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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 106

News in Brief Lightning kills 10 in Malaya storms

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

SINGAPORE, Wed.--Ten people have been killed and 19 injured by lightning in the past few days in the Kota Bahru district of Kelantan State. Two women, two girls…

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News in Brief Lightning kills 10 in Malaya storms

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

SINGAPORE, Wed.--Ten people have been killed and 19 injured by lightning in the post few days in the Kota Bahru district of Kelantan State. Two women, two girls…

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News in Brief Lightning kills 10 in Malaya storms

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

SINGAPORE, Wed.--Ten people have been killed and 19 injured by lightning in the past few days in the Kota Bahru district of Kelantan State. Two women, two girls…

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News in Brief Lightning kills 10 in Malaya storms

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

SINGAPORE, Wed.--Ten people have been killed and 19 injured by lightning, in the past few days in the Kota Bahru district of Kelantan State. Two women, two girls…

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Bid to Cross Flooded River

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed.--Racing motorist Peter Antill will try to cross the flooded Fitzroy River with his Redex trial survey car…

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Effect of Floods on Cane Crops

The Land · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 60

MOST plant cane on the Tweed was killed by the February flood. Some ratoons also suffered badly…

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Flood Aftermath

The Land · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 38

Many farmers on the [?]wer Tweed have been so adly affected by stock [?]sses and pasture damage,…

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"Unsinkable" Yacht Breaks Up in Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 14 (A.A.P.).—The "unsinkable" twin-hulled yacht Venturi sank off the Bahamas yesterday, but her millionaire owner and designer, Gar Wood, and his eight…

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Flood Fund Gift by A.j.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 17

A special race meeting held at Randwick in March had raised £19,880/4/3 for the New South Wales…

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A.j.c. Flood Cheque

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 4

The chairman of the Australian Jockey Club, Mr. A. G. Potter (left) presenting a cheque for —40,000 to the Lord Mayor, Alderman P. D. Hills, yesterday for the Lord Major's Flood Relief Fund. A special…

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Gale Drives Ship Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 May 1954 · page 7

NEW YORK, Sat.--A gale drove the Honduran freighter Omar Babun aground on the North…

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League Under Floodlights

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 16 May 1954 · page 36

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — South Sydney winger Iran Moir scored five tries in a Rugby…

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Robbs Indust Flood Losses

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 22

Results of Robbs Industries Ltd., Lismore, this financial year will be substantially less than in previous…

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Robbs Indust. Flood Losses

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 22

Results of Robbs Industries Ltd., Lismore, this financial year will be substantially less than In previous…

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Robbs Indust. Flood Losses

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 23

Results of Robbs Industries Ltd., Lisniore, this financial year will be substantially less thain in previous…

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Robbs Indust. Flood Losses

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 23

Results of Robbs Industries Ltd., Lismore, this financial year will be substantially less than In previous…

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Robbs Indust Flood Losses

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 22

Results of Robbs Industries Ltd Lismore, this financial year will be substantially less than in previous…

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Flood Fund Total Now £83,246

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 15

Donations to the N.S.W. Flood Victims' Relief Fund yesterday totalled £83,246/16/2…

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Heavy Floods In Auckland District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Heavy floods have followed three days of continuous…

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Brothers Feared Drowned Devastating NZ floods

The Sun · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 17

WELLINGTON (NZ), Thursday.--Two brothers are believed to have drowned in floodwaters at Mangaiti, about 100 miles south of Auckland…

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