Flood Follows 'Quakes Position In Japan
Tokio, July 2.—Floods now threaten Fukui City already stricken by earthquake and fire. The waters of the Ketzuryo River spilled over their…
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Floods & storms, 1948
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 10
Storm on S.a. Coast
Adelaide.—Winds of gale force are sweeping the South Australian coast as far west as the head of the Bight, with winds veering…
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Tokio, July 26—While working parties were still clearing up damage done the recent earthquake, the Fukul prefecture of Japan was inundated by…
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Tokio (AAP-Reuter), July 26.—It is estimated that 30,000 people have been driven from temporary homes erected in Fukul city after the recent…
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Tokio, July 26.—More than 60 drowned bodies of small girls and boys were found in the backwash of the floods in Toyama Prefecture…
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'Perth.—After a night of torrential rain totalling more than 2 1/2in. in Perth, the metropolitan area was severely bnffeted by…
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London, August 1. — Although London's weather continued to be fine fierce electrical storms lashed Northern England, unroofing many Manchester houses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Damages Japanese City
Tokyo (A.A.P.-Reuters), August 3.—A freak cyclone struck Kawasaki city, near Tokyo, at noon yesterday. Three people were killed and 36 were injured. Forty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss of Life in British Gale
London, August 8.—After today's 70 miles an hour gale had blown down a notice warning bathers not to use a section of the beach at Sandown (Isle of Wight), Dr. Ken Mackie saw his 12-year-old son…
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London, August 16.— Army reconnaissance teams in the floodstricken Scottish border…
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Berlin, August 22.—A labor force of more than 12,000 has been rushed to the Spreewald region of the Soviet, zone in Germany, to combat…
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ROUGH SEAS washed away tens of sand from the retaining wall near the storm channel outlet at Henley Beach, Adelaide, durlng the week-end. Council workmen are now refilling the gaps…
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The marriage was solemnised at St Peter's Church of England. Broken Hill, at 5 p.m. last Saturday, of Iris Florence, second daughter of Mr. and…
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Berlin, August 27. — Protected by 150 policemen thousands of anti-Communist Berliners yesterday streamed into the "Republic Square" in the British sector of the city in response to a call by three pro-western parties for a counter…
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New York, August 30.—An air, liner with 36 passengers aboard crashed near Minona (Minnesota) last night. It is believed that the plane ran into a violent storm that ripped through south-eastern Minnesota, uprooting trees and causing…
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Sydney.—A severe storm lashed parts of thc metropolis last night after Sydney had had its warmest day in four months…
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New York, August 31.—The battleship Missouri and the aircraft carriers Minforo and Sicily, two cruisers and hundreds of military and naval planes, fled…
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Manila, September 2.—[?]ave fear is felt for the safety of inhabitants of Cami[?]io Island, one of the smaller islands of the Philippines group, since the 5,620…
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Canberra.—Speaking on the Address-In-Reply debate in the Federal Parliament last night, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said he did not believe the Russians wanted war, but if war occurred no force in Europe could prevent three or four million Soviet troops flooding across the Continent…
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Melbourne.—Heavy seas, driven by winds of 40 to 60 miles an hour, are buffeting shipping in the Great Australian Bight and Bass Strait…
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