Flood Danger In Gippsland
Melbourne, March 5.—Gippsland may face food dangers if the heavy rains continue in eastern Victoria. Rivers are already rising…
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Floods & storms, 1947
202 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 11
Danger Of Floods In England Thaw And Rainfall
London, March 10.—The thaw with heavy rainfall is spreading over Southern England, says the Air Ministry. There is grave danger of floods…
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LONDON, March 14. — Three babies, one woman and two men were drowned in floods in various parts of England today…
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LONDON, March 16.—Fierce gales, with gusts in some places reaching 80 miles an hour, raged across Southern England last night. Widespread damage was done adding to the ruin and sufferings caused by the…
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London, March 6.—At least two persons have lost their lives and a great amount of damage has been caused as a result of floods following the break of the thaw throughout the country…
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London, March 17.—While a gord part of Britain is still under snow or water, a strong gale hit Southern England last night, proving that blizzards and floods had not exhausted the weather's capacity for inflicting damage…
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London, March 17.—Three more deaths making six were reported in the hurricane. A falling brack wall at Tunton buried and killed a girl aged 10. A…
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LONDON, March 17.—The death roll in the hurricane which swept Britain yesterday and today is now 15, comprising six men, eight women and a 10 year-old girl…
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Berlin, March 18.—Six German civilians were killed and twelve others injured in Berlin and Hamburg yesterday when the walls of bomb damaged buildings collapsed…
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Perth, March 18.—A cyclone is moving in the direction of the northern coastal towns. Freshening winds indicated its existence and the…
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London, March 18.—The deathroll, as a result of the floods which followed the thaw now totals fifteen, including six men, eight women and a…
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LONDON, March 18.—Floods have extended to at least 30 of the English counties and many rivers are still rising, thus threatening a furtner spread of water…
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London, March 19.—Floods have extended to at feast 30 or 40 English counties. Many rivers are still rising, threatening a further spread of water. Floodwaters of the River Trent have almost isolated Nottingham from the south. The outlook…
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LONDON.—The flood, situation [?] was more critical tonight Water contined to surge throught [?] in river banis…
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London, March 20.—The flood situation in Britain was more critical last night as water continued to surge through breaches in river banks, rushing into more towns and villages and swamping new acres of open country. A ten-foot wave…
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LONDON, March 20.—There was a glimmer of hope in the flooded Fenland of England tonight when a slight drop in river levels was reported. The Trent has also begun to fall at Nottingham,…
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London, March 21.—The floods were still winning in the Fen district lost night despite a daylong battle by over 1,000 troops and prisoners of war, while Army lorries brought up material to stop the breaches in the river banks. Families made a…
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LONDON, March 21.— The bells of the centuries old ruined abbey at Crowland. Lincolnshire, rang out today when…
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LONDON, March 23.—The flood clanger over the Fenlands as a whole appeared to ba abating tonight. Fifteen Neptune tanks, each costing £12,000, were today sunk in a semi-circle round a gap in the Ouse River,…
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Warsaw, March 24.—The Vistula broke its banks and flooded forty villages to the north-west of Warsaw, forcing 8.000 peasants to take to roofs. Scores are…
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