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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

391 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 20

£15,000 WANTED To Repair Flood Damage Hume Shire to Approach Government Decision of Yesterday’s Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 1

The damage to roads, bridges and culverts in Hume Shire, caused by the Hoods during October. is roughly estimated at…

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Cloudy-and Unsettled Rain T and Some Thunder Storms

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 November 1934 · page 2

N.S.W. Forecast: Temporarily fine; Warm and suitry in north-eastern arens, but unsettled elsewhere, with rain and thunderstorms extending…

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Heavy Rain and Thunder To-day’s Forecast

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 2

N.S.W. Forecast: Unsettled, with further rain and thunder. heavy falls likely in the eastern districts, and weather soon becoming…

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Riverina Floods Edward Steadily Rising. Minor Flooding at Narrandera

The Independent · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 3

Though the flood position in the Murray at Albury and Murrumbidgee at Wagga has cased considerably and danger of further flooding at…

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Floods in Riverina Damage in Hume Shire. Estimated at £25,000

The Independent · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 1

A message from Albury states that it is estimated that the amage to crops, roads, fences, and property in the border districts of Riverina by…

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The MURRUMBIDGEE Flood Travelling Slowly

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 2

The crest of the rise coming down the river has definitely passed Narandera, and this morning it had reached Darlington Point…

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Items of News, Sheep-rescued in Flood

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 2

Word was received ,by Corowa police that owing to sudden rise of river, 1400 ewes and lambs were marooned an Mr. Roy Mate’s “Widgeon”…

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Happenings in the District Jindera Heavy Thunderstorms

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 November 1934 · page 5

Heavy rain again fell in the district on several occasions during the last week. On Thursday evening the edge, of a storm touched .the…

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More Floods Probable Heavy Rain Forecast

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 2

Floods in N.S.W. are now receding, according to a telegram received by Albury police yesterday, but further rises are…

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Torrential Rain Cloud-Burst Near Jindera Residents Driven From Homes Albury Escapes a Deluge

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 2

Following a cloud-burst over Lavington and the hills north west of the township at 6 o’clock last evening rain fell in torrents, and floods, the like of which have never been experienced in living memory, followed. South west of Jindera 290 points fell within half-an-hour, whilst at…

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Top-Weight Peter Pan Wins Melbourne Cup by Three Lengths From Sarcherie La Trobe Runs Third Favorites Tail the Field Brilliant Spectacle Marred Deluge of Rain Soaks Crowd of 90,000 MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 6

Weighted down with nine stone 10 lbs., the top weight horse, Peter Pan, ploughed over a rain-soaked muddy course for two miles, to snatch victory in Australia’s greatest racing event, the Melboune Cup, at…

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Storm Sweeps Victoria Washouts on Railways Line Submerged Four Feet Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 1

A storm spread over the whole of Victoria this afternoon and night, and has caused damage running into many thousands of…

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134 Points In. Half Hour Heavy Storm in Adelaide Streets Under Water . ADELAIDE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 1

After the heaviest rainstorm for years, the streets of Adelaide’s low suburbs. were risers of water The rain commenced to fall at…

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Murrumbidgee Floods

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly last week, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) denied a suggestion that through the laxity of a…

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Wake of the Flood Trial of Damage Follows Water Swirls Through Homes Fencing and Valuable Crops Destroyed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 1

Never in the history of Lavington has so much destruction been wrought as that by the floods following a cloud-burst on Tuesday evening. Water entered a number of properties, and racing currents carried away long lengths of fencing, washed out vegetable crops, and made roads…

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Engineer to visit Corowa to Report on Floods

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 4

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has arranged for an engineer of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission to visit Corowa and the districts affected…

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Walbundrie Heavy Rain

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 1

On Sunday night last a storm developed over Walbundrie. directing towards. Munyapia hills. With vivid lightning and heavy thunder, the rain…

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With Mixed Feelings We Received Thunder-storms. But Much Good Will Result

The Independent · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 3

The series of thunderstorms which have been experienced throughout Deniliquin and the surrounding districts for the past month have been…

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Storms Studied During Air Race Valuable Discoveries

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 2

Remarkable features of the last stage of the Centenary Air Race have been disclosed in the results of a research on thunderstorms, which was conducted…

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Elements Strike Hay Gale, Dust, Lightning, Hail, Rain Low Country Flooded Hay

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 4

One of the most amazing storm in the history of the town: occurred yesterday. Early there was a violent gale the north and then a great…

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