Monks, Families Drowned in Floods
KALIMPONG (West Bengal), Wed.: More than 100 Tibetan monks, their wives and children have been drowned in floods…
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Obit.—flood
The death occurred at his home in the Willanthery district on Saturday night of Mr. James Flood at the age of 61 years. The…
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PARIS, Fri.: Christian Dior has confirmed the âlong torso lookâ as the leading silhouette in womenâs fashionsâand has touched…
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WASHINGTON, Fri.: President Eisenhower has offered to send American food to victims of the Danube River floods in…
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TEHERAN, Sun.: Floods have killed 150 people and wiped out 15 villages in the Ghazvin area, 60 miles northwest…
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TEHERAN, Mon.: A total of 180 people are known to be dead while thousands are homeless in floods in the…
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PATNA (India), Mon.: About 50,000 people are reported homeless in floods in the Sadar area, near Motihari, Northern Bihar…
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LONDON, Tues.: Thousands of people have been left homeless by floods which have covered vast areas of Pakistan, East Pakistan and north-west India. Tug-of-war for…
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PERTH, Tues, : Flood and drought have killed thousands of barramundi in West Kimberley rivers in the last few months…
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CALCUTTA, Wed.: Tibetan monks, carrying sacred images and temple treasures, fled from the Kun-Hlyab Monastery as floodwaters swept into Shigatse, in South-East Tibet, according to reports reaching here today…
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LONDON, Sun.: Planes are dropping materials to Chinese soldiers and civilians fighting the floods caused by the overflowing of the…
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LONDON. Wed, : One hundred thousand men, fighting to keep the swollen Yangtse River from bursting into a raging torrent that…
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LONDON, Thurs.: Floods arc ravaging great areas in China and Bengal. CHINA : One of the great rivers…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: While one of the worst droughts on record is threatening the wheat crop in northern N.S.W. floods have devastated areas in the north-western section of the State. At Tamworth, many…
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The Hay Municipal Council has received another claim for payment for work done on the flood banks…
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KATMANDU, Mon.; Deaths in the Nepal monsoon floodsâthe worst ever recordedârose to nearly 1000 last night. Reports from Golka, a…
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PATNA (India), Thus.: An Indian member of Parliament, Mr. Awdeshwar Prasad Singh, who has just…
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Murray River flooding could be controlled if linked with the Snowy scheme, Mr L 6. Roth, of Tumbarumba, declared yesterdayâs annual meeting in Albury of No. 1 Region of Murray Valley Development League…
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CANBERRA, Fri.: The Australian Government has decided to contribute £5000 to a fund opened by the Indian Prime…
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DACCA, Sun.: More than 50 people were reported drowned yesterday when four river boats capsized in the…
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