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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1920

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Further Heavy Rain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 28

The people declared when the drought broke early in June that they would never be heard to complain about there being too much rain, but they have been brought to…

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Beeby's Exit New Political Storm Unpopular Appointment All Parties Indignant

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 1

At a special meeiting of the Executive Council this afternoon Mr. G. S. Beeby was appointed a judge of the Industrial Arbitration Court and…

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A Cold Snap. Snow, Heavy Maw and Floods. First Snow for Twenty-one Years

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 45

The weather since Sunday last has been the coldest experienced in Albury for some years. There has been a further substantial addition to the year's rainfall, and…

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The River in Flood

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

During the past few days the Murray river has been in Hood. Locally the waters have been running through both of the approach bridges, and parts of…

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Prevention of Street Flooding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 28

A special meeting of the Albury Municipal Council was held on Friday night. The special business was the consideration of reports of engineer re flooding of…

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Heavy Rain—fences Down. Brocklesby

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." We have twelve horses, four, cows and four calves. We have a little, pony. We call her Dot. My…

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Settlers' Trials. Drought and Flood. and the Shearers' Strike

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 4

A Bathurst report states that the heaviest sufferers through the shearers' strike are the smaller station owners. The position of the average…

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Hail Storm at Tamworth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 30

Tamworth was visited by a terrific hail-storm. Hail fell in large lumps, and in some parts of the town was 3ft. deep. All roofs were covered as if with snow,…

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The Clergy and Prohibition (Published by arrangement) Flood of Hostile Criticism "The Patent Medicine of Religion"

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 2

Adelaide:—September 7th. The Anglican Synod to day discussed the question of prohibition on a motion that synod should urge members of…

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THE [?] and Prohibition. Flood of Hostile Criticism the Patent Medicine of [?] (Published by arrangement)

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1920 · page 4

Adelaide, 7th September.—The Anglican synod to day discussed the question of prohibition on a motion that synod should urge members of…

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Floods in Europe. Damage in France and Northern Italy

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent says that great damage has been wrought in France, Switzerland and Northern Italy by floods…

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The Clergy and Prohibition. (Published by Arrangement). Flood of Hostile Criticism "The Patent Medicine of Religion."

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 1

ADELAIDE:—September 7th. The Anglican Synod to-day discussed the question of prohibition on a motion that synod should urge members of…

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(Published by Arrangement.) The Clergy and Prohibition. Flood of Hostile Criticism. "The Patent Medicine of Religion."

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 3

ADELAIDE.—September 7th. The Anglican Synod to-day discussed the question of prohibition on a motion that Synoid should urge members of the church…

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Heavy Rain at Hillston. Naradhun, Hillston

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is a long time since I last wrote to you. We had a hail storm the other day. We had 184 points of vain altogether. We live a quarter of a…

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Wind Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 28

A heavy gale of wind with thunder and lightning passed over the town oh Tuesday night. Many of the street trees were severly pruned by the gale, and some were…

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Polish Storm Centre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1920 · page 23

The "Daily Express" publishes a report from its correspondent in Berlin that East Prassia is going to war against Poland owing to the seizure of Vilna by General…

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Exciting Flood Incident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 November 1920 · page 4

A Whittlesca (Vic.) message states that during the floods of Saturday a party of n lady and child two years old, and three men, had a narrow…

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Irish News the Storm Centre Londonderry's Tally. London, Nov. 7

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 4

Londonderry was the storm centre of Ireland for the week-end. Five police were wounded and rival mobs were busy…

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Monday's Storm. Damage to Crops and Houses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 22

Information received from The Rock on Tuesday gave details of Monday's storm. The visitation was more severe there than elsewhere. During the storm…

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Country Edition. The following appeared in our Country Edition on Wednesday. Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Wednesday. Severe Electrical Storms. Fatality at Warwick

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 1

An extraordinary electric storm passed over Spencer's Brook, West Australia. Many houses were thrown down. Telegraph poles and trees…

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