Towns Lost in Indian Floods
NEW DELHI, July 28. A.A.P.—Rivers swollen by monsoon rains and melted Himanlayan glaciers burst their banks and swept entire villages away in large areas of India…
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Floods & storms, 1954
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Flood Warning Aid Offer
Lower Hunter Shire Council decided yesterday to ask the Hunter Valley Flood Warning Committee what help the shire could give during floods…
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NEW DELHI, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Nine flooded rivers yesterday spread death and destruction among one million Indians. Whole villages were…
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PATNA (North-East India), July 29. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Flooded rivers spread death and devastation among 1 million Indians and swept away entire villages…
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WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): President Eisenhower today offered to send food to Danube River…
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KATMANDU (Nepal), July 30. A.A.P.-Reuter.—At least six people have been killed, many homes washed away,…
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A complete high-frequency radio communication network had been installed in the Hunter Valley to give early…
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KATMANDU, Monday. (A.A.P.)—The death roll in Nepal's worst floods of this century has risen to…
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SYDNEY: The Minister for Conservation (Mr. Entieknap) today announced that the Hunter Valley radio flood warning network has now been installed to give early warnings of impending floods. The network, believed to…
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Few city workers reached their offices dry in this morning's rain and gale. Among them were Lee Davis (Stockton) and Annette Bennett (Weston), who found their umbrella afforded little protection…
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SYDNEY: Icy south-westerly gales, which swept the N.S.W. Southern and Central Coasts last night, are chilling the whole southeast area of the State…
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LONDON: Two women passengers were taken to hospital when the Cunard liner Media arrived at…
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PATNA (India), August 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—About 50,000 people are reported to be homeless in floods in the Sadat…
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TEHERAN, August 2. A.A.P.—A total of 180 people have been drowned and thousands are homeless in the…
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Raymond Terrace Chamber of Commerce decided last night to protest to Port Stephens Shire Council on the…
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LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): Thousands of people are homeless in floods covering vast areas of Persia, Pakistan and India. Floods also threatened…
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WITH THE completion of the radio telephone network in the Hunter Valley to give warning of impending inundation, an important step forward has…
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The departure of the Scottish Star was delayed nine hours by the southerly gale which lashed…
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Lower Hunter Shire Council decided today to urge the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust to promote some scheme which would be of benefit to the whole of the valley from…
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LONDON, Wed (A.A.P)—One hundred thousand men are winning a fight to keep the swollen…
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