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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 84

Gale unroofs Adelaide homes ADELAIDE, Sat

The Sun · Sunday 4 October 1953 · page 5

Two houses were demolished and about a dozen others unroofed by a whirlwind in Adelaide…

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The love affair of Latin and a shop lady led to storm

Truth · Sunday 4 October 1953 · page 47

Handsome, dreamy-eyed Italian migrant, Domenico Meleca (30), started more than a storm in a coffee cup when he began dropping in regularly at an…

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Panic at 8Ft. Snake in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 7

An 8ft. carpet snake yesterday terrified women in a residential in Garden Street, Alexandria. The snake tried to…

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Queen in floodwater

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 October 1953 · page 4

QUEEN JULIANA, of Holland Wading through floods at Schouwen Duiveland Island, last Week. The island has been flooded since February, when gales breached the dykes…

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Counterfeit Money The brain behind an international gang of forgers is believed to be in Paris Millions of pounds in forged notes are flooding the world's markets

The World's News · Saturday 10 October 1953 · page 8

COUNTERFEITING has become criminal big business. More forged pound notes, francs, marks ana dollars are being poured out…

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Crops Lost In U.S. Storm

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 11 October 1953 · page 7

MIAMI, Saturday (A.A.P.).—A tropical storm swept across South Florida to-day, flooding almost…

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18's Took Lashing From 50 m.p.h. GALE

Truth · Sunday 11 October 1953 · page 34

Weathering a 50 m.p.h. southerty, H. C. Press IX, sailed by Harry Press, nephew of the owner, George Press, scored her second win of the season yesterday to take Sydney Flying Squadron Deputy…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Floods Theraten Big Area in America

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 October 1953 · page 64

MIAMI, Sat.--Government engineers today organised sandbag crews as floods, swollen by a tropical deluge, spilled across…

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Heavy Rain at Casino

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 10

LISMORE, Tues.--Heavy rain tonight brought limited relief to some areas of the drought-parched Richmond District…

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50 fishermen lost in storms

The Sun · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 18

PARIS, Wednesday.--50 Breton fishermen died at sea in last month's storms…

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Isolated Storm In Dry Areas Of North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 1

A storm with some heavy individual falls of rain brought limited relief to some arcas of the…

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Australian Gifts 'Tremendous Inspiration' NSW Missioner Tells Of Japanese Floods

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 15 October 1953 · page 8

CATHOLICS and pagans in Japan received "tremendous inspiration" when His Eminence Cardinal Gilroy and the local Society of St. Vincent de Paul sent gifts to their stricken country, following the recent devastating Hoods which killed hundreds of people and…

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Sudden storm sweeps wide area Deluge in City

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 9

Sydney last night had one of the worst storms for months. Heavy rain flooded homes, stalled many cars, and covered streets with…

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Violent Storms Sweep Across State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 1

Violent thunderstorms, accompanied by very heavy rain, swept across New South Wales yesterday. In most districts the…

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Storm Damage in Wide Area House unroofed, trailer wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 2

Violent electrical storms last night cause widespread damage to property and crops ov[?] most of the State. Hailstones, some nearly…

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Storm Damage in Wide Area House unroofed, trailer wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 2

Violent electrical storms last night caused widespread damage to property and crops over most of the State. Hailstones, some nearly…

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Storm Damage in Wide Area House unroofed, trailer wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 2

Violent electrical storms last night caused widespread damage to property and crops over most of the State. Hailstones, some nearly…

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46 dead in floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 October 1953 · page 3

PARIS, Sat. (A.P., B.U.P.).-- Forty-six persons have been killed and hundreds injured or made…

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46 dead in floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 October 1953 · page 3

PARIS, Sat. (A.P., B.U.P.).-- Forty-six persons have been killed and hundreds injured or made…

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46 dead in floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 October 1953 · page 4

PARIS, Sat. (A.P., B.U.P.).-- Forty-six persons have been killed and hundreds injured or made…

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