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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

170 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 9

Lost in Flood Waters. Traveller's Shocking Ordeal

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 4

Half dead from exposure and lack of nourishment, an elderly traveller, named Alfred Cutts, was picked up from the flood waters on Caroonboon…

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Flood Waters in Algudgerie and Derrigan Creeks

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 3

The Hon R. T. Ball. M .L. A. forwards the following letter from H. H Dare Commissioner of the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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Flood Warning Meeting of Association at at Wagga

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 August 1931 · page 2

A meeting of the above association was held at Wagga recently' to discuss the position of flood waters in the control of water in the Burrinjuck…

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Flood Position at Wentworth Serious This Morning. 200 Voluntary Workers From Mildura. Sydney, Tuesday noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 3

The flood situation at Wentworth, this morning, was very serious. Several families who were driven from their homes sought refuge in the…

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Murray in Flood Widespread Desolation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 2

The rising of the Murray River is causing a great deal of anxiety at Mildura and lower down stream. At many places widespread damage…

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Flood Waters. in Algudgerie and Berrigan Creeks

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 4

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A. forwards the following letter from the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, dated 24th July. 1931.—…

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More Flood News. From City Journalists

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 4

A Sydney message, under date 14th July, to a country contemporary is as under:— "It is learned that 20 men have…

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Wool Season Opens Delayed by Floods

The Independent · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 1

Delayed several weeks by the floods graziers throughout Deniliquin district are now getting on with shearin operations…

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Thunderstorms in England London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 2

Terrific thunderstorms are causing widespread damage in Britain, France and Belgium, Train tunnels are partly filled with water and at King's…

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Cutter Wrecked in Gale Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 3

A radio report from Flinders Island states that the cutter Romp was wrecked on July 30 at Cone Point as the result of being caught…

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Ten Thousand Drowned Floods in China. Yangtsze Sixty Feet Above Normal. Shanghai

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 2

Ten thousand have already been drowned in the Hangow floods, which have assumed the proportions of a national calamity, effecting inestimable…

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Flood Damage Council's Request for Relief

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 5

In a letter to the council on Wednesday, the Minister for Local Government, Mr. J. M'Girr, through Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., stated that…

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Murray River Flood Level

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 8

Heavy rain on the latter part of last-week caused the Murray to rise two feet, bringing it to within five, inches of flood leval—14ft. This was on…

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Floods in China 10,000 Persons Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 7

Following several weeks of heavy rain, floods have become so serious in the Hankow district that millions of people are threatened with either…

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Flood Damage in the Riverina Mr. Donovan Asks for Aid. Discussion in Parliament. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Donovan moved the adjournment to discuss the serious position of residents along the Murray River basin…

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Wakool News Flood Damage

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

Considerable damage has been done the formations and culverts near the Wakool bridge as a result of the floods A few chains of formation have been…

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Flood Damage Discussion in Parliament No Money For Repairs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 4

There are no funds by which immediate financial assistance can be given to municipalities and shires in Riverina, which have suffered as a…

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Storm Kings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 9

The Storm Kings are chariots fast, 'Midst clarion's blare and cymbals' blast…

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Great Gales in England Numerous Fatalities Reported. Continuous Rain. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 1

The south coast of England was battered on Monday with the most severe August gale known for twenty years…

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Murray Flood Position Mr. Donovan's Effort

The Independent · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 1

Mr. J. R. Donovan, M.L.A., moved the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly, recently, to discuss the serious position of residents of…

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