucca River in a launch wreck today, were drowned when their exhausted fathers could no longer support them. Victims were Rodney…

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Flood menaces Coastal towns

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 9

A police constable's wife lest night fled in terror when a 10ft wall of floodwater swept toward her from Peacock Creek af Bonalbo. Heavy rain during the…

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Cyclones, Rain on Two Coasts Towns isolated, mines flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

Cyclones and heavy rain yesterday hit Australia's east and west coasts. On the east coast floods isolated townships, washed away bridges, blocked roads and flooded coal-mines…

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Heavy W.A. Damage By Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 6

PERTH, Tuesday.— Damage totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds has been done by…

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Flooded by Channel Homes Invaded Near Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4

Water from a stormwater channel flooded homes in a low-lying area of Yagoona, near Bankstown, after heavy rain early yesterday morning…

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Flood On Q'land S. Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday. —A vast belt of south coast farmland bordering the Albert River was…

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Flood Fund Total £22,322

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4

Contributions received yesterday to the Great Britain and Holland Flood Victims Fund appeal…

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Flood Threat Eases in North

The Sun · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 11

Residents of Richmond River towns are hopeful that they will escape serious…

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Floods cut off towns in north Railway, Roads Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 9

Sudden heavy rain on the North Coast has flooded towns, washed away bridges, cut roads, and delayed interstate…

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Floods Peril Passes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…

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Floods Peril Passes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 40

Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…

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Floods Peril Passes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…

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Floods Easing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 26

Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…

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Holland Help Becomes World Help International Flood Victims' Fund

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 3

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Cyclone comes to W.A. towns Railway reopens

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 11

PERTH; Fri.--Repair gangs today restored the flood damaged Perth-Kalgoorlie main eastern railway line. A cyclone which hit the town of Onslow, on the…

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Holland Flood Victims Welcome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday.— The Minister for Immigration, Mr. H. E. Holt, said to-day Australia would welcome…

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Winning Poem a Summer Storm

The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1953 · page 6

A blazing sun glared from the sky And scorched the dried-out earth…

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Dutch queen sheltered flood victims

The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1953 · page 47

QUEEN WILHELMINA of Holland made a home in her palace for 80 old people homeless after the recent floods, a Dutch social worker said…

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