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Southend Pictorial Flood Supplement
Southend Pictorial Flood Supplement
Donated to the Archive by Martyn Kaye
'Pictorial' reporter joins in the Island rescue work
Bulging with evacuees
Canvey a Second Lynmouth
Leigh boats played a big part in rescue operations
Pitiless grey dawn lit up the Island of tragedy
Ten hours' wait before rescue
Town and Country Hard Hit
Two trips to the Island
Wireless message gave first news of disaster
Papers and Reports
87 Hours
After the floods
Agony of the Animals
April 1953 edition
Bear up! Canvey will live again.
Britains Great Flood Disaster
Building The Canvey Sea Defence
Bulrush Baby Looks Back
Canvey Bakers Left in Hurry -
Canvey floods
Canvey is Watertight
Canvey Island Flooding
Daily Sketch 3rd February 1953
Daily Telegraph and Morning Post
Depression 'Z'
Disaster
Dog Flood Hero is Dead
Family's Night of Terror on Canvey Island
Farmer Leach is general in battle of the 25 gaps
Flood Warning Was Not Sent South
Flooding Aftermath
From a plane over the Thames
Harry Rows them to Safety
Holiday Town, last Night
I Wish A Thousand Eyes Could See These Heroes
John Tindale's exploits during the Flood
Kars Pruim or 'Dutchy' - Hero.
Lady with the Lamp led ferry boats
London takes 10,000 to its great heart
LSE Gives Magnificent Help In Flood Disaster
Memorial Service
Newspaper report from The Jewish Chronicle
On the island of death - They lived
One Family
Radio Men Go to The Rescue
Report of the Chief Fire Officer
Search Goes on in Stricken Canvey
Skopane Daily Chronicle (Washington State)
STC News 1984
The AA Was There
The Aftermath of the East Coast Floods
The Canvey Floods
The RSPCA and their work during the floods of 1953
The Sea Gives Canvey a Respite
The Sphere
The Stay Put Wyatts of Canvey Island
The Two Old Ladies That Just Did Not Know About It All
To the Women of Canvey
Trapped Animals Rescued
Two More Victims
WVS Report on the flood
Yorkshire Post 2nd February 1953
Southend Pictorial Flood Supplement
Southend-on-sea and County Pictorial
