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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

366 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 19

Hundreds of Persons Drowned in Indian Floods Lucknow, August 10

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 8

[?] of persons have been drowned in floods in the United [?]. An area of 400 square miles of country is under water…

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Disastrous Fire Mt. Kosciusko Chalet Destroyed Guests Escape in Raging Snow Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 12

The ch[?]et at mount Kosciusko, one of Australia's most popular winter resorts, wag destroyed by fire early Monday morning. Guests numbering 57,…

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Happenings in Albury and District Riverina Rain Pastures Are Recovering Floods at Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 9

Riverina received a thorough soaking on Sunday from the test rainfall for months. The fall began with thunder and lightning at 3 a.m…

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300 Drowned As Floods Sweep India Allahabad, August 11

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 8

Nearly 10,000 villages are flooded marooned in the United Provinces. The known death roll totals 300. Thousands of homeless and starving…

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Political Rumblings May Cause a Serious Upheaval Federal Government May Break Up. Lyons Ministry an Unhappy Family. Mr. Hughes Centre of Storm. Prime Minister’s Pointed Rebuke. CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 1

A clash of interests in the Federal Cabinet is believed to be imminent. An unprecedented series of resignations may follow, unless the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) can hold his team together over the next few months…

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Cheap Japanese Shirts Flooding Our Markets. 1000 Operatives Will Lose Jobs. SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 10

[?] 1000 workers in Sydney [?] factories will lose [?] unless the [?] immediately…

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Nazis Prepare for Coup Ominous Moves “Hitler Seals Fate of Czechs“ Storm Troops, Disguised as Civilians, Enter Sudetenlaad LONDON, August 14

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1

According to the Manchester “Guardian” diplomatic correspondent Nail storm troopers are rather ominously being sent to…

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After Big Storm Had Passed by

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 2

A view of the flooded sea front at Torquay after one o{ the worst thunderstorms in history had passed over southem England…

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Japanese Floods Devastation in Kobe

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 4

The recent floods in Japan are described in a letter from a resident of Sydney now in Kobe where, he said, he was appalled at the widespread…

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Heavy Rain Sydney Benefits SYDNEY

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 3

During the week end more than five inches of rain fell over the catchment area, and the downpour shows no signs of abating…

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A Deluge of Rain South Coast Floods Wettest August for 30 Years in Sydney Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 3

Following almost a week’s heavy rain, the Bong Bong River burst its banks this morning and flood-waters, eight feet deep,…

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Heavy Rains at Sydney. Catchment Area Benefits. Flood at Robertson. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 2

Heavy rainfall on Wednesday night and to-day was of such great value to the Sydney catchment area that all restrictions on the use of water…

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Extensive Improvements Foreshadowed Firm’s Intimation to Albury Council “Flooding of Premises”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 4

H. V. McKay-Massey Harris Pty. Ltd. wrote to Albury Municipal Council at its meeting on Wednesday evening, foreshadowing the construction of…

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TWO N.S.W. Towns Isolated by Floods Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 10

With the Hawkesbury River gradually receding, the danger of floodings at Windsor and Richmond has now passed. .A number of flooded creeks…

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Floods in New Zealand Much Damage Done Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 3

Severe floods in the Auckland Province have resulted in considerable damage. Streams running across the Hauraki plains have reached a high…

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Hundreds Feared Drowned in Indian Floods Lucknow, August 30

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 8

Three villages and their entire inhabitants were swept away in a flood following the bursting of a mountain dam on the Nina River. Thirty-two…

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Heavy Rain and Hail

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon a particularly heavy rain, accompanied by hall, gave a registration of 47 points in less than half an hour. Gutters in…

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Wrecked in Gale Bass Strait Ketch

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 38

Having lost her rudder in a fierce north-cast gale in Bass Strait, the auxiliary ketch Lady Flinders, carrying 96 head of Tasmanian cattle for…

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Storm in Canada. Fatal Train Derailment. Killed in Landslide. Port Neuf (Quebec)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 2

A fireman and an engineer were killed when the C.P.R. night express was derailed as a result of a terrific storm in the Ame district. A…

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Floods in India. Due to Dam Breaking. LUCKNOW

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 1

Three villages, with the entire population, were swept away by floods caused by the bursting of a natural mountain dam on the Nina…

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