4 Dead; Liner's Battle In Storm
LONDON, April 6. A.A.P.—The Dutch liner Oranje arrived at Southampton after battling through a storm in the Bay of…
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Floods & storms, 1947
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 19
Floods and Tornadoes in America Thousands Flee
NEW YORK, April 6, A.A.P.—Widespread floods are reported in the Middle West and on the eastern seaboard of the United States…
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LONDON, Monday. — Week-end wind and rain, which raised river levels and eroded banks, caused great…
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LONDON, Monday.—Though London and parts of southern England were sunny for Easter Monday, the north of England had gales reaching…
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CHICAGO, April 7. A.A.P.—Michigan's worst flood yet has caused the proclamation of a state of emergency in Flint and Lansing. The flood is expected to reach its peak to-day…
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LONDON, April 9.—A night and day fight to reclaim and sow 500,000 flooded acres of arable land, including the Fens and the Trent Valley, will be waged as one of Britain's efforts to increase food…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.-On becoming President of the Red Cross Society to-day, her Excellency Mrs. McKell urged support for the British Flood…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—After having been injured by a flying winch handle, two men lay injured and without aid, in a…
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KATOOMBA: At 9.30 on the night of March 30, three men visited the Leura Cascades with a .303 rifle, fired at the…
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WHILE MANY PEOPLE were tired of the rain today, Ronnie Bock thought it great fun as he paddled through floodwaters in Wilson Street, Carrington…
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STIRRED UP by a 50-mile-an-hour gale, big seas lashed the coast yesterday. One ship had to shelter in Newcastle and…
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LONDON, April 20. A.A.P.—Contributions to the Lord Mayor's flood distress fund yesterday reached £876,000 sterling. This includes a…
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LONDON, Monday.—Caught in an 80-mile-an-hour gale while being towed to Clyde shipbreakers, the battleship Warspite is…
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A heavy storm hit Newcastle shortly before 4 a.m. Accompanied by thunder and lightning, the rain fell in torrents for a few…
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This 800-ton crane is one of two brought from Holland with Dutch workmen to assist England on work in flooded areas. This crane is seen at work on the Morton gap in the River Trent, building a barrier to keep the water off agricultural land…
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This race track in New York really is flooded and, in Australia, would probably result in the meeting being abancdoned. The pump in the foreground is used to take water from the track. Fighting Frank, in front and closest to the camera, won the Paumonok Handicap, the big race at the opening of the Jamaica track…
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SYDNEY: One of the greatest one-hour deluges in Sydney's history—180 points—this morning flooded shops, homes and offices, turned streets into rivers, disorganised peak-hour traffic and stranded thousands of workers…
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SYDNEY: Damage to buildings and property from yesterday's rain is estimated as £150,000. Municipal councils reported today that hundreds of calls for assistance…
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LONDON, April 22. A.A.P.— Caught in an 80-mile an hour gale while1 being towed to Clyde shipbreakers the battleship Warspite…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—Damage expected to total many thousands of pounds was caused in city and suburbs to-day…
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