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Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 106

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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Wall of water floods Scone

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2

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

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New deluge threatens to swell Rockhampton floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 13

ROCKHAMPTON, Thurs.-- The flood-girt city of Rockhampton is faced with the threat of more rain from a new cyclone. The Weather Bureau has warned that the cyclone…

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New deluge threatens to swell Rockhampton floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 13

ROCKHAMPTON, Thurs.-- The flood-girt city of Rockhampton is faced with the threat of more rain from a new cyclone. The weather Bureau has warned that the cyclone…

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New deluge threatens to swell Rockhampton floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 13

ROCKHAMPTON, Thurs.-- The flood-girt city of Rockhampton is faced with the threat of more rain from a new cyclone. The Weather Bureau has warned that the cyclone…

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New deluge threatens to swell Rockhampton floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 13

ROCKHAMPTON, Thurs.-- The flood-girt city of Rockhampton is faced with the threat of more rain from a new cyclone. The Weather Bureau has warned that the cyclone…

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Food dropped to flooded towns New Threat by Cyclone

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 21

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- RAAF and commercial planes today delivered food…

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Floods at Peak Rockhampton Level Static

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 24

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The flood at Rock-hampton, the second worst there on record, appears to…

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Coonamble in Danger From Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7

It is feared that floodwaters from the Castlereagh River will inundate the lower parts of Coonamble in northern New South Wales early this morning…

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Coonamble Escapes Flood

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 5

Fall in the swollen Castlereagh River today saved Coonamble from serious flooding…

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Big fella rainmaker caused a plurry flood

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7

DARWIN, Thursday. -- Billy Hooker, Borroloola's aboriginal rainmaker, is in disgrace. It all happened when incessant rain caused several postponements of the natives' "increase" ceremony -- the most important corroboree of the…

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Flooded city's traffic nears standstill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 10

BRISBANE, Wed.--Floodwaters in Rockhampton tonight left only three street blocks open to traffic…

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Heavy Rain

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 50

At the"Cuan" station property on the Upper Hunter, 8 inches of rain were registered in January…

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Cyclone may miss flood town

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Friday.--The floded Rockhampton area now seems likely to miss the…

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Heavy Rain Marred Machinery Field Day At Arcadia

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 36

Heavy and incessant rain once again marred the annual machinery field organised by the Arcadia-Galston branch of the Agricultural Bureau on Tuesday. More than three…

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Cyclone Warning To Rockhampton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 17

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A cyclone of extreme intensity to-night was bearing down on flooded Central Queensland. The Weather Bureau…

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Fear of Cyclone in Qld

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Fri. -- People in the flooded Rockhampton area are keeping an anxions…

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Fear of Cyclone in Qld

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Fri. -- People in the flooded Rockhampton area are keeping an anxious…

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Fear of Cyclone in Qld

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Fri. -- People in the flooded Rockhampton area are keeping an anxious…

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G.I.s Storm Stage 'Mad' on Marilyn

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 4

SEOUL, Fri. (I.N.S.). -- An unruly mob of 6000 GI's rushed a stage where glamorous Marliyn Monree was performing for the 45th Division, forcing…

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