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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
181 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 10
The highest flood for 50 years has occurred in the Murray River. At Albury the river is nearly two miles wide. The water has entered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If the River Murray overflows its banks at Pompoota, the reclaimed swamp, which is the training ground for returned soldiers, which has an area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Murray emba[?]ment broke away this morning, and Wall Swamp, which occupied a large number of returned soldiers, is now submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The captured Zeppelin crews state that 13 Zeppelins started from three bases to raid England. Two were compelled to return early, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A message from Albury states that the River Murray has risen rapidly since Sunday, and was over 20ft. above summer level yesterday. All…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With bridge showing the sear of the terrific smash she received in the worst storm Weathered in all her career, the Canadian-Australian liner Makura,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murray River is how 10 miles wide in places. The flood has covered all the country between Tocumwal and Strathmerton. All traffic for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A further flood has occurred in parts of the Murray. The waters at Went-worth yesterday threatened to overflow the banks and inundate the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The flood in the Murray is slowly receding at Barooga. where the waters fell a foot yesterday. At Yarrawonga the flood fell 2ft. lin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About two chains of the Mypolonga embankment near Murray Bridge gave way early this morning. About 1700 acres of reclaimed ground were flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A witness before the Parliamentary Select Committee to-day condemned the Government proposal for dealing with the Torrens flood waters owing,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mobilong Swamp bend on the Murray, near Murray Bridge, broke on Saturday night. The Renmark settlers are preparing to resist a big flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An immense volume of water, it is reported, is still coming down the Murray. The river at Morgan is 25ft. above sumemr level…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An immense volume of water, it is reported, is still coming down the Murray. The river at Morgan is 25ft. above sumemr level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With the exception of a few high spots, practically every street in Deniliquin is now covered with water. North Deniliquin is a sea of water. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reports from Echuca show that the Murray River continued to rise slightly yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Parliamentary Select Committee has advised that the proposed Government scheme for dealing with the Torrens flood waters should be delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Parliamentary Select Committee has advised that the proposed Government scheme for dealing with the Torrens [?] flood waters should be delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This picture shows the difficult nature of the country, over, which our troops have to advance in wet weather in Flanders. Even the duck boards, on which the man leading the horse is walking, are under-water in some. places. (British official picture, 1917.)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The floods in the Upper Murray continue to recede. The Murrumbidgee, however, is still several feet above flood level. The combined flows are…
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