Floods In English Counties Bad In Derbyshire
London, Jan. 14.—The floods in Derbyshire, the worst in 70 years, and in Yorkshire, Mid-Wales and Hertfordhire yesterday stopped trains, inundated…
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Floods & storms, 1948
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 10
Cricket Ground Flooded To Depth of Six Feet
London, January 15.—Flood water from the River Severn covered Worcester County Cricket Ground to a depth of six feet last night. It is on this…
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Melbourne. January 19.—With her hull damaged in five places and her crew under an official ban of silence. LST 3501 arrived in Melbourne…
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Paris. January 29.—More than 50,000 people were made temporarily homeless in Eastern France by the worst floods since 1778. The rivers Meurthe…
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PARIS. January 20. — The worst floods since 1778 have driven more than 50,000 people from their homes in eastern France…
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New York, January 25—A blizzard-like storm swept the eastern coast of the United States today, causing all aircraft flights in and out of New York to be cancelled, and long delays in train services. Winds up to fifty m.p.h. accompanied by…
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BRISBANE. — An abnormally high tide caused the worst flooding for 40 years at Sandgate and other coastal centres yesterday…
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SYDNEY.—A special weather forecast giving a gale warning to competitors in the Auckland-Sydney yacht race was issued by the…
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A big new food prevention scheme which [?] hoped will pr[?] the fertile agricultural area of Eastern England known as the Fens has been initiated…
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SYDNEY. — "Where is the sunshine," and "Where are the girls?" were among the first greetings shouted from the decks of ships…
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Sydney, January 30.—Winds reaching 110 miles per hour have been sweeping Lord Howe Island, 400 miles off the N.S.W. coast, in one of the wildest…
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Paris, February 2.—A cyclone which has been racing on Reunion Island since Tuesday last has caused a hundred dears and several hundred…
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MELBOURNE.-In a wind of 100 miles an hour an express train was delayed, telephone lines were broken, and one house was cut in half. A cyclone which swept through…
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NEW YORK, February 3 —Trans-Atlantic liners arid freighters Were far behind schedule today, as one of the worst winter storms in the North Atlantic for years covered the entire shipping route from…
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For the last week till Tuesday the weather in Wilcannia and District had been hot, and later, owing to a sharp rise in humidity, stated as about 88 per…
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High temperatures experienced for the past fortnight continued during this week, when the reading has been in the vicinity of 108 A te[?]fic thunderstorm passed over the town on Tuesday afternoon causing widespread damage of a minor nature. Many…
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NEW YORK, February. 5. —New storms yesterday swept the Atlantic c[?]st from' Washington to New England, upsetting transport…
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Sydney, February 8.—The New Zealand yacht, Drifter, craved the finishing line in the Tasman Yacht Race at 11.15 o'clock this morning. The Drifter had…
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London, Feb. 9—The recent cyclone in the Indian Ocean obliterated Fou Island and for a time submerged. Avocaire Island, drowning two men and carrying…
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