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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

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774 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 13

TOKIO, Thursday.--It is now revealed that 774 persons were killed and 158 injured in Tuesday's devastating typhoon which swept the island of Honshu…

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Ganges Flood Brings Ruin

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Thursday. -- A million persons have been made homeless by the overflowing of the Ganges…

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1,000,000 Lose Homes When Ganges Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 18

NEW DELHI, Thursday.--A million persons have been made homeless by the overflowing of the Ganges. Loss of life is expected to exceed 1000, but because of the confusion an…

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774 Reported Dead in Jap Floods 3800 Missing, Thousands Homeless Allied Forces Preparing to Assist in Evacuation

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 5

TOKIO, Thursday.--It is now revealed that 774 persons were killed and 158 injured in Tuesday's devastating typhoon which swept the island of Honshu. More than 3800 persons are missing and 173.820 homes have…

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Flood Damage in India Million Homeless

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 3

CALCUTTA, September 17 (A.A.P.).—Floods in the United Provinces from the Ganges and Jumna rivers are racing across the…

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Gale Wrecks House

The Sun · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

Walls of a house were blown in and the roof torn away by a freak gale which struck part of…

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£150,000,000 Storm Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

(American Associated Press and American United Press) NEW YORK, Friday. -- Damage estimated at more than £150,000,000 was done by the 160 m.p.h. hurricane, which swept over 500 miles of the Florida coast…

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Stampede of Show Stock During Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Terrified by deafening thunder and vivid lightning, horses and cattle broke out of their stalls and galloped about the flooded Flemington Showground last…

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Stampede of Show Stock During Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 14

MELBQURNE, Friday. -- Terrified by deafening thunder and vivid lightning, horses and cattle broke out of their stalls and galloped about the flooded Fiemington Showground last…

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Stampede of Show Stock During Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Terrified by deafening thunder and vivid lightning, horses and cattle broke out of their stalls and galloped about the flooded Flemington Showground last…

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Stampede of Show Stock During Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Terrified by deafening thunder and vivid lightning, horses and cattle broke oat of their stalls and galloped about the flooded Flemington Showground last…

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Stampede of Show Stock During Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Terrified by deafening thunder and vivid lightning, horses and cattle broke out of their stalls and galloped about the flooded Flemington Showground last…

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700 Dead, 2,000 Missing In Japanese Flood From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

TOKYO, Sept. 18.—Japan's greatest flood and her most severe national disaster since the great Kanto earthquake in 1923…

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Floods in Japan Kill 2000

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

TOKIO, Thursday.--More than 2000 persons died in floods which followed last Tuesday's devastating typhoon, Japanese officials…

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Floods In Wake Of Typhoon

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 14

TOKIO, Friday. -- Following Tuesday's devastating typhoon, heavy floods swept through an area north of Tokio yesterday…

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Floods In Wake Of Typhoon

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 24

TOKIO, Friday. -- Following Tuesday's devastating typhoon, heavy floods swept through an area north of Tokio yesterday…

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Gale Strikes U.S. CITY Huge Tidal Wave Wrecks Homes Thousands Cut Off by Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3

NEW ORLEANS, Saturday.--The hurricane, which has been raging along the southern coast of America, has now struck New Orleans,Louisiana, with winds reaching 100 m.p.h…

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Gale Strikes U.S. CITY Huge Tidal Wave Wrecks Homes Thousands Cut Off by Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3

NEW. ORLEANS, Saturday.--The hurricane, which has been raging along the southern coast of America, has now struck New Orleans, Louisiana, with winds reaching 100 m.p.h…

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Gale Strikes U.S. CITY Huge Tidal Wave Wrecks Homes Thousands Cut Off by Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3

NEW ORLEANS, Saturday.--The hurricane, which has been raging along the southern coast of America, has now struck New Orleans, Louisiana, with winds reaching 100 m.p.h…

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Gale Strikes U.S. CITY Huge Tidal Wave Wrecks Homes Thousands Cut Off by Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3

NEW ORLEANS, Saturday.--The hurricane, which has been raging along the southern coast of America, has now struck New Orleans, Louisiana, with winds reaching 100 m.p.h…

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