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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

170 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 9

Mails and Floods Finley Service Now Held Up

The Independent · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 8

Deniliquin mail contractors will be pleased when the flood waters subside again. Mr. Geo. Lawrence has, until this…

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Stealing From Flood Victims

The Independent · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

It has been reported that some unknown person or persons have been visiting homes at North Deniliquin with the use of a boat…

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The Flood at Deniliquin. £10,000 Damage

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

The whole of North Deniliquin is at present a huge lake. The damage is estimated at £10,000. Two hotels, two banks, two…

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The Murrumbidgee Flood Waters Falling at Hay All Town Embankments Intact

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

The record flood is slowly passing downstream, but up to this morning the total tail was only 4½ inches. Owing to the swirl in the rushing waters…

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The Floods. in Other Riverine Districts

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

Messrs. Brown, Blake, and Byrne, whose irrigation farms on the Narrandera road were inundated by a wall of flood water live miles wide,…

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The Flood ! Large Areas Inundated EdWard Now Falling

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

After reaching 29ft 5in on Wednesday and remaining at that level for 24 hours, there was a slight fall noticeable yesterday both m the river and…

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The River Meeting to Discuss Flood Protection

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 3

The Mayor of Wagga (Alderman E. E. Collins) called a meeting which was to have been held this week, at which suggestions will be made and discussed…

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The Murrumbidgee. the Flood Slowly Receding Some Interesting Particulars of the Visitation

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

The river continues to go down, but very slowly. This morning the gauge stood at 28ft. 6in.—a total fall of only 7½m. since the peak was…

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Moulamein Flooded. One Hundred and Fifty Homeless. Five Houses Swept Away

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

The flood waters of the Edward, which is really an anabranch of the Murray, and the swollen Billabong Creek have junctioned, just above…

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Threatened Flood at Urana. Averted by Breaks in Dam. SYDNEY. Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 3

The serious floods which threatened in the Urana district, owing to the Urana Lake damming up, was relieved last night, when two breaks took…

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Tragedy at Culcairn Drowned in Flooded Billabong Body of Mr. Hicks Recovered

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 3

The body of Mr. Edgar Alfred A. Hicks. 45, grazier, and owner of Morven homestead, Morvon, five miles from Culcairn, was…

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Flood Waters. Where Do They Come From?

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 3

Despite the heavy floods in the Billabong, Yanko and Colombo Creeks, it is generally acknowledged that the greatest damage has been…

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Flooded Creeks. Water Still Receding

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 3

The Billabong Creek at Jerilderie has been falling at the rate of about two inches daily since it reached its peak level, and…

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Local and General Photos of the Flood

The Independent · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 4

Dozens of realistic photos depicting flood scenes in and around Deniliquin during the last few weeks, are at present on view in Mr. W. Hull-Brown's…

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Floods Subsiding Edward Falling Steadily Moulamein Position Magnified

The Independent · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 1

Beaching its peak at 29ft. 5in. at Deniliquin on Thursday last, the Edward River commenced, to fall on Friday and since then has…

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The Flood in Riverina. Waters Receding except at Moulamein. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 1

The flood danger in Urana, Jerilderie and Moulamein districts now appears to be over. The water released from…

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Overland in Flood Time. with a Thornycroft Truck. Mr. Clary Hill's Experience

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 2

Yesterday forenoon Mr Clary Hill, with the aid of a team of eleven horses, driven by Mr Frank Best, drove his Thornycroft truck from Mungadal…

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The Murrumbidgee. River Gradually Falling the Flood Position Improving Locally

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 2

The situation in respect to the flood difficulties continues to steadily improve locally, and has been assisted by comparatively mild, the weather…

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The Floods in Riverina Deniliquin, Wanganella, Conargo, Moulamein. Large Areas Inundated

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 2

We take the following particulars from last fridays issue or me Deniliquin "Pastoral Times." After reaching 29ft. 5m. on…

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The Record Flood Waters Steadily Receding. Great Damage to Roads

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 2

The flood waters locally are still steadily falling, leaving behind a big area of muddy country upon which the luxuriant vegetation of a few…

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