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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

366 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 19

Draining Albury’s Storm WATER

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 21

Few people realise that the popularity of the motor involved Albury, and most other growing towns as well, in great difficulty in tackling the drainage problem. But this actually did happen, as the Municipal Engineer…

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Floods in America Several Persons Missing Denver, September 3

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 September 1938 · page 8

Floods from the Rocky Mountains have swept through scores of towns and several persons are missing. Scores were rescued from housetops, but one…

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Cyclone Strikes Outskirts of Perth Perth

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 6

Four persons were taken to hospital suffering from minor injuries, and many others had narrow escapes when a cyclone struck the outskirts of Perth…

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Latest Cables Tell of Europe's Fears Ugly Clashes Occur in Sudetenland Death Roll Mounts to 22 Truculent Storm Troopers Usurp Powers of Czech Police LONDON, September 13

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 4

Sudeten Storm Troopers took over the powers of the police at Marienbad, and the party issued instructions for all businesses and factories to close. Thousands demonstrated in til: street, making it impossible for the…

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Europe's Storm Centre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 44

A death roll of 22 was the outcome of Sudeten-Czech clashes. Two Sudetens were shot dead at Eger on Monday, and a third, who was…

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Victoria Lashed by 50 M.P.H. Gale; Rain in the Wimmera Trees Uprooted; Buildings Unroofed in City; Wall Collapses on Girl. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 September 1938 · page 6

A 50 m.p.h. gale, which lashed Victoria last night, and again to-day. played some expensive tricks with roofs and buildings…

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Havoc Wrought by Storm at Daysdale

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 4

Friday afternoon’s storm centred much of its force around Daysdale, where the home of Mr. J. Little was unroofed. Mr. J. Gleeson had some…

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Rowed Through Gale Rescuer’s Great Risk Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 6

When the engine of a launch broke down in Botany Bay last evening, one of the four men. on board, Eric Martin, of Burneli. heroically rowed…

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200 Bodies Recovered From Persian Floods Teheran, September 17

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 4

Workmen have recovered 200 bodies from the ruins of Nahavend which was destroyed by floods. The S[?] has ordered every assistance to be…

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Storm at Daysdale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 3

Friday afternoon's storm centred much of its force around Daysdale. where the home of Mr. J. Little was unroofed. Mr. J. Gleeson had some…

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Terrific Storm Kills 75 PEOPLE Hurricane, Torrential Rains, Floods American Seaboard Swept Damage Estimated at 100 Million Dollars New York, September 22

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 10

Seventy-five people were tilled or drowned and hundreds were injured as a result of a hurricane, followed by torrential rains and floods along the Atlantic seaboard from New Jersey to Connecticut Valley. The damage is estimated at over a hundred million dollars…

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Helping the Producer Precautions at Burrinjuck To Guard Against Flooding SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 10

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced to-night that as an initial [?]top to afford relief against possible flooding, portion of the spillway walls of…

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Flood Deaths May Reach 700 400 Bodies Already Recovered Damage Estimated at £80 MILLION National Disaster Threat to America New York, September 23

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 September 1938 · page 1

With the progressive restoration of means of communication, the picture of havoc and death, as the result of-the hurricane and the rising floodwaters, steadily becomes worse. The floodwaters have now spread to eight Slates on the Atlantic…

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700 Now Dead Flood Tragedies Holiday Resorts Suffer Soldiers Tried to Shoot at Looters to Kill New York, September 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 September 1938 · page 8

The coastguard [?] Chelan advised, by radio to-night that she had reached Watchmill, the century old summer resort at the tip…

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100,000 Homeless As a Result of Floods New York, Sept 26

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 4

It is now estimated that 100,000 are homeless as the result of the Atlantic coast hurricane, floods and tidal waves. The damage is estimated at…

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Japanese Advance River Floods Delay Progress Chinese Also Kill 3000 HANKOW, October 2

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 1

The main Japanese forces are proceeding west in the direction of Hankow, via the Yangtee-kiang. They have shifted from the north bank to the…

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Terrific Storms in Britain Cause 11 Deaths LONDON, October 4

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 5

Fierce gales blew, throughout today in England, causing several deaths and much damage to property…

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Wild Weather Gale Sweeps England Three Killed; Several Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 4

A gale of 70 miles an hour, reaching 90 miles an hour in gusts, swept England early this week. It drove coastal steamers, yachts…

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Deluge at Wagga 80 Points of Rain in Hour Celebration Decorations Suffer

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 6

A severe electrical storm tale yesterday afternoon at Wagga played havoc with the mass of decorations used to celebrate the…

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Severe Storm Hits Sydney Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 6

A particularly heavy electrical storm shuck the metropolitan area this afternoon, and in some suburbs the electric supply was temporarily cut…

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