Worst Flood Ever In Canada
WINNIPEG, May. 9. A.A.P.—The steadily-rising Red river to-day drove hundreds more Winnipeg residents from their homes,…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Four Dead And Many Missing In U.S. Floods
MONTREAL, Tues. (A.A.P.): Four lives have been lost and at least a dozen other persons are missing in the floods raging through the central section of North America…
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NEW YORK, May 10. A.A.P.—Seventeen persons were dead and thousands homeless to-day as the most damaging floods in years swept over North Dakota. Minnesota and Nebraska…
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WINNIPEG, Wed. (A.A.P.).— Flood control headquarters to-day urged as many women and children as possible to leave…
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WINNIPEG, Thurs. (A.A.[?].) : The Canadian Army fought a "battle of the bridges" today to keep main traffic arteries open to thousands of women and children fleeing from floodwaters of the Red River…
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WINNIPEG, May 12. A.A.P.—The Canadian Army fought a battle of bridges yesterday to keep the main traffic arteries open to…
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WINNIPEG, Fri. (A.A.P.). — Weary soldiers and civilians held their own today in the fight to arrest the spread of flood waters through the city. Greater Winnipeg was sliced into six sections by the flood…
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WINNIPEG, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Twelve thousand citizens left this flooded city today, but authorities said the evacuation…
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WINNIPEG, May 15. A.A.P.—Thousands more people streamed out of flooded Winnipeg, capital of Manitoba province, to-day…
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WINNIPEG, Mon. (A.A.P.). —An Army spokesman said to-day that the city's flood defence fighters were now "a bit…
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SYDNEY: Thousands of acres of country around Wilcannia, in far western N.S.W., are covered with…
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WINNIPEG, May 16.—People are leaving flood-bound Winnipeg so fast that it is rapidly becoming a ghost city—a city made unbearable by the slush, mud and grime of the Red River. Five thousand people were…
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The flooding of McMichael and other streets in Maryville was the responsibility of the Hunter District Water Board, the City Engineer…
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Expressing appreciation to Maitland Council for the way the Soldiers' Memorial had been prepared for Anzac Day,…
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Thirty-five residents of East Maitland petitioned the City Council last night to convene a public meeting in an effort to gather sufficient voluntary labor to complete repairs to the lenee banks at Mudd Bros, and Wyborn's farms, breached during the February flood…
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WINNIPEG. Tues. (A.A.P.): The flood threat from the swollen Red River to Winnipeg decreased slightly today, but…
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Two "frog-men" test their equipment under flood conditions in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. The men—Lieutenant Earl…
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BAGDAD, Thursday, (A.A.P.): Engineers last night blasted anti-flood dykes to release swirling…
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BAGHDAD, May 18. A.A.P.—Engineers last night blasted anti-flood dykes to release swirling floodwaters threatening to destroy…
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