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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

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Murray River Flood Damage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 45

Mr. V. Goddin, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister of Agriculture as follows::—Dear Sir,—With reference to the…

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European Floods 100 People Deowned. Great Damage Threatened in Britain. London, December 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 4

Serious floods are reported throughout Europe. One hundred persons were drowned in Transylvania,where special trains are succoring the…

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Storm on Atlantic Coast. Causes Serious Loss of Life in America. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

Nearly a score or persona perished, and others were injured, while considerable damage was done to shipping on the Atlantic Coast, as the…

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Gale in a Tunnel. Novel Plan for Testing Aeroplanes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 3

Just as the shipbuilder makes model boats and tows them through tanks in order to learn what resistance they Oder to the water, so the…

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A Flooded Creek. Boy's Plucky Crossing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

The thirteen-year-old son of Mr. James Salmon, the well known Wagga farmer, of "Ashmont," had a close call when attempting to cross…

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Heavy Flood in N.z

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 3

Takaka (Nelson) experienced a heavy flood, which is described as the worst for 40 years. The river ovorflowed the protection works…

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Latest Telegrams Floods in West Australia

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday Night. There are floods in portion of West Australia as the result of heavy brains. The railway has been washed…

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The Rainfall. Floods Predicted

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 4

Heavy rain fell in Sydney during Tuesday night. Heavy falls were also reported in the Central West and North Western portion of New South Wales…

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The Weather Heavy Downpour in Metropolis. Floods in the West

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 2

Rain threatened at Hay on Wednesday, but none fell. Rain was reported to be falling heavily in the Gunbar district, and light rain fell…

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Friday's Messages. Serious Floods at Wellington, Dubbo and Hunter Valley. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 2

Floods have occurred in the Macquarie, Castlereagh, Hunter and Wollondilly rivers, the Macquarie having risen 40 feet in two days…

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Cyclone and Floods Serious Damage in N.s.w. Waters Surround Townships

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1926 · page 29

A cyclonic disturbance worked its way in a southeasterly direction across New South Wales last week, causing,, torrential rains, accompanied by…

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Terrific Storm at Trangie. Buildings Razed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 2

Trangie was struck by a terrific cyclone, late yesterday afternoon. Ten houses, and several other buildings, including the Masonic Hall and…

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Cyclone at Trangie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 25

A terrific cyclone struck Trangie late on Tuesday afternoon, and ten homes aud several other buildings were demolished. Two women, Mrs. Ayres…

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No Rain for 34 Years. Then a Ninety Day Deluge

The Independent · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 4

The torrential rains, which fell almost continually for ninety days along the western coast of Peru, literally changed the face of the…

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Drum—flood

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 2

A pretty wedding took plat at St. Virgilius Church, Hay, on Easter Monday, 5th April, when Miss Eileen Flood, third daughter of Mrs. J…

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Macquarie River in Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 28

For the fifth time since the end of March the Macquarie River was in flood at the week-end. All the country on the lower Macquarie is…

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Storm in South Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 32

Sweeping across the Main North-road between Salisbury and Smithfield, a terrific windstorm bent iron telegraph poles double, uprooted 12 50-feet gum…

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Franc's Plight. Treasury Weathers Storm. Support From Bank of France. Paris, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 20

The French financial situation was discussed by the Council of Ministers yesterday, after which the Minister for Finance (M. Perot) announced…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 35

A message from Auckland (N.Z.) states that heavy rain has fallen. Many country areas were inundated, and there were several washouts on…

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Cyclone in Switzerland. Forests Destroyed. Geneva, June 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 43

Widespread, havoc has been caused at Chaux de Fonds and neighbourhood as the result of a cyclone, in which three persons were killed and a…

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