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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 84

Caspian flood

The Sun · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 17

TEHERAN, Wednesday. --250 are missing in floods which swept the Caspian village of…

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Scores die in Ecuador flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 11

QUITO, (Ecuador) Wed. (UP.).--Scores of people are reported to have been swept to death in…

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Scores die in Ecuador flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 11

QUITO, (Ecuador) Wed. (U.P.).--Scores of people are reported to have been swept to death in…

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Scores die in Ecuador flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 11

QUITO, (Ecuador) Wed. (U.P.).--Scores of people are reported to have been swept to death in…

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Scores die in Ecuador flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 24

QUITO, (Ecuador) Wed. (U.P.).--Scores of people are reported to have been swept to death in…

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Scores die in Ecuador flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 11

QUITO, (Ecuador) Wed. (UP.).--Scores of people are reported to have been swept to death in…

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Woman Adrift in Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

RABAUL, Wed.--Mid-ocean cyclones raging from New Britain to Lord Howe Island are buffeting ships and aircraft…

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Victorian flood threat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Many riverside towns in Victoria tonight began preparing to fight floods. Torrential rain had swollen rivers, blocked…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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More Rain in Wheat Belt Flooding fear by farmers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

Soaking roars is continuing bed the New South Wales wheat belt today and farmers claim that the drought has broken…

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More Rain in Wheat Belt Flooding fear by farmers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

Soaking rain is continuing in New South Wales wheat belt today and farmers claim that the drought has broken…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 25

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 25

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 25

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 25

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 25

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 25

MELBOURNE, Thurs. --Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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More Rain in Wheat Belt Flooding fear by farmers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

Soaking rein is continuing in the New South Wales wheel belt today and farmers claim that the drought has broken…

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Floods in Victoria Abating

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs.-- Floods in the Western District of Victoria are abating…

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