Village Submerged in Nile Flood
KHARTOUM, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—The Blue Nile after rising to a height of 54.6 feet, submerged the village of Gerief, four miles cast of Khartoum,…
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Floods & storms, 1946
315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 16
Floods Wash Away Crops in England
LONDON, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—The river Rother, near Mayfield (Sueadjacent fields to a depth of four sex) overflowed its banks and flooded…
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SYDNEY. — Phenomenal snowfalls in the Southern Alps, with drifts 80 feet deep, are expected to cause severe floods in the…
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CAIRO, Aug. 25. A.A.P.—The Nile continues to rise, causing record floods. About 1200 houses were washed away or damaged during the…
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KHARTOUM, August 27 A.A.P.—The Sudan Government has opened credits for the relief of thousands of flood victims in the Blue Nile Valley…
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PARIS, Aug. 29. A.A.P.—Australia's Minister in Paris (Mr. Hodgson) stormed at the Soviet delegate, M. Vyshinsky, at a meeting of the Italian Commission of the Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Summer Storms Seem Wild Enough To Sink England Under North Sea Gordon Gilmour's London Diary
LONDON, Wednesday: There were times during the past week when England seemed in danger of being torn from her moorings and sunk somewhere in the North Sea. The last rose of summer never had a chance to bloom in a week of the most violent…
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LONDON, September 3. A.A.P.— French and American aircraft are conducting a dramatic search for survivors of the weeked American…
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LONDON, Sept. 5.—There thousand square miles of Britain—mostly grainlands—are under water after yet another day and night of…
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LONDON, Sunday: While prayers for better weather to save harvests were being offered throughout Britain yesterday torrential rain fell, destroying the last hopes of saving many thousands of acres of crops…
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LONDON, Sept. 9. A.A.P.—Bombay, which has been deluged by a series of cloudbursts, is quiet after a week's communal rioting, reports a…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday—Robert Stephen, of Nelson's Bay, and William Roberts, of Newcastle, were in the crew of a small ketch which…
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After being swept by cyclonic winds and buffeted by mountainous seas for almost 24 hours, a ketch which left Nelson's Bay on Tuesday of last week returned safely to port late on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Profitable Harvest Without Work Boon to Camden Farmer "Drought of flood can't spoil this crop," says Ron Rofe, well-known Camden farmer and dairyman
Ron's fine money-making crop had neighbours guessing until he told the secret to a Commonwealth interviewer…
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BURWOOD COLLIERY SOCCER TEAM AND OFFICIALS, winners of 1946 Charity Cap Inter-collieries Competition, defeated West Wallsend Gamblers at Cessnock. The competition was revived this year for first time since before the war. Proceeds from the competition are in aid of Cessnock Hospital. Front row seated (from left): K. Younger, W. Giles, W. Gregory (capt.), Allan Carr (mascot), L. Standen, A…
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ELIZABETH CITY (North Carolina), Sept. 16. A.A.P.—The Norwegian motor tanker Marit II. (7417 tons) broke in halves during a gale…
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LONDON, Friday: Britain's worst summer for nearly 70 years developed today into a wind and rain…
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LONDON, Sept. 22. A.A.P.—Thirteen persons lost their lives and at least 52 others were injured as a result of a great gale which swept the Channel and the south of England on Friday…
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 27. A.A.P.—In the worst floods in 25 Years it is reported that six people are dead, scores injured and…
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SYDNEY. — The weather to-day is expected to be cloudy at times, with occasional scattered showers and light to moderate…
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