Atlantic Gales 41 Lives Lost London
The gales and storms which are sweeping the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean have been responsible for two shipping disasters…
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292 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 15
National Disaster Expected in Us Floods Worst Phase Yet to Come ALREADY 700 DEAD 1,000,000 HOMELESS Hundreds of Miles of Dykes May be Overwhelmed VANCOUVER
Seven hundred people are dead, 1,000,000 are homeless, and loss of property so far totals £100,000,000 in the mightiest flood ever to strike America. Influenza is raging in the flooded areas, and there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Disaster Expected in U.S. FLOODS Worst Phase Yet to Come ALREADY 700 DEAD, 1,000,000 HOMELESS
Seven hundred people are dead, 1,000,000 are homeless, and loss of property so far totals £100,000,000 in the mightiest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in U.s.a
Pestilence following in the wake of the floods has piled horror on horror in the devastated areas of the southern and middle-western States of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Flood in U.s.a. One Million Homeless 700 Dead 35,000 Motor Trucks Stand by in Ohio Valley Dykes Expected to Give This Week
Seven hundred people are dead, one million are homeless, and loss in property so far totals £100,000,000 in the mightiest flood ever to strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illinois Floods River at 59ft. 6in. CHICAGO
Lashed by wind and the swift current, waves to-day broke over the lower rampart of the 60ft. concrete cawall at Cairo. Illinois, and hammered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Floods Crisis Nearing Cairo Rain and Snow Add to Misery 917,000 Homes Inundated Chicago
Rain and snow on portions of the Mississippi River flood areas added to the misery of the refugees to-day. Thousands of fresh troops are being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S.A. FLOODS Appalling Expectations CHICAGO
Hopes of holding the 60ft. seawall of Cairo (Illinois) against the flood waters of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are rapidly fading as [?] result…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Flood Fears Anxiety in Cairo May Become 20-ft. Lake in Few Minutes Women Again Evacuated Chicago
Lashed by wind and swift currents, waves to-day broke over the. ramparts of the 60ft concrete sea wall at Cairo (Illinois) and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Danger in Flood Beleaguered City Cairo May Be Converted Into Huge Lake Dykes Holding Back 60 Feet of Water May Collapse Holes in Bottom of Wall 6000 Men Toil Throughout Night to Maintain Bulwarks CHICAGO
Hopes of holding the 60-ft. sea wall at Cairo (Illinois) against the floodwaters of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are rapidly fading as a result of the appearance of holes in the bottom of the wall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Floods Waters Slightly Recede CHICAGO
The crest of the flood waters has now swung out of the Ohio river into the Mississippi, and started on its way to the sea. In its immediate path are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Desperate Attempts to Save U.S. city Night of Terror in Cairo Flood Waters Spouting Through Dykes 6000 Men Work Feverishly One Shot Dead in Quarrel CHICAGO
Six thousand weary workers spent a night of terror behind the river wall at Cairo last night in such a state of tension and strain that frayed nerves led to quarrelling, which resulted in one man being shot dead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Floods Towns Lying in Path Waters Recede a Fraction at Cairo CHICAGO
The crest of the flood waters has now swung put of the Ohio River into the Mississippi and started on its way to sea: In its immediate path are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Floods Gas Explosions in Louisville Ten Believed Killed Floods Feared in California CHICAGO
Two gas explosions, caused by the flood, to-day destroyed two threestorey buildings in the heart of the business section of Louisville. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Ruin in America Soil Erosion Is Root of Tragedy
For the second time within twelve months, terrific floods are warning the people of the United States that their conquest of a Continent has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy's Death in Storm Water Channel Sydney
The city coroner (Mr. Oram) to-day inquired into the death, of the six-years-old boy, David Ackers, who was drowned in a storm water channel at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Floods More Bodies Recovered Louisville
Three more bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the buildings which were wrecked in the recent gas explosion. The search is being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cruise of the Greyhound Another story of Scandalous Graham, notorious Australian shearer and roamer. In this incident he and the author experienced a particularly lively voyage along a flooded Queensland river
IT was lonely one afternoon as I eat dolefully on a log beside tho Hughenden road. The billy and empty tucker-bags drooped against the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thames Still Rising Flood Danger at Windsor London
The Thames is still rising, and fears are entertained regarding the strength of the flood bank at Old Windsor, which was built by Voluntary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone in W.A. Steamer Sinks in River Perth
A cyclonic disturbance did considerable damage at Geraldton and surrounding districts yesterday, razing trees and telegraph poles. The steamer…
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