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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 106

North-west of State under flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 12

Heavy rain has flooded a large part of north-western New South Wales. Creeks, swollen by…

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Horseback dash in flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

Jockey George Moore hopes to learn today if a 20-mile horseback dash…

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Dive in Flood to Save Two

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

YOUNG, Tues.--A man and a woman were saved from drowning at Young last night, when the woman's son dived into a flooded creek and dragged them to safety…

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Floods dash on horseback

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Jockey George Moore hopes to learn today if a 20-mile Horseback dash…

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Jockey's friend in flood dash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Jockey George Moore hopes to learn today if a 20-mile horseback dash…

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Floods dash on horseback

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Jockey George Moore hopes to learn today if a 20-nsile horseback dash…

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Floods dash on horseback

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Jockey George Moore hopes to learn today if a 20-mile horseback dash…

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Jockey's friend in flood dash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Jockey George Moore hopes to leans today if a 20-mile horseback dash…

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Horseback dash in flood

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

Jockey George Moore hopes to learn today if a 20-mile horseback dash…

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Heavy rain floods the North-West

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 13

Torrential rains in north-west NSW last night caused local flooding and disrupted…

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Floods In North Of State Cut Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 10

Floods in northern New South Wales haye blocked main roads, severed telephone lines, and isolated…

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Rockhampton Floods Higher Air supply is planned

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 13

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- The Queensland Government is planning to use RAAF planes to drop food and medical supplies to Queensland towns…

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Threat of Flood to Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

ROCKHAMPTON, Tues.-- Police expect that by midday tomorrow the flooded Fitzroy…

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Wall of water floods Scone

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2

A cloudburst sent a 3ft. wall of water through the main street of Scone late yesterday. Two hotels, most of the…

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Wall of water floods scone

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2

A cloudburst sent a 3 ft. Wall of water through the main street of Scone late yesterday. Two hotels, most of the…

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Snakes in City flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8

ROCKHAMPTON, Wed.--A plague of snakes has come into Rockhampton with the flood. The greenkeeper at…

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Flood task in Qld. city

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8

ROCKHAMPTON, Wed.--The people of flooded Rockhampton face a tremendous task to tidy their city for the Queen's visit on March 17…

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Flood task in Qld. city

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8

ROCKHAMPTON, Wed.--The people of flooded Rockhampton face a tremendous task to tidy their city for the Queen's visit on March 17…

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News From the North in Brief Ship held up by floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 23

NEWCASTLE, Wed.-- Floods m Queensland are preventing the interstate freighter Caledon from…

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Flood peak now close

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 8

BRISBANE, Wed.--The crisis in the floodbound city of Rockhampton is expected today. The Fitzroy River is…

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