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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 106

A Storm

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 7

The waters grow black, Grim lowers the rack, The breakers rear back Till the depths you can see…

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Storm to follow showers

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 2

A thunderstorm later in the day is expected to end sultry conditions in Sydney, says the…

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Storm to follow showers

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 2

A thunderstorm later in the day is expected to end sultry conditions in Sydney, says the…

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Storm Warning From Kabul

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 2

If the little State of Afghanistan is not very often in the world's news, it is not very often out of the minds…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with intermittent heavy rain, have been predicted for the…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with intermittent heavy rain, have been predicted for the…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with intermittent heavy rain, have been predicted for the…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with intermittent heavy rain, have been predicted for the…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with intermittent heavy rain have been predicted for the…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with intermittent heavy rain, have been predicted for the…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with Intermittent heavy rain, have been predicted for the…

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Heavy rain tonight, tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 2

Cool, overcast conditions, with intermittent heavy rain, have been predicted for the…

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Storm Warning

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 1

The Sydney Weather Bureau last night issued a preliminary storm warning to shipping along the N.S.W. coast…

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Heavy Rain Was Hailed By Trainer Of Sol Rex Unbeatable In The Mud

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 32

Sitting at home on Friday night listening to the rain on the roof, Randwick trainer, Frank Dalton, fervently hoped that it would continue. Dalton had Sol Rex…

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Britain, Europe Lashed by Gales

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.--Twenty-foot waves driven by a 50 m.p.h. wind are lashing…

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Britain, Europe Lashed by Gales

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.--Twenty-foot waves driven by a 50 m.p.h. wind are lashing…

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Death Flood

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

Two dramatic photos have been released for the first time, showing clearly the origin of the…

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Gales Lash Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 4 (A.A.P.). — Britain's east coast defences last night stood up to gales almost as…

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Floodings in Europe Violent Storms

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

KIEL (Germany), Tuesday. -- Dykes were broken and villages and islands flooded in…

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2 Ships Sunk in Gale Soldiers rushed to sea walls

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.--Two ships Were sunk yesterday and two others grounded by wild gales Which swept the Baltic and…

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