Flood Havoc Growing 150 DEAD Worst Yet To Come Evacuations Chicago
THE flood crest of the Ohio River swept relentlessly into the Mississippi to-day, causing the greatest…
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Floods & storms, 1937
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Storm at Week-end? Inigo Jones's Forecast
The developments during the week-end were quite normal from a cyclical point, and fulfilled the conditions satisfactorily, writes Inigo Jones…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Loss of Life Is Now Feared Flood Toll in United States Hundreds of Dead in Louisville Alone Bodies Piled in Heaps and Burned
NEW YORK, Wednesday.--The sudden realisation that the dead in Louisville alone may total hundreds broke over the harassed city to-day. The Australian Associated Press learns that 120 bodies were recoverd during the day in the submerged western area…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INFLUENZA & Pneumonia Rampant Pestilence Feared in Cities Louisville Fighting Floods, Fire and Disease
CHICAGO, Wednesday:--An epidemic of influenza and.. pneumonia is rampant, particular in Louisville, where the Health Commissioner has estimated that at least 200 have died from diseases attributable to the inundation. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Damage and Deaths Still Soaring Influenza and Pneumonia Add to Horrors Fear of Pestilence CHICAGO
THE known dead in the flood areas now number 137 while the homeless are at least 800,000. The damage to property is estimated to be in excess of 300,000,000 dollars. An epidemic of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fierce Gale Endangers Many Lives London
Gales are raging along the Atlantic and British coasts with snow blizzards in the south-west of England and elsewhere. One hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →100 Lives' in Peril Liner Drifting Helplessly In Terrific Gale
LONDON, Thursday:--Gales are raging on the Atlantic and British coasts. There are snow blizzards in the southwest of England and elsewhere…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dead Now Estimated at 235 Flood Crisis Believed to be Past Mass Evacuation May Not be Necessary
NEW YORK, Thursday:--Memphis (Tennessee) gave Mayor Overton dictatorial powers to prepare for a predicted super-flood. To-day's estimate of the known dead is 235. Those homeless number 1,000,000 and property damage is in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →130,000 IN U.S.A. Flood Relief Corps Preparing for Rising of Mississippi CHICAGO
RELIEF corps of 130,000 are concentrated on two fronts in the flood area to-day, cleaning up the Ohio Valley and preparing for the expected Mississippi rising. The army authorities are to-day less…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →12 POINTS Yesterday's Storm
As the result of a storm which broke over Lismore yesterday afternoon, 12 points of rain were registered at the "Northern Star" gauge. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood's Havoc Red Cross Statistics
NEW YORK, Saturday:--The latest figures issued by the Red Cross Society concerning the havoc wrought by the Ohio and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mississippi's Record Flood Level Preparation To Meet Crest Big Area Inundated When Levees Opened
CHICAGO, Saturday:--With the crest of the flood yet still in the river, the Mississippi has risen to a higher stage than any yet previously reported. Cairo is preparing to meet the crest on Wednesday. To-night it lay like an island as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Prepares for Flood Crest Chicago
WITH the crest of the flood yet to come the Missisipi has risen higher than hitherto. It is reported that Cairo, which is preparing for the crest on Wednesday, to-night lay as an island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain and Snow Add to Misery of Refugees Flood Situation In U.S.
CHICAGO, Sunday:--Rain and snow in portions of the Mississippi River flood area added to the misery of the refugees. Thousands of fresh men were rushed to the danger spots to aid in the work of strengthening the levees. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Hail Storm Property Damaged Wallerawang and Lithgow
SYDNEY, Monday:—Hail and wind did considerable damage to windows and other property during a severe storm to-day in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waves Pound Frail Flood Wall Menaced City of Cairo Second Evacuation Ordered
CAIRO (Illinois), Monday:— Lashed by the wind and helped by the swift current, waves broke over the lower rampart of the 60ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Floods Grave Fears For Safety of Cairo
NEW YORK, Tuesday:-- Hopes of holding the flood waters at Cairo (Illinois) have been seriously threatened by sandboils which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →50th Anniversary of Big Flood Casino
Last week was the 50th anniversary of what is regarded as one of the worst floods in the history of the Richmond River…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →U.s.a.'s Grim Record. Floods and Record Snow Cover Large Areas
Police Superintendent Fallon, of Boston, has received a telegram from Lieutenant Waitt asserting that there are 7000 dead in the Louisville area…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Workers' Night of Terror Chicago
SIX THOUSAND weary workers spent a night of terror behind the river wall at Cairo last night in such a state of…
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