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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 106

Flood Threat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sat. -- Flood rains have swollen the Fitzroy River well above flood level and…

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Flood Threat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sat. -- Flood rains have swollen the Fitzroy River well above flood level and…

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Christmas Fantasy Deluge Of Cards

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 15

LONDON, Saturday.— In the small Hertfordshire town of Oxley, the Goodfriend family…

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Forecast of storms in Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 8

Thunderstorms might mar the weather for the second day of the Queen's visit to Canberra today…

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U.S. Critics Storm At Landy "Alibis"

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 17

NEW YORK, Saturday. — Two New York sports writers want to know if the wind blows differently in Australia…

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No Longer Danger Of Floodings

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 3

The flood danger in northern N.S.W. has gone. Flooding of the Tweed, and upper reaches of the…

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Fears of Flood in Old. Road, Railway Services Out

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Queensland's flood position is likely to reach catastrophic proportions in the next few days…

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Public prayers as floods reach city

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sat.--Prayers will be offered tomorrow for the safety of Rockhampton and its people. Floodwaters began to enter outlying parts…

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Heavy Storm Hits City Streets flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1

A heavy tropical storm broke over Sydney and suburbs at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The rain drenched crowds in the…

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"Island City" in Queensland Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Rockhampton became an island city to-day when the flooded Fitzroy River broke its banks six miles upstream and spread until it was a mile wide. A number of homes and…

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Floodwaters Submerge Rockhampton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3

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Flood Deaths Rise! Widespread havoc as rain continues

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Mon.--The deathroll in the Queensland floods is gradually mounting, six people having drowned in the last week. Hundreds of people have…

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6 Now Dead in Qld. Floods: Wide Havoc

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Mon. --The deathroll in the Queensland floods is gradually mounting. Six people have been drowned in the last week. Hundreds of people have lost their homes or been…

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Peak or Queensland Flood Due Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 9

ROCKHAMPTON Mon. --It is expected that the maximum height of the flooded Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, 28ft. 6in, will be reached late tomorrow. The river gauge in the city is now reading 27ft…

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Peak of Queensland Flood Due Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 9

ROCKHAMPTON, Mon.--it is expected that the maximum height of the flooded Fitzrdy River at Rockhampton, 28ft. 6in., will be reached late tomorrow. The river gauge in the city is now reading 27ft…

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Flood Deaths Rise Widespread havoc as rain continues

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Mon.--The deathroll in the Queensland floods is gradually mounting, six people having drowned in the last week. Hundreds of people have…

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6 Now Dead in Qld. Floods: Wide Havoc

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Mon.--The deafhroll in the Queensland floods is gradually mounting, Six people have been drowned in the last week. Hundreds of people nave j lost their homes or been…

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Flood Deaths Rise Widespread havoc as rain continues

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Mon.--The deathroll in the Queensland floods is gradually mounting, six people having drowned in the last week. Hundreds of people have…

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Peak of Queensland Flood Due Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 9

ROCKHAMPTON, Mon.--it is expected that the maximum height of the flooded Fitzroy River at Roekhampton, 28ft. 6in.r will be reached late tomorrow; The river gauge in the city is. now reading '27ft…

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Ordeal in flood Man Clings Two Hours to Bridge

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 9

A railway worker today saved from drowning an 18-year-old Rockhampton newspaper employee who had clung exhausted to a rail bridge…

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