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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 84

Highways Blocked By Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 9

Heavy rains on the South Coast last night cut the Prince's and Monaro highways in several places and flooded the Bega and Bogo Rivers, causing a…

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Highways Blocked By Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 9

Heavy rains on the South Coast last night cut the Prince's and Monaro highways in several places and flooded the Bega and Bago Rivers, causing d…

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Highways Blocked By Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 9

Heavy rains on the South Coast last night cut the Prince's and Monaro highways in several places and flooded the Bega and flooded Rivers, causing a…

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Highways Blocked By Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 9

Heavy rains on the South Coast last night cut the Prince's and Monaro highways in several places and flooded the Bega and Bogo Rivers, causing a…

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Floods Block Two Highways

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 3

Heavy rains in the Bega and Eden districts on the South Coast last night cut the Prince's and Monaro highways in several places and flooded the Bega and Bogo Rivers causing a serious threat to many homes…

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Storms Hit Coast Areas Flood Toll Rises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

Fierce storms which have lashed the east coast of N.S.W. for the…

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Storms Hit Coast Areas Flood Toll Rises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

Fierce storms which have lashed the east coast of N.S.W. for the…

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Storms Hit Coast Areas Flood Toll Rises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

Fierce storms which have tasked the east coast of N.S.W. for the…

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Storms Hit Coast Areas Flood Toll Rises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

Fierce storms which have lashed the east coast of N.S.W. for the…

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Storms Hit Coast Areas Flood Toll Rises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

Fierce storms which have lashed the east coast of N.S.W. for the…

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Storms Hit Coast Areas Flood Toll Rises

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

Fierce storms which have lashed the east coast of N.S.W. for the…

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1000 Cars Stranded by Storms Cloudburst floods camp area

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 3

Torrential rain in Sydney last night stranded nearly 1000 cars, drenched theatregoers, and flooded streets to a depth of…

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Fireballs, Lighting Strike in Storms

The Sun · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 2

Fierce thunderstorms bringing torrential rain, flooded houses, disrupted tram, train and motor traffic, blacked-out…

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Storm Havoc Along Coast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 2

Campers fear the high side later today may carry away more of the homes unless the rain stops…

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City's 24-Hour Storm Battering Transport Hold-ups: Floodings

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 2

Fierce storms have lashed Sydney and the south-east coast of New South Wales for the past 24 houros…

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City's 24-Hour Storm Battering Transport Hold-ups: Floodings

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 2

Fierce storms have lashed Sydney and the south-east coast of New South Wales for the past 24 houros…

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City's 24-Hour Storm Battering Transport Hold-ups: Floodings

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 2

Fierce storms have lashed Sydney and the south-east coast of New South Wales for the past 24 houros…

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Early Morning Storm Lashes City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 3

Heavy bursts of rain, accompanied by strong gusts of wind, swept the city early this morning…

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Freak Storm Hits Avalon: Drives Out Tent Dwellers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

A freak hailstorm yesterday flooded many parts of Avalon, doing hundreds of pounds' worth of damage. Scores of people living…

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Flood waters Threatened Lecture Tour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 5

RISING floodwaters threatened to interrupt Mrs. Helen Carlton-Smith's lectures to Country Women's…

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