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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 75

Death, Ruin In Kansas Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Sat. (A.P.)--The grim toil of death and damage continues to mount as the result of the disastrous floods sweeping Kansas…

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Fires Follow Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Sat. (A.P.)-The immediate total evacuation of the; central industrial…

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Death, Ruin In Kansas Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Sat. (A.P.)--The grim toll of death and damage continues to mount as the result of the disastrous floods sweeping Kansas…

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Death, Ruin Sn Kansas Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Sat. (A.P.)--The grim toll of death and damage continues to mount as the result of the disastrous floods sweeping Kansas…

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Deaths, Havoc in Wake of Flood Hundreds Evacuate U.S. City

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Sat. (A.P.). -- The grim toll pf death and damage continues ib mount as the result of the disastrous floods…

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Deaths. Havoc in Wake of Flood Hundreds Evacuate U.S. City

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY Sat. The grim foil damage continues to mount the as the result of the disastrous floods…

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Death, Devastation Follow In Wake Of Flood Disaster 23 Dead; Staggering Damage Caused

Truth · Sunday 15 July 1951 · page 3

KANSAS CITY, Saturday.—Rampaging floodwaters last night had taken toll of 23 lives, made 70,000 persons homeless in an area inhabited by 900,000, and caused damage estimated at 1000 million dollars…

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Storage Tanks Blow Up Huge Oil Fire Raging in Flooded Kansas City 100,000 Flee Homes As Riversrise From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, July 14.—An oil fire is raging out of control on the surface of floodwaters which have inundated Kansas City…

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100,000 flee before worst kansas floods Blazing petrol on floodwaters

The Sun · Sunday 15 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--More than 100,000 people have fled their homes in Kansas to escape floods and fires. Blazing petrol from ruptured storage tanks is being carried along on the…

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Oil tank inferno terrifies Kansas Floodwaters come to boil

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Sat.--Flames 300ft. high from exploding, oil tanks Wrecked by floods,…

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Gales Bring Air Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Gales to-day enabled the T.A.A. Convair John Forrest to break the…

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Storms kill two. hurt many 3 States Battered

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 5

Two people are dead and many people have been injured in gales and floods in three southern States at the weekend…

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City Invaded by New Flood Kansas Oil Fire Out Of Hand From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, July 15.— A great fresh wave of muddy water roared into flood-bound Kansas City last night as the second levee holding back the Kansas and Missouri Rivers crumbled into a…

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Victorian Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Flood waters to-night lapped down the main street of the…

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Floods in Kansas receding

The Sun · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 7

KANSAS CITY, Sunday.--Flood-waters of the Missouri and Kansas rivers are receding after having caused the greatest flood damage in…

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Threat to Flooded City Grows

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun.--Collapse of a dyke last night increased the danger to Kansas City. President Truman has declared the…

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Helicopters Save Victims of Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

KANSAS CITY, Mon.--Helicopters were used yesterday to rescue people who had been stranded in the catastrophic floods in the Kansas City area…

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Flooding In Victoria, S. Australia

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- Heavy rain in the northeast of Victoria has caused serious flooding…

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230 Die In Jap Floods

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 5

TOKIO, Mon. (BUP, Extel). --More than 230 people, have died in floods in Western…

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Helicopters Save Victims of Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 7

KANSAS CITY, Mon.--Helicopters were used yesterday to rescue people who had been stranded in the catastrophic floods in the Kansas City area…

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