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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 106

Flood threat to city

The Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 17

Engineers worked all last night to save Bagdad and its 500,000 people from raging…

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Flood threat to Bagdad

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

BAGDAD, Monday (B.U.P.).--Bagdad is in danger as the waters of the Tigris River pile up…

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Flood threat to Bagdad

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

BAGDAD, Monday (B.U.P.). --Bagdad is in danger as the waters of the Tigris River pile up…

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Flood threat to Bagdad

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

BAGDAD, Monday (B.U.P.).--Bagdad is in danger as the waters of the Tigris River pile up…

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Storms forecast for Queensland

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- North Queensland coastal districts have been warned that a…

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Manly Rugby Union storm due to break tonight

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 31

Manly Rugby Union club expects the stormiest meeting of its history tomorrow night. The club is in turmoil because of a round robin…

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Manly Rugby Union storm due to break tonight

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 31

Manly Rugby Union club expects the stormiest meeting of its history tomorrow night. The club is in turmoil because of a round robin…

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Manly Rugby Union storm due to break tonight

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 31

Manly Rugby Union club expects the stormiest meeting of its history tomorrow night. The club is in turmoil because of a round robin…

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Tigris Floods Out Half Million People

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

LONDON, March 29 (A.A.P.).—Floodwaters of the Tigris River to-day totally submerged the…

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Floods Cut Off City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

BAGDAD. Tues. (Extel. A.P.).--The rising Tigris River last night completely isolated Bagdad and…

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Herald Magazine Section Midget in the Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 11

ASEA that looked like a racing mountain swept the deck of the tiny freighter clear of all movable objects…

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Stories of ‘China famine’ are lies Big increases in crops; victories over flood and drought

Tribune · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 6

STORIES of “famine” in China apparently come from the special “lie factory” which the Americans have…

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Election Storm Tip

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 16

CANBERRA, Wed. -- The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) tonight forecast a good deal of personal abuse in the May…

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R.S.L. Flood Relief

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

The following additional donations have been received by the Penrith Sub-branch of the R.S.L. toward a fund that is being…

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Forbes Gift For Flood Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 5

The Mayor of Forbes, Mr. M. ("Babe") Gunn, yesterday presented a cheque for £1,000 to "The…

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Flood Relief Gift By Orchestra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 5

The leader of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Ernest Llewellyn, yesterday gave a cheque for £628 to…

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Flood Victims

The Sun · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.--The British Government is providing 1000 tents for those who lost their homes…

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Orchestra Aids Flood Victims

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 27

Ernest Llewellyn, concert-master of Sydney Symphony Orchestra, yesterday handed a cheque…

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Orchestra Aids Flood Victims

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 27

Ernest Llewellyn, concert-master of Sydney Symphony Orchestra, yesterday handed a cheque…

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Orchestre Aids Flood Victims

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 27

Ernest Llewellyn, concert-master of Sydney Symphony Orchestra, yesterday handed a cheque…

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