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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

384 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 20

Yallourn Flood Repairs 500 Men to Be Dismissed Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 4

As the flood repair work. at the Yallourn power station and briquetting plants will be completed in the next few weeks, the five hundred men…

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Heavy Rain in Victoria Causes Landslide. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 1

Loosened by heavy rain, a large section of the mountainside above the home of Mrs. B. O'Dowd, near Mt. Dandenong, collapsed yesterday and…

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Gippsland Floods. Stock Feed Shortage. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 2

Following the receding of the flood waters in Central [?] the feed problem has become acute. There is the most acute shortage in the…

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Proposed Canal to Relieve Flood Waters

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 4

We understand that the work of cutting a canal the purpose of preventing the flooding of properties in the Hopefield, Baraja and Coreen…

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After the Floods Refugees Return Home Much Damage Done MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 1

Settlers who were driven from their homes earlier this week By floods commenced, to return today as the rivers receded, bat at…

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Bahia Storm Deaths and Damage Increasing 2000 Believed Dead Bahia (Brazil), May 6

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 1

The most violent storm in Bahia’s history continued to-day, making the seventh successive day. Deaths and injuries are mounting, and the floods…

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Rain and Gales in Brazil 400-Lives Lost Rio de Janeiro, May 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1935 · page 14

Torrential rains, accompanied by gale's which have lashed Port Bahia for the last five days have caused at least 400 deaths. Several hundred…

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Floods Cause Shortage of Potatoes

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 4

The heavy floodings of Gippsland have prevented many growers from reaching the markets with their potatoes and as a result there was a…

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Hume Shire Works £1530 for Flood Damage

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 6

At Friday’s meeting of Hume Shire Council the engineer. (Mr. W. A. Welsh) reported that he had investigated the proposal to deal with the…

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Obituary Mr. Walter Gale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 3

The death occurred at the Corowa Hospital on Thursday morning last of Mr. Walter John Gale, aged 41 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gale,…

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Flood Prevention Works Board's £90,000 Scheme Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 1

It is understood that the water supply committee of the Board. of Works has recommended a proposal to overcome flooding in the Kensington…

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Floods in N.Z. River Breaks Its Banks Much Damage Done Wellincton (N. Z. )

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 2

Heavy rains caused the Waip[?] to break its banks yesterday and considerable damage was done in the Wairarapa area. The [?]…

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Floods in France Great Damage Done 5 Soldiers Missing Paris, May 28

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 4

The storm which stopped the tennis in Paris was one of many that did great damage throughout France to-day…

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Terrific Storms. Reported in France. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 1

A terrific storm throughout the day caused extensive damage. A cloudburst at Amiens flooded the low-lying quarter to a depth of…

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Sunday Tennis a Storm Brewing Clergymen Will Fight Deputy Mayor’s Comments

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 3

Until Thursday evening it was thought that the question of Sunday sport in Albury had been settled once and for all, but…

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Serious Floods Hundreds Drowned Devastation in America McCOOK. (Nebraska), June 1

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 1

Flood conditions which caused [?] of life In many sections in recent days reached their peak in the Republican River Valley in…

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Floods, Storms, and Tornadoes American States Suffer Hundreds Dead- Denver (Colorado), June 2

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 5

Floods storms and [?] does [?] swept seven middle western States as a result [?] which as [?] Damage is estimated to total 12,000…

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Fatal Floods. Great Loss of Life. McCOOK (Nebraska)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 2

Thirty-five bodies were found today in the flood which swept the Republican River Valley, in Southern Nebraska…

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Trail of Death Floods Leave Behind Many Pebble Drowned Mexico City, June 3

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 2

Official reports state that 122 bodies had been recovered on Monday night after torrential rains had swept a number of…

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Track Mexican Floods 255 Drowned in a Church Mexico City, June 5

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 3

Floodwaters had [?] to-day from Mexico Valley, leaving, it is estimated. 400 dead There were many children among the 255 bodies…

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