Gale Disorganises Shipping
MELBOURNE, Monday.— Mountainous seas, whipped by an icy gale reaching 70 m.p.h. force, have completely…
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Floods & storms, 1948
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Gale Disorganises Shipping 18 Vessels Shelter Off Victorian Coast
Mountainous seas, whipped up by an icy gale reaching 70 m.p.h. force, have completely disorganised shipping off the…
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NEW YORK, May 31.—Floods devastating vast sections of the north-western Pacific areas of the United States and British…
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HOBART, Monday.—Floods in the Derwent Valley last week caused damage estimated at £20,000 to £30,000 to hop fields, roads,…
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Floods are devastating vast sections of the north-west Pacific areas of the United States and British Columbia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's World News. Heavy Death Roll in Oregon Floods. Town of 18,000 People Submerged. Portland (Oregon)
Unofficial estimates of the death roll at Vanport City, which was wiped out on Sunday by flood waters or the Columbia River, are as high as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Global News Holy City Being Destroyed Oregon Flood Disaster: 300 Bodies Reported Shannon Rehabilitates Himself In Grand Success LONDON
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Hugh Dalton) has returned to the Cabinet as Chancellor of the…
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Flooded Columbia River wiped out Vanport City; a town of 18,700 people, in Oregon. It was a wartime "mushroom" town of wooden buildings. It…
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PORTLAND (Oregon), June 2. Semi-official estimates of the flood damage In Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British…
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Semi official estimates of flood damage in Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia set the figur at about £23.500,000 Australian, with 26 known dead and 90.000 homeless…
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Floods devastating vast sections of the north-western Pacific areas of the United States and British Columbia have surrounded the low lying area of Van[?] City in…
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ANKARA, June 6.—Sixty-seven persons have been drowned and 200. homes have been destroyed in floods in Northern Turkey…
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Weary boat crews are probing wreckage in the township of Vanport (Oregon) in the hope of finding more bodies before a…
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NEW YORK, June 8.—“Rocky” Graziano was favoured at 11 to 5 on to retain the middleweight title against Tony Zale…
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Mr. Hunter moved and Mr. D. Horn, seconded that a letter be forwarded the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission protesting against the proposed cutting of a…
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For the past week the weather has been unsettled, but the heaviest rain of this period was recorded last night. Showers fell at short…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Torrential rain, accompanied by a 60 m.p.h. gale, lashed the Queensland coast from Bundaberg South…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Vast areas of north-west and west of N.S.W. are bogged as a result of torrential rains over the northern half of the…
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N.S.W. FORECAST: More heavy rain and South-east gales on the north coast and Hastings river areas, but conditions slowly…
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Flood waters 20 feet deep swirled Lismore this morning carrying with it trees and other debris. Flood boats manned by…
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