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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

180 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 9

Great Floods Victoria. MELBOURNE

The Independent · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 4

Torrents of rain, accompanying the equinoctial gales of the past week, have caused practically every river in Victoria, except the Yarrs, to overflow its banks…

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Floods at Bonegilla. Eleven Cows Drowned. Bonegilla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

A further loss of stock is reported in connection with the floods. Whilst removing a herd of dairy cattle from the lowlands across a flooded anabranch of the…

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The Wodonga Floods. Families Marooned. a Mailman's Resource. Wodonga, Thursday Evening

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

The flood waters here are slowly subsiding, without having reached the level of the big flood of a few years ago. Several families are marooned in their homes…

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The Floods. Householders Marooned Losses of Stock. Murray River Stationary

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

The "King" of Australian Rivers still maintains the flood water mark at which .it stood at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. This is 13ft. lOins. above summer…

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The Victorian Floods. Widespread Destruction

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 1

Particulars of the Victorian floods show that torrents of rain, accompanied by equinoctial gales, have prevailed all over Victoria during the past…

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Disastrous Floods. Parts of Victoria Inundated. People in Trees. Stock Swept Away. Several Lives Lost

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 4

Torrents or rain, accompanying the equinoctial gales of the past week, have caused practically every river in Victoria except the Yarra to overflow its…

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Disastrous Floods. Rapid Rise in the Murray. Main Road 5 Feet Under Water. Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 7

The Murray River here commenced to rise rapidly to-day owing to the flooded condition of the Ovens. At 8 a.m. to-day the height was 11 feet, and…

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Severe Weather. Floods in Victoria

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 3

The weather during this month has been anything but pleasant, the days being generally very windy, at times travelling at the forces of a gala, and…

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A Victim of the Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

The body of the young man, Harry Brown, who was drowned at Springdale., whilst endeavoring to rescue cattle from the flood waters, was recovered by the…

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Floods at Bonegilla. Damage to Bridge Approaches

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

Considerable damage has been done to numerous approaches to bridges on Bethanga road in the Towong Shire by the recent flood, while in the Wodonga ter-…

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The Floods. Receding at Albury. Boats Rowing in Wodonga Place

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

The flood waters of the Murray at Albury are receding. At 3 o'clock yesterday an official record showed that the river had fallen five inches in the 24 hours, being…

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Disastrous Floods. Murray River Still Falling

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

The Murray river at Albury is still falling. At 9 a.m. on Saturday the river was 13ft. above summer level, while at 5.30 p.m. yesterday it was only lift. lOin…

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A Tragedy of the Flood. a Young Man Drowned. While Recovering a Corpse. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

Under the eyes of his father and three constables who had aided him to bring to shore the body of a woman, George Seymour, a young man, was drowned in the…

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Ladies Up to the Neck in T[?] Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 3

A party of five—Misses Winnie Morris and MeKee and Messrs, Strawbridge, Primrose, and Gibsons had a narrow escape from drowning while boating in the…

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The Floods. River Still Falling

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 3

The official measurement of the Murray river at Albury, taken at 9 o'clock yesterday morning showed that it had fallen five inches since 5.30 pan. on Sunday night…

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The Floods. River Falling Rapidly at Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

The river at Albury-yesterday was 10ft. 4in. above summer level, which was nearly a fall of a foot from the previous day…

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Sheep in a Flood

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

Quite recently Mr R. Reid, of Triambil (says Mudgee "Western Post"), attempted to cross six hundred sheep over the Macquarie River in the vicinity of…

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The Floods. the Murray at Cobram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 4

The Murray river at Cobram rose over its banks on Sunday night, and flooded all the flat country between the main stream and the levees from Cobram to Tocumwal…

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The Comet Gale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 4

Many inquiries have been made regarding the position of this comet in the sky. During last week it was to be seen projected against the western sty between the…

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The Comet Gale. Visible in England. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 2

Gale's comet is now visible here. (During last week the comet was to be seen in Australia projected against the western sky between the stars Alpha and…

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