FLOODS IN NICOSIA
NICOSIA, Dec 22 (Recd 11 pm).Floods following five days torrential rain caused the loss of at least 20 lives and much damage to bridges, and roads throughout the island. A lorry a few miles outside Nicosia was engulfed in a torrent sweeping across a road, and of 20 passengers only one escaped. #
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Wanganui Chronicle, 23 December 1949, Page 5
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