Floods in Germany Train Falls in River
GELSENKIRCHEN, Wednesday: Three thousand villagers were rendered homeless when the Emscher River…
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Floods & storms, 1946
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Worst Floods for a Century
LONDON, Friday: The worst floods for 100, years in north west Germany destroyed the entire winter crops in the Minden…
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MELBOURNE: Since 4.30 p.m. yesterday Melbourne has had an average rainfall of about three inches, and with the Flemington…
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MELBOURNE: The heaviest damage from weather suffered in years has been caused in Melbourne by a deluge of rain which has been incessant since cyclonic storms swept the city last night…
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MELBOURNE: As river levels in the Yarra and its tributaries fell to-day, (many families )who were forced to leave their homes for shelter on Sunday night and yesterdayy, returned to their homes…
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MELBOURNE: Despite torrential rain yesterday indications are now that Flemington track on Saturday will be no worse…
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BRISBANE: Great waves of water are continuing to rush down the Burdekin River watershed to its confluence with other rivers, and at Sellheim fears are increasing that the floods, which are already conceded…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Although the flood waters are still menacing Home Hill and Ayr, reports reaching Brisbane suggest that the floods appear to be receding slightly, but it is not clear that both…
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BRISBANE: Until some means of communication is established, it will not be known whether there has been any loss of life at Home Hill, on the banks of the Burdekin River, since it was invaded…
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The floods In north Queens land are now receding. The force of the flood waters was so great at Station Creek bridge on the…
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It is estimated that recent floods in North Queensland caused damage totalling £3,000,00. The loss of stock, fanning [?]and damage…
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MELBOURNE: Rescue boats are operating over a wide area in Western Victoria to-day in an effort to bring to safety hundreds of people still marooned on house-tops by the latest disastrous flood…
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MELBOURNE: While many isolated from house are still surrounded by flood waters, all road and rail traffic is still held up. The majority of towns ravaged by the floods in the western area of the a State…
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MELBOURNE: Some estimates now place the damage caused by the disastrous floods in Western Victoria as high as £2,000,000. A grim panorama of ruin,…
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SYDNEY, Monday: All air services between Melbourne and Brisbane were cancelled early to-day as a result of the cyclonic conditions existing over a wide area…
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SYDNEY: The cyclone which caused serious floods and damage in Queensland, where four people lost their lives is moving out to sea in the direction of Lord Howe Island Apart from the Kempsey area…
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SYDNEY: Flood waters on the North Coast this morning were reported to be receding slowly from all danger points, but thousands of acres of rich farming lands will be under water for days. The damage at Grafton alone is…
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ADELAIDE: Since the recent floods, farmers in the Willochra district, near Port Augusta, report some remarkable wheat…
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SYDNEY: Considerable improvement in the weather in the Brisbane area is reported overnight, and removes the threat of serious floods along the South Queensland coast. The rivers on the north coast of N.S.W. are still…
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SYDNEY: Eight people were hurt when great waves battered the ferries attempting to cross between Manly and Sydney. The two Manly steamers, Barrenjoey and Baragoola, encountered giant seas when crossing at, 8 and…
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