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Floods & storms, 1947

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Lincolnshire Flood Crisis

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Giant cranes are being rushed from Holland with the object of sealing breaches in the banks of the…

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11 Die in Serious U.S. FLOODS 15,000 Homeless Or Stranded Many Escapes From Injuries

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 4

CHICAGO, Monday.--More than 15,000 people have been rendered homeless or have been stranded by floods ravaging the east and mid-west…

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11 Die in Serious U.S. FLOODS 15,000 Homeless Or Stranded Many Escapes From Injuries

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 4

CHICAGO, Monday.--More man 15,000 people have been rendered homeless or have been stranded by floods ravaging the east and mid-west…

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House Disappears In British Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 16

TWO PICTURES which depict damage caused to a British home during the floods that followed the blizzards and storms. Top: The main wall collapses as the raging torrent rises, and (lower) all that remained of the house four hours later…

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11 Die in Serious U.S. FLOODS 15,000 Homeless Or Stranded Many Escapes From Injuries

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 4

CHICACO, Monday.--More than 15,000 people have been rendered homeless or have been stranded by floods ravaging the east and mid-west…

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11 Die in Serious U.S. FLOODS 15,000 Homeless Or Stranded Many Escapes From Injuries

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 4

CHICAGO, Monday.--More than 15,000 people have been rendered homeless or have been stranded by floods ravaging the east and mid-west…

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11 Die in Serious U.S. FLOODS 15,000 Homeless Or Stranded Many Escapes From Injuries

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 4

CHICAGO, Monday.--More than 15,000 people have been rendered homeless or have been stranded by floods ravaging the east and mid-west…

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11 Die in Serious U.S. FLOODS 15,000 Homeless Or Stranded Many Escapes From Injuries

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 4

CHICAGO, Monday.--More than 15,000 people hove been rendered homeless or have been stranded by floods ravaging the east and mid-west…

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Floods, Gales Lash English Countryside

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--With gales and driving rain squalls, Britain experienced the worst Easter weather for 25 years. HOLIDAY resorts were deserted and…

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Floods, Gales Lash English Countryside

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--With gales and driving rain squalls, Britain experienced the worst Easter weather for 25 years. HOLIDAY resorts were deserted and…

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Floods, Gales Lash English Countryside

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--With gales and driving rain squalls, Britain experienced the worst Easter weather for 25 years. HOLIDAY resorts Were deserted and…

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Floods, Gales Lash English Countryside

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--With gales and driving rain squalls, Britain experienced the worst Easter weather for 25 years. HOLIDAY resorts were deserted and…

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Easter Gales Lash England

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--With gales and driving rain squalls, Britain experienced the worst Easter weather for 25 years. HOLIDAY resorts were deserted and…

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Easter Gales Lash England

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--With gales and driving rain squalls, Britain experienced the worst Easter weather for 25 years. HOLIDAY resorts were deserted and…

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Farmers Fight Floods

The Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--On Britain's farmlands, and in her flooded valleys, there was no Easter respite, as workers began tacking the devastating effects of the greatest flood disaster in British agricultural history…

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Floods, Dales Lash English Countryside

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--With gales and driving rain squalls, Britain experienced the worst Easter weather for 25 years. TODAY resorts were, deserted and…

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Great American Flood Leaves Many Homeless

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 14

DETROIT, Tuesday. -- The worst floods in Michigan history are now abating, after thousands have been left homeless…

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Great American Flood Leaves Many Homeless

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 14

DETROIT, Tuesday. -- The worst floods in Michigan history are now abating, after thousands have been left homeless…

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Gale of the "Gundagai"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 12

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Parramatta Red Cross Aids Flood Relief Appeal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 1

Members of Parramatta Red Cross have thrown themselves wholeheartedly behind the Flood Relief Appeal to aid Britain in her…

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