Heavy Casualties In Indian Floods
Colombo, August 18. — Between 15,000 and 20,000 persons have been evacuated from flood areas in Colombo. The river Kelani burst its banks above…
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Floods & storms, 1947
202 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 11
Irrawaddy in Flood
Rangoon, August 18.—Floodwaters in the Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers in Burma are believed to be the highest for 150 years…
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SYDNEY.—Large numbers of English cars would probably be available in Australia after next Easter, Mr. R. C. Neave, managing…
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RANGOON, August 18.—Floodwaters in the Irrawaddy and Chindwin Rivers in Burma are believed to be the highest for 150…
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MELBOURNE.—Floods threaten all lowlands in north- east Victoria. Families are preparing to…
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Melbourne, August 21—Residents of North Wangaratta have packed their valuables and are ready to evacuate their homes if the Ovens and King rivers…
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Colombo, August 22—Incomplete reports Mate that 128 persons were drowned in Hood waters when the River Kelant burst its banks recently…
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Melbourne, August 26.—The danger of flooding in Victoria is believed to have passed. The only rivers which rose substantially yesterday are still well…
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ADELAIDE.—Breaks in the banks of Winter Lake, an artificial lake three miles north of Bordertown, has further flooded about 800 acres of country, but has relieved the pressure on Tatiara Creek, which runs…
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ADELAIDE.—Port Pirie, where roofs were ripped from homes, chimneys crashed into rooms light…
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Tokio, September 17.—Two million homes were inundated and 75 square miles flooded in Tokio and the outlying areas by a recent typhoon. The flood…
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Tokio, September 18—Swirling floodwaters began entering the outskirts of Tokio today in the wake of Monday's disastrous typhoon which left an unofficial total of 4,500 dead and missing behind it. The floodwaters, fed by three rivers…
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Tokio, September 19 (AAP Reuter)—Revised casualty lists show that 1,140 were killed, 240 injured and 2,184 are missing as a result of the terrific typhoon in the Tokio area on Monday. It was one of the most appalling disasters in the…
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New York, September 21.—The hurriCane that swept through Southern Florida and the Gulf Coast towards Arkansas was reported by the Weather…
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BRISBANE.—In a rough match under floodlights last night the Brisbane Rugby League team outclassed the Sydney…
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New Delhi, September 30.—The West Punjab Government, fearing that even a natural disaster such as the drowning yesterday of a thousand Moslem refugees in a camp which was overwhelmed by the flood waters of river beds would be…
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Several heavy, but short-lived showers of rain, including a brief hailstorm, fell last night. There was a slight registration. Late last night,…
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Melbourne, October 3.—Nothing definite can be done to ease the Victorian political crisis until next Tuesday-the date to which the Legislative Council was adjourned-but action by angry unpaid public servants may force the issue. Railwaymen will hold a mass meeting on…
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A TERRIFIC hailstorm thrashed Pimpara Lake Station yesterday, when hail a foot deep in patches covered the…
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RENMARK—A fierce electrical storm plunged Renmark into darkness on Tuesday night. Several palm trees were struck…
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