Britain's Floods Widespread Damage
Widespread damage has been caused by floods following the great thaw throughout Britain. London's water filtration system has broken down,…
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13 Dead in Violent English Gale Flood Waters Add to Night of Terror
LONDON, Monday: Thirteen people were killed as the result of a gale which hit southern England last night. The gale followed the floods from the thaw which started last week. South coast towns reported, a 70 mile-an-hour wind, and…
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LONDON, Tuesday: The death-roll as the results of the flood which followed the thaw is now fifteen, including six men, eight women, and a…
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LONDON, Wednesday: The floods have extended to at least thirty or forty English counties. Many rivers are still rising,…
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LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Ancient motor-boats and rivercraft which took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk are now saving hundreds of lives in flood-bound areas of…
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LONDON, Thursday: The flood situation in Britain was more critical last night, as the water continued to surge through breaches…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Floodwaters had extended to at least 30 of the 40 English counties last night, and with rivers still…
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LONDON, Friday. The floods were still winning in the fen land last night, despite a day-long battle by over 1000 troops and prisoners of…
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LONDON, Thursday: The flood situation in Britain is becoming more critical as waters from the rising rivers…
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LONDON, Friday: Floods were still winning in the Fen country last night, despite a day-long battle by over a…
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WARSAW, Monday: The Vistula broke its banks and flooded forty villages to the north-west of Warsow, forcing 8000 peasants to take to their…
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BERLIN, Thursday: Two hundred persons are reported drowned in the worst floods for 150 years in the 'Oder area…
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HAMBURG, Wednesday: More than 20,000 Germans are fleeing from the Oder area into Berlin from the worst floods…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Further cyclonic rains occurred in North Queensland. In the gulf country. Kurumba had…
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LONDON, Thursday: The Lord Mayor (Sir Bracewell Smith) announced the opening to-day of the Lord Mayor's National Flood…
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Three Tumut women were injured when a motor car in which they were travelling overturned between Brungle and Tumut early yesterday…
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A drover was drowned, homes were flooded, crops lashed, and miles of fencing swept away during violent rainstorms in Wagga district on…
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LONDON, Monday: Mansion House had a worried week-end dealing with he rush of donations to the Lord Mayor's flood reliefs and, which in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homes Flooded; Man Drowned; Crops Heavily Damaged Rooftop Rescues near Wagga Follow Rainstorm
A Wagga man was drowned, homes were flooded, crops were lashed from the ground, and miles of fencing swept away during violent rainstorms in the Wagga district on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Bread Ration Threatened by Recent Blizzards and Floods
LONDON, Sunday: A situation unparalleled in the history of British agriculture has developed from the disastrous harvest last autumn and the subsequent blizzards and floods…
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