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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 106

Airlift to flood area

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Social Welfare (Mr. Landa) announced this morning his department had…

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Deathroll in Floods Reaches 25

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

Twenty-five people are known to be dead and 11 others are missing, believed drowned, in the most disastrous North Coast floods in living memory…

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Stop Press Another Flood Victim

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 28

Poger Boyd, an aborigina aged about 70 has been found drowned on the outskirts of Eyogle. Polles report that nine people are still…

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Deathroll in Flood's Reaches 18

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

The toll of life and property in the most disastrous North Coast floods in history is mounting and 18 people are already known to have lost their lives…

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Airlift to flood area

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Social Welfare (Mr. Landa) announced this morning his department had…

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North Coast flood havoc

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Details of the North Coast's most disastrous floods in history are now coming in, revealing a mounting toll of death and destruction. Already 18 people have lost their lives and more…

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North Coast flood havoc

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Details of the North Coast's most disastrous floods in history are now coming in, revealing a mounting toll of death and destruction. Already 25 people have lost their lives and more…

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Deathroll in Floods Reaches 25

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

Twenty-five people are known to be dead, and 11 others are missing, believed drowned, in the most disastrous North Coast floods in living memory…

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North Coast flood havoc

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Details of the North Coast's most disastrous floods in history are now coming in, revealing a mounting toll of death and destruction. Already 18 people have lost their lives and more…

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Deathroll in Floods Reaches 18

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

The toll of life and property in the most disastrous North Coast flods in history is mounting, and 18 people are already known to have lost their lives…

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Airlift to flood area

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Social Welfare (Mr. Landa) announced this morning his department had…

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North Coast flood havoc

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

Details of the North Coast's most disastrous floods in history are now coming in, revealing a mounting toll of death and destruction. Already 25 people have lost their lives and more…

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Deathroll in Floods Reaches 25

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2

Twenty-five people are known to be deed, and 11 others care missing, believed drowned, in the most disastrous North Coast floods in living memory…

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Deatharoll in cyclone up to 26

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 7

The deathroll in the New South Wales cyclone yesterday rose to 26. Those drowned in…

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"Herald" Appeal To Aid Flood Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

"The Sydney Morning Herald" to-day launches a public appeal for funds to aid the victims of the floods. Already it is known that at least 22…

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Detailed Reports From Flooded North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

This was the position of main centres in the flood area last night. CASINO.— Seven houses washed away…

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Flood Toll 22 Dead Three Missing Epidemic Report From Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

Twenty-two people are dead and three are missing, believed drowned, in the New South Wales North Coast floods. Dysentery has broken out in Casino, a radio…

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Flood Control Work Lags On North Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 2

Floodwaters rushing down the short, steep coastal rivers of New South Wales have taken a disastrous toll of life and property; yet statistics show that none of this century's floods, including those of the last few days, has been as…

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Police List Brownings In Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

Sydney police last night issued the following list of 20 persons who have been drowned in the N.S.W…

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House Flooded In Non-flood Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

WINGHAM, Monday.— The home of Mr. S. J. Burke, storekeeper, at Mt. George, was flooded yesterday,…

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