Floods make 11,000 homeless
NEW ORLEANS, Sun.: The crest of the biggest flood in 100 years in south-west Louisiana rose steadily at Lake Charles yesterday,…
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Storm violence in Britain
LONDON, Tues.: The worst thunderstorm for 33 years ravaged the Scottish highlands early yesterday and then swept…
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LONDON, Sun.: Hundreds of thousands of people flooded into London today to see the Coronation sights and perhaps catch a glimpse of the young woman who is to be crowned…
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TOKIO, Sun.: Fourteen people have been killed and 25 injured in torrential rain storms which have been sweeping western…
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NEW DELHI, Sun.: The court of inquiry into the Comet crash near Calcutta in May, when all 41 passengers and crew were…
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An echo of the widespread floods in the Murrumbidgee Valley last June, was the announcement over the National…
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Stormy conditions hovered over most of the border district yesterday afternoon and last night. Hail was reported from…
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LONDON, Fri. : Two Labor politicians, Mr. Sydney Silverman and Mr. George Rogers, may precipitate the biggest political and legal controversy in history next week when they revive…
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LONDON, Sun. : Violent storms in North Wales, the English Mid' lends. Scotland and the Lakesland district broke the heat wave,…
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TOKIO, Sun.: The worst floods in Japan’s history left a whole city of more than 120,00 under water today and the death toil on the island of Kyushu reached at least 265…
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TOKIO, Tues: A 120 mile an hour typhoon today was moving toward Kyushu, Japan’s flood-stricken southern island…
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From Wodonga to Ruthertglen blinding rain fell yesterday morning and the roadway was slippery for motorists. Yarrawonga also…
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SEOUL, Tues.: Torrential rains today were reported to be playing havoc with both United Nations and Communist supply lines in warravaged Korea. Floodwaters today threatened American air bases in southern Korea,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury City Council Works Committee Recommendations P.O. clock not to be floodlit
Albury City Council will take no further action towards flood lighting the post office clock, it was decided last night on the…
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SEOUL, Thurs.: The South Korean a Government reports that 49 persons had been drowned in floods in South Korea during the…
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PERTH, Tues.: Blustering westerly gales which reached a velocity of 78 mph on the sea front today caused widespread [?]isruption…
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TOKIO, Sun.: More than 6000 Japanese were reported dead or missing today in sudden violent floods that swallowed whole villages about 200 miles south-west of Tokio…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Round-up of Australian and World Sporting Items Gale Queen may make amends at Albury to-morrow
Benalla-trained Gale Queen may make amends for her narrow defeat at Wagga lost week by winning the July Handicap at Albury tomorrow. Palatina, who beat Gale…
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TOKIO, Tues.: With 70,000 already homeless, in the swirling floodwaters on Japan’s main island of Honshu, the flood havoc now…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — The 1300-ton freighter Noora called at Portland today to refuel after battling against gales in Bass Strait…
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