Enormous Flood Damage In Guatemala
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. A.A.P.—Damage estimated at 15 million dollars has been caused by floods in Guatemala, the State…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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4000 Dead in Floods
GUATEMALA CITY. Wed. (A.A.P.),—The death toll in the Guatemala floods has now reached 4000, with…
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The extent of the inundation of rich arable and pastoral lands in the Louth Park, Dagworth and South Maitland area was shown to…
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NEW YORK, Oct 21. A.A.P.—The Coastguard announced that the 72-ton Danish fishing boat Elsa had apparently foundered with the loss…
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LONDON, Oct. 23. A.A.P.—Rainstorms spread over Britain to-day following a ground frost in eastern and north-western districts…
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MELBOURNE (O.S.R.): Heavy rain last night disorganised work at some of the Melbourne tracks today. At Caulfield only one grass track was open to allow Comic Court and Better…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Week-end storm damage to wheat crops in the north-west of New South Wales, amounting to more than £100,000, will be greatly increased if the area has more rain…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Flood waters 26 miles wide are threatening Boomi and neighbouring towns in the far north-west of New South Wales with the worst floods…
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BOOMI: His home flooded by water from the swollen Barwon River and in danger of…
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LONDON, Thins. (A.A.P.): Shipping and trains were halted yesterday when one of the fiercest gales for years lashed Channel ports. Mountainous waves tore huge…
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LONDON, Oct. 26. A.A.P.—Widespread damage has been caused to coastal towns in Britain, and shipping and rail services have been disorganised by what are described as the worst October gales in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Disorganisation of services and repairs made necessary by the Kempsey flood cost the New South…
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Widespread flood waters, which threatened Boomi and other centres in the far north of New South Wales on Tuesday night, receded yesterday. In Queensland a woman was…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.-The Army would promptly supply "ducks" for flood relief work, in any State, the Minister for the…
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ROME, Oct. 28. A.A.P.—Eight people died in a storm which raked northern and central Italy for nearly five hours last night…
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It was not expected that the Government should meet the cost of repairing private levee banks, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) advised…
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SYDNEY: Families living in low-lying areas in Walgeft have been advised to be ready for evacuation as…
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SYNDEY: A freak cyclonic wind hit Sydney this morning. It tore two plate glass windows from the front of a shop at the corner of Liverpool and Commonwealth-sts…
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One of the temporary baulks to replace the broken doors on the new Wallis Creek floodgates was fitted today and the…
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The two centre gates on floodgates near the junction of Wallis Creek with the Hunter River should be made temporarily safe on…
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