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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

72 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 4

Bus in Flooded Stream

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 33

Exceptionally heavy rain has fallen at Nowra. Two valuable horses attached to a bus, when conveying three passengers to the southern end of Berry-street, were…

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Serious Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 32

The highest flood in the history of Bega district has occurred. The total rainfall was 28in. and 72 points, of which 17in. fell in one day. A heavy loss in stock has…

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Flood in Bega District. Boy Drowned, Herds of Cattle Lost, Communication Cut Off, and Heavy Crop Losses. Bega

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 6

The flood waters have receded, leaving devastation in the trail. For miles and miles fencing and wire netting are gone as also are bridges and…

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Sensational Floods at Melbourne. Great Damage at Footscray. Many Homes Flooded. One Life Lost

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

Torrential rain, burst over Melbourne in the small hours of Wednesday morning. Railway washaways occurred, houses were flooded, telephone…

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Soldiers Riot in London. Police Action Resented, 3000 American-canadian— Australians. Storm Bow Street. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 6

A riot took place in the Strand, resulting from a constable endeavoring to arrest American sailors gambling outside the Y.M.C.A. refreshment hut…

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Flood and Drought in Hunter Valley

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 33

The question of flood mitigation and water conservation has for years agitated residents of the Hunter Valley. After each big flood it has been discussed, and…

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New Electoral Boundaries Storm Will Soon Break. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 3

The Electorate Boundaries Commission express to complete proposals for a tentative scheme of re-distribution of seats within a week of ten days…

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Unrest in Germany. New Storm Centres Arising. Socialistic Outbreaks in Various Cities. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 2

"The London Times" Hague correspondent says the Government troops are carrying out further reprisals at Munich, and have executed Loudaner,…

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Damage by the Big Murray Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 23

The Victorian Minister for Works (Mr. Robinson) promised a deputation, from the Wodonga Shire Council that he would consider the request that the council should…

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London Free From Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 9

London owing to its wise embankment schemes, is free from the peril of floods which are once more menacing Paris. But it was not always so. Stow-tells many…

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Serious Floods One Man Drowned River Rises Twenty Feet. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 2

The flood waters in the Richmond River district are now over the tops of the fences. In many places the people in the flooded and threatened localities are…

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Northern Rivers in Flood. the Richmond and the Tweed. Young Man Swept Away and Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 2

The Richmond River is in flood, as the result of torrential rains. All the wharves are submerged, and the buildings thereon are almost entirely…

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The Flooded Rivers Lismore—grafton Railway Line Flooded. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 2

Latest news from [?] states that the water has risen several feet in many houses. Land slips have occured at the river banks at different points…

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The Flooded Country a Fine Day in Sydney at Last. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 3

To-day was the first fine day in Sydney for over a fortnight. The flood at Coraki reached its greatest height at 4 o'clock this morning. The…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast. Main Arm Mullumbimby

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have had some very wet weather since we came to Main Arm on February 21. The creeks have been flooded three times, but they go down…

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Lismore Floods. Heavy Loss. Lismore

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 June 1919 · page 6

The flood wartsrs in thie district are now subsiding. Tremendous damago has been done, especially to timber. Over 100,000 logs, valued[?] at…

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The Protector in a Gale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 1

During the heavy gales of Sunday H.M.A.S. Protector, a gunboat on the Australian station, was soyerely bulfeted coming around the Victorian coast…

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Houses Flooded and Tram Lines Blocked SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 July 1919 · page 3

The main trunk water main which traverses New Canterbury road, Lewisham, burst this morning, flooding a large number of houses is the vicinity. The tram…

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To-day's Latest. the Victory March in Paris. Takes Place in Floods of Sunshine. Witnessed by Millions. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 July 1919 · page 2

Floods of sunshine enhanced the symbolic beauty of the Victory March which was witnessed by millions. A detachment of disabled soldiers,…

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Where Noah Settled After the Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1919 · page 23

Nakhichevan is reputed to be the o'dest city in the world. It is situated at the foot of Mount Ararat, in a remote section of Trans[?]casia, where, Armenia…

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