19,500 Homes Flooded In Us
OMAHA (Nebraska), Mon. (A.A.P.)—About 19,500 families have been chased from their homes by floods in the Missouri River Valley…
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Floods & storms, 1952
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27 Saved When Tourist Bus Crashes In Flood
BEGA: Floodwaters swirled around the waists of 27 persons in a tourist bus which skidded off Prince's Highway yesterday and crashed into a tree. Police made 12 trips in three hours in a rowing boat to rescue the passengers and the bus driver…
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Unsettled weather over the long Easter week-end gave place today to mild, sunny conditions along most parts of the Central Coast, but thunderstorms are forecast late…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Animal lovers to-day formed a deputation to protest to the Premier (Mr. Cahill) against…
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OMAHA (Nebraska), April 15. A.A.P.— The Missouri River to-day rolled on relentlessly in the biggest Missouri River flood ever recorded…
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BEGA: More than 2000 acres of man and vegetable crops have been lost in flood at Bega and although rain was clearing today the Bega and Brogo rivers was…
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WASHINGTON, Tues. (A.A.P.).—President Truman has called an emergency conference of governors of flood - stricken raidwestern States. Mr. Truman said he…
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Mr. Cyril Griffiths's forecast for Newcastle and the coalfields for to-day is: Mainly fine and warmer; some…
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NEW YORK, April 16. A.A.P.—President Truman will fly into America's flood area to-night to confer with the Governors of the seven flood-stricken States…
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NEW YORK, April 17. A.A.P.—Two Missouri towns were abandoned today when the flooded Missouri River burst through protecting levees…
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OMAHA (Nebraska), April 18. A.A.P. —The angry floodwaters of the Missouri River to-day swirled above the 30-foot mark—more than 11 feet over flood…
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KANSAS CITY, Sun. (A.A P.) — Though the Missouri River is at a record…
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NEW YORK, April 21. A.A.P.—St. Joseph (Missouri), a city of 70,000, was braced to-day for the crest of the…
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Newcastle and parts of the Hunter Valley had brief thunderstorms, followed by showers, yesterday…
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KANSAS CITY, April 23. A.A.P.—Flood workers built their levees higher at Kansas City to-day—spurred by the Missouri River's fresh destruction upstream and a continued…
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NEW YORK, April 24. A.A.P.—A dyke broke at the Sherman Airfield, at Fort Leavenworth (Kansas), last night, flooding the field after a week-long fight…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Weather Bureau to-night forecast floods for the South Coast. It also warned shipping off…
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NICE, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Ten were killed, 11 injured and 10 are believed still buried in the ruins when houses…
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BEGA: Floodwaters in the swollen Kiah River stranded a tourist bus south of Bega early today, but the driver was able to find a detour to Sydney…
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NEW YORK, April 25. A.A.P.—The Kansas City area was over the hump to-day in its fight against the…
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