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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

67 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 4

A Flood-proof Fence. An Effective Design

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 17

Wire netting fences of considerable value are periodically destroyed by flood waters in certain districts. A departmental officer gives some…

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Queensland Storm Brisbane

The Independent · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 2

During a violent storm at Acercorn, a new settlement, a number of residences were totally wrecked. Out buildings were demolished and a…

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Telegrams Terrific Snow Storm in America Worst in 40 Years Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 2

A New York message states that a December snow storm, stated to be the worst in 40 years, blanketed the entire eastern portion of the United…

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Telegrams Cyclone at Doubtful Creek Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1926 · page 3

During the jury of a cyclonic storm at Doubtful Creek, near Casino, to-day, the house of a soldiers settler, named Victor Ray, was lifted bodily from [?]…

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Heavy Rain

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 2

A heavy rainfall occurred on Sunday last, at about 6 o'clock, and continued Intermittently for about two hours. In some parts of the district…

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Tracking Storms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 47

"The birthplace of storms"—that vast frozen sheet covering Greenland's icy mountains—is the ultimate goal of an expedition of adventurers that is…

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The Holiday Weather Heavy Rain and Windstorms. Much Damage Occasioned in Places

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 2

Sultry weather and some heavy rainstorms in parts, marked the Christmas holidays in New South Wales. At Hay Christmas Day was…

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