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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

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Concern For Town In Floodwaters

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Mon. --Concern is felt here for the safety of the 250 inhabitants of the tiny…

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Storms Likely

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

Showers and thunderstorms are expected by the Weather Bureau in many parts of the State…

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Storms Likely

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

Showers and thunder storms are expected by the Weather Bureau in many parts of the State…

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Storms Likely

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

Showers and thunderstorms are expected by the Weather Bureau in many parts of the State…

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10 Die In U.S. Floods; 1,000 Homeless

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 (A.A.P.).—Floods on the coastal plains of California and Oregon have caused at…

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Big floods in America

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 5

SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. --Floodwaters swept destructively through the coastal plains of California…

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Radio to Give Flood Advice

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--short-wave radio network is to be established to provide flood…

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Heavy rain falling on north coast

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

Heavy rain, in many places more than two inches, has been recorded in the past 24…

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Warning of Cyclone in North Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

BRISBANE, Thurs.-- North Queensland coastal areas between Townsville and Cooktown were warned today of a cyclone 130 miles off the coast. The Weather Bureau, issuing the warning, stated…

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Warning of Cyclone in North Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

BRISBANE, Thurs.-- North Queensland coastal areas between Townsvilie and, Cooktown were warned today of a cyclone 130 miles off the coast. The Weather Bureau, Issuing the warning, stated…

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Warning of Cyclone in North Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

BRISBANE, Thurs.-- North Queensland coastal areas between Townsville and Cooktown were warned today off a cyclone 130 miles off the coast. The Weather Bureau, issuing the warning, stated…

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Warning of Cyclone in North Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

BRISBANE, Thurs.-- North Queensland coastal areas between Townsville and Cooktown were, warned today of a cyclone 130 miles off the coast. The Weather Bureau, issuing the warning, stated…

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Warning of Cyclone in North Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

BRISBANE, Thurs.--North Queensland coastal areas between Townsville and Cooktown were warned today of a cyclone 130 miles off the coast. The Weather Bureau, issuing the warning, stated…

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Heavy Rain Delays Airliners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

Heavy rain closed Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, to incoming aircraft yesterday evening…

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Boilers Could Flood Market

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 17

SEASON is approaching when first and second season hens will fall into their normal, seasonal moult and a large…

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How a Scot became the Father of Radar Study of thunderstorms ted to invention worth a knighthood and £50,000

The World's News · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 16

A QUIET soft-spoken Scotsman, awarded £50,000 tax free by the Boyal Commission on Awards to Inventors, for his war-winning device,…

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Warning of Flooding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

The Bureau has warned that creek and rivers in northern coastal districts may…

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Q'land Flood Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.—Brisbane watershed may experience its first flooding for two years following the heavy…

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Adelaide's Hour Of Storms

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Saturday. —Freak weather within an hour late this afternoon brought Adelaide…

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Qld. Flood Danger Eases

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sat.--Danger of serious flooding in south-east Queensland lessened today…

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