Reds Capitalise on Floodwaters
HONGKONG—Communist authorities in Hupeh, Central China, are capitalising on floods in the…
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Floods & storms, 1954
428 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 22
Lambton Oval Floodlights
A new financing proposal has been adopted by Newcastle Council to provide flood-lighting for…
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NEW YORK, Oct. 17: A.A.P.—At least 123 people are dead in the wreckage-strewn path of a hurricane which travelled across the eastern United States to southern Canada…
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Wilbur Hodder, 75, of Clyde-street, Islington, had his scalp lacerated and suffered concussion and shock when he was…
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TORONTO, Oct. 18. A.A.P.—Canadian hurricane deaths rose to 58 to-day with the recovery of more bodies from flood-damaged Toronto suburban homes…
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BRISBANE.—A Sydney carpenter floodbound in a tree was rescued by police with a specially rigged…
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LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): While parts of England and Scotland yesterday were being swept with flood-rains,…
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The Hunter Valley flood warning radio network was used for the first time today when weather…
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LONDON, Oct. 19. A.A.P. — Floods following two days of torrential rain in the north of the British Isles to-day cut off two big towns and isolated many villages…
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LONDON, Oct. 20. A.A.P. —Floodwaters caused by torrential week-end rain covered wide stretches of Northern…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Asked to-day whether he would install a radio flood-warning system on the Richmond River…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.— A father and his 11-year-old son here rescued early…
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SYDNEY. — Japan's top baseball team, the Tokyo Giants, will begin a tour of Australia at Brisbane…
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ROME, Wed, (AAP) : About 140 people were killed and another 100 injured when violent storms and floods struck the Salerno area of southern Italy…
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HONGKONG. — The semi - official Communist China news service reported that the Peiping…
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SYDNEY: Heavy rain over the past two days has held up 40 ships and created a grave situation…
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LONDON, Oct. 27. A.A.P.—A political storm is brewing over the appointment of three commercial television contractors for Britain by the…
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ROME, Thurs. (AAP) : Fifteen houses and apartment buildings with all their 150 occupants were swept into the sea when floods overwhelmed Salerno. Whole families were…
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Newcastle and Sydney, already drenched by soaking rains of the past two days, are to get more yet, according to the State Weather Bureau. There are local floodings around Sydney. The bureau forecast is…
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Children's lives were endangered by a recent flow of water, following rains, at the intersection of Myall and…
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