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The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war [a]) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Isle of Man, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwreck, where the loss of life was forty or more.
In 1822 he was employed alongside his brother breaking rocks to create a new toll road in Fife from Lindores to Newburgh. He returned again to labouring after his weaving venture collapsed in 1825. Mainly working in quarrying and road-building he was blown up in a quarry explosion in 1829 and not expected to live.
Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, at the south shore of the Firth of Tay. The town has a population of 2,171 (in 2011), [ 2 ] which constitutes a 10% increase since 1901 when the population was counted at 1,904 persons.
At least 125 people have died and as many as 1,500 remain unaccounted for after catastrophic floods raged across Germany, Belgium and neighboring countries this week — turning streets into ...
UPDATE: The confirmed death toll in Buncombe County has climbed to 30, the sheriff said at a Sept. 29, 4 p.m. briefing.. ASHEVILLE - There have been 10 confirmed deaths in Buncombe County as a ...
The death toll rose to over 100 across Germany and Belgium Friday, after days of heavy rainfall triggered catastrophic flooding across the countries, The Associated Press reported. The rounds of ...
Service disruption notice Glasgow Central railway station 31 December 2015. Frank caused severe flooding in Scotland with the towns of Dumfries, Peebles and Ballater flooded by the rivers Nith, Tweed and Dee. [60] Abergeldie Castle was left on the brink of serious damage after flooding eroded the banks of the Dee within feet of the foundations ...
The storm was also blamed for one death in the U.S. and four others in Canada and prompted multiple state of emergency declarations. Search and rescuers in British Columbia continue to try