Huge Costs of U.S.A. Floods Relief Grants by Govt. Damage Of 300,000,000 Dollars War Basis Washington, Wed
WITH the Federal Government, at the instance of President Roosevelt, undertaking the relief of persons in the…
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Looting Scare In Flood Zone LOUISVILLE (Kentucky)
AN appeal for 500 policemen to be rushed by aeroplanes from nearby cities has been issued by the Mayor of Louisville…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood and Fire. Devastation in U.S.A. Towns Disappear. 150 Killed; 550,000 Homeless. New York, Jan. 27
Floods in the southern and middle-western States have caused, devastation unparalleled in the history of the United States, and warnings are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Million Are Homeless U.S. Flood Damage £100,000,000 Amazing Deluge Washington
A MILLION people are now reported to be homeless as a result of the floods in the Ohio and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Warships Lashed by Gale Gibraltar
A FIERCE gale is sweeping the Mediterranean, forcing some of the largest warships to clear out of harbors…
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No Government assistance has yet been granted to the victims of last Monday's tornado other than that Riven persons already getting some…
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Sydney can prepare for an out-of-doors holiday week-end according to Mr. Mares. The outlook is for fine weather…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Ship Aground Raging Gale Off Portugal Lisbon
A RAGING gale on the Portuguese coast, which caused many ships to get into difficulties was responsible for the Lensen Shipping Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner's Peril in Gale Has 100 Passengers On Board LONDON
A steamer has been wrecked and another, with 100 passengers on board, has been disabled in the gales and blizzards that are raging on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sweeping Powers for New Head in N.T. Storm Likely in Parliament Canberra
THE new Administrator of the Northern Territory--stated reliably to be Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, M.H.R.--is to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mass Burial In Flood Million Homeless & 60 Million Damage U S. Horrors New York, Thurs
THE Health Commissioner of Louisville (Kentucky) has officially stated that the number of dead as the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Cities Menaced by Flood. New York
The gigantic Mississippi flood is now approaching the cities of Memphis, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, the inhabitants of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Death Roll Touches 500 Million Homeless Evacuated From Stricken Areas Louisville (U.s.a.)
A MILLION homeless people in all States along the Ohio Valley had their first breathing spell and an opportunity to survey the appalling destruction of life and property when the flood waters began slowly to subside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales Raging. Steamer Lost. Many Others Damaged. London, Jan 29
Gales are raging in the Atlantic and along the British coasts, and snow and blizzards are being experienced in the south-west of England and elsewhere…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Many Vessels Lost in Gale Off Portugal Lisbon
ONE steamer and 23 smaller vessels have sunk, while many others are in difficulties in the gale which is raging off the Portuguese coast, five lives being lost. SOS messages are constantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Losses. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I am pleased to note that the Government is doing something to help those who have lost their homes through Monday's storm. I should like to make a plea, however, on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Summary. Oversea News. Floods in U.S.A.
Cairo (Illinois), which is surrounded by high flood walls, is now an island lower than the water of the Ohlo and Mississippi Rivers [?]ling it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Terror. Power of Raindrops
The appalling cataclysm which has been the experience this week of thousands of residents in the southern and middle-western areas of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Walled City. Below River Level. Fight to Raise Defences. Flood Havoc in U.S.A. New York, Jan. 29
Hundreds of workers at Cairo (Illinois), a city surrounded by high flood walls, which is now an island lower than the water of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers encircling it, are…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Colossal Task Follows Floods Louisville (U.s.a.)
FLOOD damage in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys is now estimated at more than £100,000,000…
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