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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 106

Storms in afternoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney's present fine weather should hold until tomorrow except for local thunderstorms late…

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Storms in afternoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney's present fine weather should hold unti tomorrow except for local thunderstorms late…

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Storms in afternoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney's present fine weather should hold until tomorrow except ford d local thunderstorms late…

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Storms in afternoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney's present fine weather should hold until tomorrow except for local thunderstorms late…

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storms in afternoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney's weather will be warm and humid today, says the Weather Bureau…

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Storms in afternoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Sydney's present fine weather should hold until tomorrow except for local thunderstorms late…

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Gale Capsizes Yacht On Nightmare Trip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Five young New Zealanders arrived in Sydney yesterday in a disabled 33ft cutter after a nightmare journey of 24 days from Auckland. A mountains wave…

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Bucket saved 5 lives in storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Five New Zealanders who reached Sydney yesterday Rafter a terrifying…

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Bucket saved 5 lives in storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Five New Zealanders who reached Sydney yesterday after a terrifying…

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Bucket saved 5 lives in storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Five New Zealanders who reached Sydney yesterday after a terrifying…

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Floods Cut Off Town Heavy Rain In Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. —Proserpine, in North Queensland, is isolated by floodwalers to-night…

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Missing Cutters Safe After Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 7

SUVA, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Five Fijian cutters which were reported missing from Yasawa islands on…

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Floods Hold Up Trains

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Fri. -- Torrential rain has flooded large areas of Northern Queensland…

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Storms in Tasman Battering For Old Ketch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 15

AUCKLAND, Friday (A.A.P.—Reuter).—The 34foot cruising ketch Seaward sailed into Auckland…

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Get your Ark readyor dig a well Australian weather statistics suggest our climate is heading for either a big drought or a deluge

The World's News · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 15

WHAT is ahead for Australia in the next few years—drought or a flood? Australians, always ready to take…

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Dived to Lash Ship in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 10

AUCKLAND, Sun. --The chief officer of the explosive ship Piri repeatedly dived overboard in the Tasman Sea to lash the loose propeller…

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2,500 Miles Cyclist Faces Flood Hazard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 4

DARWIN, Wednesday.— A 34-year-old miner is attempting to ride over this year's Redex Trial route…

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Scores dead in European gales

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Fri. (A.P., B.U.P., Extel). -- Gales and blizzards which lashed Europe for three days have killed scores of people, crippled seaports and paralysed road, rail and air…

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Scores Killed in Three Days European Gale

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 17

LONDON, Fri. (A.P., B.U.P., Extel). -- Gales and blizzards which lashed Europe for three days have killed scores of people, crippled seaports and paralysed road, rail and air…

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Scores Killed in Three Days European Gale

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 17

LONDON, Fri. (A.P., B.U.P., Extel). -- Gales and blizzards which lashed Europe for three days have killed scores of people, crippled seaports and paralysed road, rail and air…

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