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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 84

N. Z. Floods

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 4

WELLINGTON (NZ), Monday.-- Widespread floods have stopped road and rail communication…

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Storm on African Elections

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 20

CAPETOWN, Tues. --The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Strauss) yesterday accused the…

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Flood Of Refugees In Berlin

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 12

BERLIN, Tues. (A.P. and B.U.P.). --Another 2000 frightened refugees crossed into West Berlin…

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Flood Of Refugees In Berlin

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 12

BERLIN, Tues. (A.P. and B.U.P.). --Another 2000 frightened refugees crossed into West Berlin…

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Township cut off by floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tues.--Floodwaters tonight had isolated the township of Aramac, 798 miles north-wast of Brisbane…

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Flood of sewage at camp

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

Overflow from a blocked sewer had been under huts housing 45 families…

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Stoppage of Trains by Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wed. -- Railway traffic on the far north coast of Queensland has been…

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Stoppage of Trains by Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wed. --Railway traffic on the far north coast of Queensland has been…

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Stoppage of Trains by Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wed. -- Railway traffic on the far north coast of Queensland has been…

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Stoppage of Trains by Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed. -- Railway traffic on the far north coast of Queensland has been…

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Stoppage of Trains by Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wed. -- Railway traffic on the far north coast of Queensland has been…

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Fiji color bar storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 14

SUVA, Wed.--An inter-racial storm has developed in Suva over an Indian demand for…

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Storms on Way

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

The weather in Sydney today should be very warm and sultry, but thunderstorms are…

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Storms on Way

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

The weather in Sydney today should be very warm and sultry,. but thunderstorms, are…

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Storms on Way

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

The weather in Sydney today should be very warm and sultry, but thunderstorms are…

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Storms on Way

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

The weather in Sydney today should be very warm and sultry, but thunderstorms are…

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Storms on Way

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

The weather in Sydney today should be very warm and sultry, but thunderstorms are…

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Deluge Along North Coast Of Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.— Monsoonal rains deluged a narrow strip along the North Queensland coast to-day…

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Losses of Stock Flood In N.Z.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 10

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —Stock losses in the Wellington Province floods are…

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Family Man Flooding averted

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 15

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