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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

384 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 20

Gippsland Floods Crops Still Under Water Highway Open at Week-end Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 5

Heavy losses will be sustained by farmers in the districts of Gippsland affected by the Christmas flood. At Orbost, along the Snowy river flats,…

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Floods in Europe Many Deaths Reported Vast Property Damage London, December 26

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 5

Many deaths and great property damage occurred as a result of storms and floods in several parts of Europe and Asia Minor. Floods in the…

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Gippsland Floods Recede Repairs to Roads Progressing Traffic Not Yet Restored Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 December 1935 · page 3

The flood waters are subsiding in [?]ippsland with the clearing of the [?]eather, and repairs to broken roads [?] bridges are being pushed…

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The Gippsland Floods Highway Still Impassable Bridges Still Covered Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 2

The Prince’s Highway is still impassable a few miles out of Orbost, through the Brodribb river inundating the bridge. Supplies and mails…

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