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Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 106

Union Test Side Trains in Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Thursday. — The Australian Rugby Union team trained in heavy rain at the Brisbane Grammar School oval to-day. Prop forward Col…

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Yenda Improvements Will Stop Flooding

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 33

GRIFFITH.—A new scheme launched by the Irrigation Commission will alleviate the poor drainage in the Yenda district of the M.I.A., which has caused extensive…

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Fodder Shortage In Time Of Flood Could Be Avoided

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 34

Fodder shortage caused through North Coast flooding could be avoided by. the building up of storage at factories, Mr. A. C. Small, deputy chief, dairying division,…

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Cyclone Off North Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 3

The Weather Bureau last night warned of a cyclone 150 miles east-north-east of Sydney. A Bureau official…

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Cyclone off South Coast

The Sun · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 2

A cyclone, at present 150 miles off Port Kembla, is expected to bring rough seas and…

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Doubt Over S.C.G. CONDITION Heavy Rain Is Forecast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 15

Unless steady rain falls, the field at Sydney Cricket Ground for the England v N.S.W. Rugby League match this afternoon,…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, June 5, 1954 Storms in an Atlantic Partnership

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 2

Sir Winston Churchill told the House of Commons this week that Anglo-American differences of opinion…

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Sydney Shivers In Icy Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

Sydney shivered yesterday when gale force winds swept the southern half of the N.S.W. coast and tablelands. One icy westerly gust…

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Snow and Gales Grim test in Redex

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 4

Competitors in the Redex 2500 miles motor cycle reliability trial are expected to meet snowfalls and gale- force winds as they cross the 3000 ft…

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Ten Dead in Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

LONDON, June 6 (A.A.P.). —Ten people have been reported dead in floods which swept North Yugoslavia and…

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Icy wind gusts rake three states Flood Grips Hobart

The Sun · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

Hobart streets are awash and the city has been marooned by disastrous floods after a cyclone that has brought…

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Floods Ravage Hobart

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 2

Swirling floodwaters tear up sections of a road in Hobart. The floods are the worst Hobart has…

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Floods Hit Hobart £100,000 Damage in City Shops

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 6

HOBART, Mon. --Hobart is experiencing its worts floods for 30 years after nearly eight inches of rain fell in 52 hours. A record 580 points fell…

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Storms and Floods Batter Tas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

HOBART, Monday. — Widespread storms and floods are continuing to batter the eastern coast of Tasmania, isolating towns, gouging out roads, and disrupting…

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More Snow, Winds, Rain Threat from new cyclone

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 11

A cyclone centre developing off Australia s south-east coast is likely to bring more bitter winds, snow and rain. This cyclone, which…

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More Icy Winds and Snow Likely New cyclone threat from Tasman

The Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 11

A new cyclone building up in the Tasman will bring more bitter weather, with lashing winds, snow and rain, to eastern Australia, says the…

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Floods in Hobart Suburb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

Water was still rising when this picture was taken in a Hobart suburb yesterday. Residents in the hotel were marooned for two days on the first floor of the building. The car was one of hundreds trapped by rising floodwaters…

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Red Cross Aid For Flood Victims

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 14

The Japanese Red Cross Society has expressed sincere thanks for material and moral relief sent to victims…

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Red Cross Aid for Japanese Flood Victims

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 7

The Japanese Red Cross Society has expressed sincere thanks for material and moral relief sent to victims of the recent floods in…

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Indians Are Flooding Fiji

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 18

SUVA, (B.U.P.).--Latest, population figures show that the Indian racial group is still making the…

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