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Floods & storms, 1945

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Ships Disappear in Gale; the Worst in 20 Years

The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday. -- All Central Europe is now threatened by the great 90-mile-an-hour gale which had southern England in a state of terror last…

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Sea Breaks Into British Towns Country Still Lashed By Gale Ships Fight for Lives

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- Great seas are breaking into English coastal towns. A gale which started on Monday…

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Mines Washed Up In Big British Storm Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Oct. 24.—Five mines were rolled ashore at Brighton and other Channel towns by a sudden cyclone sweeping the coast…

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Summer Touch in City; Thunderstorm Expected

The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 3

Sydney had its first touch of summer today with the temperature rising to 87.4 at 11 am. A thunderstorm is expected to bring some, relief tonight. A southerly change which was…

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Gale in England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 25 (A.A.P.).—The sale which already has caused widespread damage on the south coast of England continued last night…

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Stop Press Gale Warning

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 20

LONDON, Friday.--Paris Radio interrupted its programme last night to give a gale warning to French ships in the Atlantic and…

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Gale Danger to Europe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--The freak gale that struck the south coast of England yesterday continued throughout the…

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Giant Liner Queen Mary In Peril In 80-Mile An Hour Gale

The Sun · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday. -- The 80,000-ton liner Queen Mary was in peril off the Isle of Wight last night as 80-mile-on-hour gales whiped Britain for the fourth day, and special naval craft are standing by, on the lookout for loose mines. A drifting mine exploded on the beach…

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Thirty Ships in Peril on Dread Goodwin Sands Gale Breaks On London

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--Thirty ships are dragging their anchors towards the treacherous Goodwin Sands, driven before the terrific gale…

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Storm Sweeps Mines Into Mammoth Liner's Path Danger For Queen Mary

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--The greet liner Queen Mary, battling with Britain's record gale, is in deadly peril. Submarine mines, torn from their…

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Huge Liner Queen Mary in Peril Storm Blows Mines Directly In Path Ships Drift on Goodwin Sands

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--The great liner Queen Mary, battling with Britain's record gale, is in deadly peril. Submarine mines, torn from their…

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Huge Liner Queen Mary in Peril Storm Blows Mines Directly In Path Ships Drift on Goodwin Sands

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--The great liner Queen Mary, battling with Britain's record gale, is in deadly peril. Submarine mines, torn from their…

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Huge Liner Queen Mary in Peril Storm Blows Mines Directly In Path Ships Drift on Goodwin Sands

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--The great liner Queen Mary, battling with Britain's, record gale, is in deadly peril. Submarine mines, torn from their…

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Record Gale Still Lashing Britain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Britain's record gale is still sweeping the coast with unabated vigor and preventing ships from making port. THE great liner Queen Mary is…

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Record Gale Still Lashing Britain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Britain's record gale is still sweeping the coast with unabated vigor and preventing ships from making port. THE great liner Queen Mary is…

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Mines Explode As Big Gale Abates

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Britain's record gale shows signs of abating, but the 81,000-ton liner Queen Mary and other ships are still unable to make port…

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Mines Explode As Big Gale Abates

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Britain's record gale shows signs of abating, but the 81,000-tan liner Queen Mary and other ships are still unable to make port…

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Mines Explode As Big Gale Abates

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Britain's record gale shows signs of abating, but the 81,000-ton liner Queen Mary and other ships are still unable to make port…

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Mines Explode As Big Gale Abates

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Britain's record gale shows signs of abating, but the 81,000-ton liner Queen Mary and other ships are still unable to make port…

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Youth Council In Political Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.--The Youth World Council, termed a non-political organisation, and representing 20,000,000 people from 64 countries, has discovered that politics cannot be kept out of its affairs…

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