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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

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Big Flood in the Murrumbidgee. Burrinjuck Overflows. Many Feet Above the By-wash. Wagga Anticipates Inundation. Wagga, Friday Night

Young Witness · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 1

The whole country around Wagga is saturated. It is anticipated that by-morrow or Sunday a large slice of the town of…

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Yass River in Flood

Young Witness · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 2

At 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning rain commenced to fall in Yase (writes the "Tribune") and continued with more or less persistency…

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The Lachlan. Big Flood at Cowra. Residents Alarmed

Young Witness · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 2

COWRA. Thursday.—Lost night a serious flood threatened Cowra, The Lacliffan River, which had risen on the previous night to 34ft, had…

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Bungendore. Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 4

Mining:—Matters are very quiet it regard to the Scotsdale mine, also the copper mine at Molonglo. The former has only a few men engaged,…

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Council and Floods. Drains and Sewerage Connections. Inspector's Report

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 4

In his report to last meeting of the Goulburn Municipal Council the health buldings and sewerage Inspector reported as follows:—…

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Cooma Isolated. Railway Line Washaways. Telegraphic Communications Severed. Umeralla River in Flood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 2

Cooma is isolated. The Umeralla River, which runs parallel with the Cooma railway line between Williamsdate and Umeralla, rose to a great…

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Heavy Flood in the Murrumbidgee

The Yass Courier · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee River has been the sensation of the past few days As all its tributary creeks, gullies, and rivers were in flood, it was…

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Floods in China. New York

The Yass Courier · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 3

A Peking message states that unprecedented [?]ains and floods are r[?]ning the Northern Chinese crops. Serious damage is threatened at…

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RAIN & Floods. Gundagai

The Yass Courier · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 4

Indications point to one of the biggest floods for years. The Murrumbidgee rose 8 feet last night. It is running a banker and still rising…

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Wagga Flooded. Business Portion Submerged WAGGA, Monday Night

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 1

The Hooded Murrumbidges is still rising. At wagga the business end of the town area was submerged at midday…

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Burrinjuck Dam. Flood Crisis Passed

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

The fear was exprossed that the weight of the Murrumbidgee flood waters against the uncompleted Burrinjuck Dam may cause the structure…

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South Wagga Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 4

The Murrumbidgee river at Wagga is now higher than it has been since the 1900 flood, and there is no certainty that it will not exceed that…

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The Flood at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 4

The Queanbeyan Age reports:—Shortly after mid-day on Wednesday it was seen that the flood was assuming alarming proportions, and the residents on the…

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Braidwood the Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 4

The Braidwood Dispatch says:— The rain which commenced on July 23 developed into one of the biggest floods ever experienced in this…

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Wagga Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

On Monday morning the Murrumbidgee at Wagga had reached its highest flood level since 1900 at 30ft. 10in. The river was then rising half…

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Wagga's Flood. Waters Subsiding. Business at Standstill

Young Witness · Thursday 3 August 1922 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee flood of 1922, as far as the river in the Wagga district is concerned, suddenly showed signs of weakening shortly after midnight…

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Flooded Properties

Young Witness · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 2

The flow of water from Camp Hill through properties in Currawong street west and Ripon street has always been a serious menace to…

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Floods in England

Young Witness · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 4

LONDON, August 8.—The rains which have fallen in the Midlands and south of England are unprecedented since 1886. The crops in…

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Flood Damage at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 4

The Yarrowlumia Shire Overseer reported at the meeting on Saturday that the roads he had been able to inspect since the rain would require…

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Record Flood at Tharwa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 1

A Booroomba correspondent states that during the recent floods the Murrumbidgee was higher than is had ever been known to be before. The…

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