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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Pressure on Greece the Calm Before the Storm. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 June 1916 · page 2

The correspondent at Athens of the the Evening News" says that the calm which has supervened Athens is not real, but only temporary. The real…

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The Italian Front. Storms Hinder Advance

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 June 1916 · page 3

A communique issued in Rome states: "Violent storms have increased the difficulties attending our advance on the Seven Communes Plateau. We have…

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Foe Storms Liniewka

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 3

A Berlin communique claims that General Von Linsingen has stormed and captured Liniewka, Westward of Sokul (on the Styr, near Lutsk), and also Russian…

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Slavs Storm Heights Held by Turks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 3

It is officially reported from Petrograd that Russian troops in the Caucasus surprised and stormed a series of defended heights to the east of Baiburt (60 miles…

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Enemy Losses Enormous. Heavy Rain Falling. London, Wednesday Morning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 2

General Haig reports from France that the enemy has been heavily reinforced from other parts of the line and continues everywhere to resist the British advance…

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Heavy Rain. Lockhart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—Our aunty has a new baby girl. We have a little ENglish terrier and will you please give me a name for it. Our baby Nell has grown a big…

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Exploration and Settlement in Australia. (Continued.) The '52 Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 38

I will here diverge for a short space from Sturt's exploration in Central Australia to a memorable time that occurred on the Murrumbidgee…

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Tropical Storm in Gulf of Mexico. Huge Losses Result. New Orleans

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 July 1916 · page 3

A tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday caused property loss to the extent of several millions. The crops also suffered. Traffic was tied up and ten…

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British Storm and Take Redoubt. Which Foe Ingeniously Fortified for 20 Months. Severe German Casualties

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 July 1916 · page 2

General Sir Douglas Haig, on Saturday, reports:— "The Leipsig redoubt, situated on the German salient, which has been fortified…

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Phenomenal Rainfall. River Murray in Flood. Low-lying Flats Submerged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 July 1916 · page 2

The River Murray is rising rapidly at Albury, and at 5 p.m. yesterday (Sunday) [?]register showed 12ft 5½in. After making the usual deduction of 2ft. 2in. to…

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Big Floods Feared. Murray Still Rising. Roads and Bridges Damaged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 July 1916 · page 3

The Murray river is still rising, and a big flood is expected. From Sunday evening till six o'clock last evening the river at Albury rose nearly two feet. The…

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Rivers in Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 2

WANGARATTA, Monday.—The Ovens and King rivers were in heavy flood today, but advantage was taken of the ample notice, and only minor losses were…

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Heavy Rain in June. Fair View, Wondalga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 12

Dear Uncle" Jeff,—One of my sisters had, a nice little water-dog called Fido And what do you think? A "Hun" shot . him. We have had some excellent rain—…

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Heavy American Floods. Nine Deaths Recorded. 7000 Persons Homeless. Washington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 2

Enormous floods are devastating large areas in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. It is estimated that 7000 persons have…

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Another Flood Probable. Warning by the Police

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 2

The Superintendent of Police at Albury (Mr. Childs) has received the following telegram from Mr. Mitchell. Inspector-General of Police, Sydney:—…

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Heavy Rain and Floods. Springfield, Kreamba

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—We have had heavy and continual rain here lately. Our mailman, who drives a sulky from Holbrook to Tarcutta, could not get any further than…

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The Murray in Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 3

COBRAM, Wednesday [?]—The Murray River reached its highest point to-day, the gauge showing 19ft. above summer level, but it is now slowly receding. All the…

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The Floods

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

During the whole of the past week there has been anxiety concerning the floods coming down our creeks and what effect they would have on…

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Some American News Destructive Floods in Carolina Infantile Paralysis in New York. Pierpont Morgan Receives Twenty Million in Gold LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 1

Reuters' Washington correspondent reports that nine persons are dead, and 7000 homeless as the result of floods in South Carolina and Virginia…

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Rains Cause Floods at Bathurst

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

Very heavy rain fell at Bathurst, yesterday, with the result that Vale Creek overflowed its banks, causing the largest and most destructive flood for many…

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