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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

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Regent Rains Outback Morden and Lonsdale Homesteads Flooded (From a Correspondent.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 7

Owing to the recent floods the Salisbury mail service was disorganised from March 28 to April 17, the mail being delivered by pack horses owing…

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Floods in State Over 50 Families Leave Homes Near Newcastle Many Farmers Ruined Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 4

Fifty families at Hexham, Tarro, and Miller's Forest, abandoned their homes last night as a result of the rise of the floodwaters…

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Boy Drowned Slips From Log While. Crossing Flooded Creek Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

Arthur Freeman (7) was drowned in the Gloucester River at lnvergordon where he was going to school. The river is in flood. The boy, held…

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Storm at Balaklava

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

A man who came in to Broken Hill yesterday afternoon on horseback said that he encountered a heavy storm near Balaklava, but that when he got near…

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Railway Town Station Was Flooded To-day

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

Water was everywhere in the Silverton Trainway Company's yard this morning as workmen and others made their way to their plates of…

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Silverton Flooded Biggest Flood for Years

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

Last night and in the early hours of this morning Silverton bore a flooded appearance, but the water responsible for this came down the…

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N.Z. Miners' Dispute Members of Union Storm a Building Auckland (N.Z.), May 27

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 1

The Miners' Union at Stockton (N.Z.) made a demonstration yesterday in an effort to induce contract employees to cease work. Later the…

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Barrier Miner Friday, May 29, 1931. the Coming Storm

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

The proceedings at the Premiers' Conference—the third to be held within the last ten months—have reached the stage where agreement, on paper…

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Murrumbidgee in Flood Alarm at Gundagai Parts of Junee Flooded Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 1

A huge volume, of water which is coming down the Murrumbidgee is causing considerable alarm at Gundagai. Residents were awakened at…

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Storms in England (Special to "The Miner") London, May 28

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 May 1931 · page 6

Violent thunderstorms broke over the South ot England last night and in the early hours of the day causing great, damage, particularly in Wales…

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Floods Near Temora Biggest in History Sydney. "Wednesday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1931 · page 3

A message from Temora says that the Morangarell is experiencing the biggest, flood iu its history. There are miles of flood waters. A grazior named…

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Murrumbidgee in Flood No Serious Losses Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 2

A message from Wagga says that the Murrumbidgee River tins reached its highest lovel since the disastrous flood of 1025. All the low-lying country is…

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The Murray in Flood Position at Locks Renmark

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 4

The river continuos at a very high level in the neighborhood of the look works in progress at the sites of No. 7 and 8. So for it has not been…

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Floors in N.S.W. [?] the Tumut Valley Under Water Wagga and Albury Threatened by Floods Sydney,Friday

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 1

A menage from Tumut last night stated that the whole Tumut valley is under water as the result of torrential rains Except in a few isolated…

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Floods in N.S.W. Serious Position at Narrandera and Hay. the Macquarie Falling Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 8

Flood waters still menace number of towns in the western and southern parts of the State. The water has overflowed the banks of the Mur[?]bidges…

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Anxtety at Wagga Some Parts Are Flooded to Depth of 8 FEET Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 8

It was ex[?]ected that the critical [?] as far as. Wagga was concerned would have been reached at noon,but during the, morning the river rose only two…

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Anxiety at Wagga Some Parts Are Flooded to Depth of 8 FEET Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

It was expected that the critical point as far as Wagga was concerned would have been reached at noon, but during the morning the river rose only two…

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Floods in N.S.W. Serious Position. at Narrandera and Hay the Macquaiue Falling. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

Floodwaters' still menace a number of towns in the western and southern parts of the State. The water has overflowed the banks of the Murrumbidgee…

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Floods in the State Station Manager Drowned Dubbo

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 6

Andrew Peck (43), manager of Ganarrin Station, Dubbo was drowned while crossing the flooded Macquarie River in a flat bottomed [?] to give assistance…

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Heavy Rain in Victoria Flood'danger Increased Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 1

The flood danger has increased in Victoria by further heavy rain over the week end. The Murray at Wodonga was nine feet over the Hume spillway…

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