Tidal Floods in England
London, Friday: A 40ft. spring tide burst over the temporary seawall at Lynmouth, south-east England,…
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Floods & storms, 1953
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Wild Storm
Longreach: Gale force winds lifted roofs, smashed trees,and brought down telephone lines at Longreach…
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The dust storm which swept Broken Hill today was described by some residents as a real "old-timer" — the worst since 1944. lt could be placed in the same category as the famous "Black Thursday" of December 15, 1907, although today's…
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Broken Hill yesterday experienced its worst dust storm since January 30, 1945, the day on which there was a complete…
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Was if caused by the explosion of the secret atomic weapon at Woomera recently or was it a freak of nature? Those are the questions which have been foremost in Broken Hill residents' minds since the most spectacular dust storm in the City's…
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Melbourne: Torrential rain early today flooded practically every low-lying street in the metropolitan area…
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"Argument": There have been many famous dust storms in Broken Hill's history. One on Wednesday,…
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A collision occurred between two vehicles, on the Tibooburra road. 14 miles from Broken Hill, during…
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London: 500 gallons of honey from the Country Women's Association of Queensland is expected in…
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Brisbane: Thunderstorms yesterday drenched parts of South Queensland with up to 5in. of rain…
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A reader rang last night to inquire the date of the freak storm which struck the city about this time last…
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THIS STEEL RAILWAY BRIDGE was wrecked and washed away by floodwaters at Oliveto during floods in Italy last week…
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Adelaide: A severe etectrical storm, which broke over the metropolitan area about 1 a.m. today,…
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Telephone and telegraph communications between Broken Hill and Sydney and Adelaide were…
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Three points of rain were registered as a result of an electrical storm which passed over Broken Hill last night…
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Melbourne: One hundred people in evening dress had to leave a silver wedding anniversary party at Trafalgar…
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Cowra, Nov. 5: A fierce electrical storm caused thousands of pounds worth of damage at Cowra this afternoon. It raged for 20 minutes…
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The storm which swept Broken Hill yesterday afternoon caused some miner damage. Fortunately the blow did not last long…
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A severe dust storm carried by winds averaging up to 40 m.p.h. buffeted the city for 20 minutes yesterday afternoon. The dust…
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New York, Monday: More than 10,000 persons were forced from their homes when gales and 40 ft…
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