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Floods & storms, 1954

2,104 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 106

Panic Rush to Escape Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

Panic-stricken people are fleeing from Grafton as flood- waters from the Clarence River roll towards them on a mile-long…

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Panic Rush to Escape Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

Panic-stricken people are fleeing from Grafton as flood- waters from the Clarence River roll towards them on a mile-long…

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North Coast families quit homes Floods Cause Panic River peril at Grafton

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

Panic-stricken people are fleeing from Grafton as floodwaters from the Clarence River roll towards them on a mile-long front. Swirling waters are pouring through…

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U.s. and Red Troops Fight Flood Peril

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 4

VIENNA, Wed. (B.U.P., A.P.).--Inside the Soviet territory at a village near Vienna, Russian and U.S. troops are working frantically side-by-side sandbagging a dam in danger of…

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Panic flight from floods Grafton Families Leaving

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 3

With floodwaters from the Clarence River rolling towards the town on a mile-wide front, panic-stricken people fled from Grafton…

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Panic flight from floods Grafton Families Leaving

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 3

With floodwaiers from the Clarence River rolling towards the town on a mile-wide front, panic stricken people fled from Grafton…

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Panic flight from floods Grafton Families Leaving

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 3

With flood waters from the Clarence River rolling towards the town on a mile-wide front, panic stricken people fled from Grafton…

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Pacific Highway Under Water As Northern Rivers Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

The Pacific Highway at Repton, 14 miles south of Coff's Harbou r, was completely submerged by floodwaters from the Bellinger River yesterday afternoon. At 9 p.m. last night water was 3ft 6in deep in some houses in the town. The floods, which are now receding, have caused nearly £2 million worth of damage to farms and crops on the North Coast…

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Floods Ruin North Coast Crops Danger To Towns Passes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

Police in North Coast towns estimated early to-day that flood damage in lower Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence River districts would total almost £2 million…

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Bundaberg Swept by Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. —Two hundred people fied their homes in Bundaberg by to-night as the city…

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Repton Bakery Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

Foodstuffs and stores are hastily removed from the Repton bakery as water from the flooded Bellinger River rose steadily in the premises…

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Danube Flood's New Threat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON, July 14 (A.A.P.).—The flooding Danube defied efforts to control it to-day and…

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How Floods Began: Case History Of Twin Cyclones By a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 2

ACCORDING to a Weather Bureau forecast, by the time this appears in print the…

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Editorial Floods Keep on Asking for an Answer

The Sun · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 4

Once again floodwaters have brought misery and disaster to the North Coast-- and once again the lesson of the floods should be apparent to the whole community. Floods come with depressing…

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Flood wall breach in river Reclaimed Areas Now Under Water

The Sun · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 7

Floodwaters from the Clarence have breached the Great Marlowe flood-break wall south of Grafton, causing flooding more disastrous than…

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World-wide cable news services U.S., Reds combine in flood fight

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 6

VIENNA, Wed. -- American and Russian troops are working side by side fighting floods in Austria…

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Rivers Flood Rich N. Coast Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 2

Swollen rivers in north-eastern New South Wales have flooded many thousands of acres and swept through about 150 homes…

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Floods Hit Supplies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 3

Cyclones and floods on the North Coast have drastically cut down supplies of food at…

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Flood Danger Now Passed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 5

The danger of serious flooding in North-eastern New South Wales has now passed. Today, the rivers at Grafton, Lismore…

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Floods Hit Supplies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 3

Cyclones and floods on the North Coast have drastically cut down supplies of food at…

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