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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Country Edition Telegrams. Heavy Rain on North Coast

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday afternoon. Heavy rains during the week-end, on the North Coast, was responsible for nearly three inches being…

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Fourth Gale in Week. Food in Thames Valley. London, January 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 20

The fourth gale of the week sprang up last night accompanied by heavy rain, making the plight of dwellers in the Thames Valley more desperate than…

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Storm at Balranald. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

The most destructive storm ever known locally swept over Balranald yesterday afternoon. Several houses were unroofed and trees and fences…

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The Weather. a Warm Spell and Thunder Storms

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

These who have been complaining that we have had no hot weather this summer were inclined to change their tune on Sunday, when the…

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Monday's Storm at Balranald Much Property Damaged. Two Persons Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

Extraordinary results followed a tornado which swept through South on Riverina on Monday afternoon and descended suddenly on the…

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Cyclone and Deluge

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

A terrific cyclone, which passed over Balranald on Monday afternoon, killed two persons and injured many others. Thousands of pounds worth…

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Cyclone at Balranald. Town Suffers Heavy Damage.two Persons Killed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 2

One of the worst storms ever experienced in the Balranald district passed over that town at 2.30 p.m. on Monday last. Roofs of houses were…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 37

Five inches of rain fell in two hours, on Tuesday at Blackall. Other parts of central, west and southwest Queensland also participated in the generous…

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Cyclone Does £100,000 Worth of Damage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 22

The town of Roeburne (W.A.), suffered severely as a result of a cyclone last week. Point Sampson jetty, 2167 foot long, was practically destroyed, representing £100,000 loss…

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Widespread Deluge Many Towns Flooded. Heavy Tropical Rains

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 26

A widespread tropical disturbance has caused heavy falls of rain over the greater part of the continent. Much damage was caused to trunk telephone…

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Heavy Rain

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 2

On Sunday morning there was torrential downpour of rain in and around Deniliquin. Commencing early in the morning the rain poured…

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The Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 13

O'er the countryside thunder-clouds thicken, The stockman has Come from the hill…

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LETTER-BOX Honor Letter Flood Vale. Narandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is quite a long time since I last wrote to the Page, so I thought I had better write again, or you might forget. But you never…

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Floods in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 25

Long stretches in the Innisfail Tully section of the northern coast railway line are under flood level, and the Railways Department has provided flood…

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Floods in the North

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 44

A message from Cassino states, that the water in the Richmond River subsided 10ft. between 6 o'clock on Thursday night and 5 o'clock last Friday…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 3

Many parts of Queensland are receiving damaging rain and shearing is being held up. Rain has boon falling all over the State for several days…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney. Misses Catchment Area

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

Heavy continuous rain has fallen all day at Sydney and along the coast. It was much needed, but the calchment area appears to have…

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The Rainfall in Other Parts Great Downpour on the Coast. Floods at Wollongong and Nowra. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 2

The chief topic of conversation in the city today is the phenomenal rainfall for the week end. The total for ten days is 13 inches. Floods…

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Floods! Big River Coming! Heavy Rains on Catchment Area. Precautions Very Necessary. Records May Be Broken

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

Yesterday's urgent telegraphical message to the postmaster at Hay, to whose courtesy we are indebted for much of our information, brought the…

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Disastrous Floods Sydney, 29th May

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 2

Reports of enormous damage and loss of life are coming from the Southern districts of this State, and three people are reported as having been drowned so far; one at Canberra, and two…

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