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Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 106

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 Monroe was performing for the 45th Division, forcing…

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Floods In N'west Receding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 9

Floods on the Castlereagh River in northwestern N.S.W. receded yesterday, and local…

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Flood-ravaged City Faces New Peril

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 18

BRISBANE, Thurs.--A cyclone threatens new danger to the flooded city of Rockhampton…

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The Flood

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 8

The waters were rising and rising until they almost reached the highest mountain.! Then the Almighty…

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Flooded City Fearful

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 11

ROCK HAMPTON, Fri. -- People of this flood - beleagured city, who have…

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Gales Hit Coastal Shipping Shift by cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Fri. -- Gales lashed shipping off the Queensland coast today. The cyclone moving down the…

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Three Die in Cyclone 75 mph gales battering North Coast, ships warned

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3

The worst cyclonic storm for four years is battering 500 miles of coast from Grafton in NSW to Bundaberg in Queensland…

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Yawl Voyagers Prayed in Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 5

BARBADOS, Fri.--Three voyagers told today how they had prayed during six weeks of storms. They drifted,…

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Gale Lashes Ships Off Q'land

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.— Heavy seas and gales are lashing shipping along the south Queensiand coast…

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Flooding Feared In North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 3

The Weather Bureau issued warnings of local floodings ia the Tweed and Richmond Valleys yesterday…

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Thousands flee floodwaters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 6

ROME, Fri.--Thousands of people fled flood-threatened villages yesterday as heavy rains swelled rivers in southern Italy and Greece…

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Chuted food beats floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 9

PARACHUTES dropped from an R.A.A.F. Lincoln bomber yesterday brought food and blood plasma to residents of Springsure, floodbound town near Rockhampton,…

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Flood Will Cost Out £1 Million

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

ROCKHAMPTON, Sat.--It is conservatively estimated that the cost to the City…

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Flood threat to Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Sat.--Continuous rain driven by cyclonic force winds for more than 24 hours threatens to flood most of the North Coast area…

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Flood threat to Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Sat.--Continuous rain driven by cyclonic-force winds for more than 24 hours threatens to flood most of the North Coast area…

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Flood threat to Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Sat.--Continuous rain driven by cyclonic-force winds for more than 24 hours threatens to flood most of the North Coast area…

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Flood threat to Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE,Sat.--Continuous rain driven by cyclonic-force winds for more than 24 hours threatens to flood most of the North Coast area…

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Flood Will Cost City £1 Million

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

ROC KHAMPTON, Sat.--It is conservatively estimated that the cost to the City…

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Flood threat to Nth. Coast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Sat.--Continuous rain driven by cydonic-force winds for more than 24 hours threatens to flood most of the North Coast area…

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Floods Threat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Sat.--Continuous rain driven by cyclonic-force winds for more than 24 hours…

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