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Floods & storms, 1953

1,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 84

Europe Floods Kill 46

Truth · Sunday 18 October 1953 · page 4

PARIS, Sat.—Forty-six persons were killed and hundreds of others injured in floods in Spain, France…

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Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 32

MADRID, Mon. (B.U.P.). -- Fifty people have been drowned in floods in Northern Spain. Heavy…

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Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 8

MADRID, Mon. (B.U.P.). --Fifty people have been drowned in floods in Northern Spain. Heavy…

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Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 32

MADRID, Mon. (B.U.P.). --Fifty people have been drowned in floods in Northern Spain. Heavy…

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Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 8

MADRID, Mon. (B.U.P.). --Fifty people have .bee,n drowned in floods in Northern Spain. Heavy…

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Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 32

MADRID, Mon. (B.U.P.). -- Fifty people have been drowned in floods in Northern Spain. Heavy…

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Swirling Storm of Red Dust Blots Out Town

The Sun · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 21

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.-- Broken Hill was blotted out in a red haze this morning when the worst duststorm since 1907 hit the town…

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Three die in Italian floods

The Sun · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 30

MILAN, Tuesday,-- Three Italians were killed and six injured by torrential rains sweeping…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath of wind stirred the leaves of…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath of wind stirred the leaves of…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town the Peshtigo Forest Fire Horror

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath of wind stirred the leaves of…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town the Peshtigo Forest Fire Horror

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath of wind stirred the leaves of…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town the Peshtigo Forest Fire Horror

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents or Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath of wind stirred the leaves of…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town the Peshtigo Forest Fire Horror

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath or wind stirred the leaves of…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town the Peshtigo Forest Fire Horror

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath of wind stirred the leaves of…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town the Peshtigo Forest Fire Horror

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town. Not a breath or wind stirred the leaves or…

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1152 Died in an Hour of Terror When Fire Storm Struck a Town the Peshtigo Forest Fire Horror

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 23

THE 2000 residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, were troubled and depressed on Sunday, October 8, 1871. A brooding, unnatural silence hung over the town, Not a breath of wind stirred the leaves of…

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Floods in Vic

The Sun · Wednesday 21 October 1953 · page 31

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- State-wide torrential rain brought serious flooding in many…

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Storm Over Banishment of Carnival

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 1

A FULL-SCALE persecution of the Catholic Church an Poland is now in progress following the ousting of His Eminence Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Poland, by the…

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Vic. floods fall; "worse to come"

The Sun · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Floodwaters from Gippsland rivers cover thousands of acres of low-lying country. In some places the…

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