Twelve Mile Creek and Subsidiary Creeks Flooding
Mr. C. B, Lethbridge, has received the following, letter from the Water Conservation and Irrigation commission Dear Sir, I am directed…
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345 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 18
A Winter Thunderstorm
It is unusual to experience a thunderstorm in the middle of winter, and it was a surprise on Sunday night to listen to the roll of thunder and witness…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roaring Gales in West Australia Perth
South-west west Australia is being swept by 70 m.p.h. gales bringing with them driving rain, hail, and thunder. Perth has experienced 13…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Flooding
Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Secretary of the Water Conservation and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Inevitable Heavy Rain, Melting Snow Weather Bureau Warning Melbourne, -
Extensive floods in the North-East of Victoria are now almost inevitable, according to the Weather Bureau, which issued warnings to-day. Not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deluge of Hail Unusually Severe Fall
The heaviest fall of hail experienced in Deniliquin district for many years occurred about 1 o'clock last evening, to the accompaniment of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wangaratta’s Worst Thunderstorm Hail and Rain in Torrents Police Issue Warnings Wangaratta
The wildest thunderstorm in Wangaratta’s history occurred tonight. Rain and hail poured in torrents from 7.45 to 8.30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger Point in Floods Believed to be Passed Position Threatening at Wangaratta; Water Over Hume Spillway; First Time in Two Years Murray, Kiewa and Mitta Over Banks Fireball Lands at Holbrook; North-East Roads Impassable
Heavy and continuous rain yesterday brought the threat of big floods to the North-East of Victoria, but late last night the danger point; it was believed, had passed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flow From Watershed May Cause Floods Below Hume Reservoir Big Volume of Water to Reach Albury To-morrow Country Enjoys Fine Day After Wet Week Floods in North-East Down; All Rivers Falling Fast
Albury yesterday basked in the glory of semi-spring conditions for which its appetite was whetted by a week of constant rain and miserable cold. With great volumes of water yet to flow down from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunshine After the Rain Creek Floods at Culcairn
For the first time since 1930 Billabong creek, at the entrance to Culcairn, overflowed its banks-as a result of the downpour of rain over a period of days. This photograph shows the conditions which faced motorists wishing to cross the bridge on Saturday morning. Earlier in the morning it was impossible to cross the bridge as the water was up to the top rail. The stream at this point was 25ft deep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooding Below Yarbawonga
Severer settlers along the Murray below Yarrawonga have been driven from their homes by floods. Rainfall at Wangaratta for the six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glorious Sight at the Weir Water Cascades Over Spillway Flood Danger Recedes
By to-morrow it is expected that a wall of water 6 feet in depth will be thundering over the spillway wall at Hume Reservoir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray in Flood. 13ft. 3in. At Albury To-day
Flood conditions obtain in the Murray River at Albury and Yarrawonga. To-day’s gauge reading at Albury was 13ft. 3in.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Storm In Walbundrie District
In a severe storm which passed over Walbundrie district on Friday, hail fell in jagged lumps as large as small hen eggs. A cyclone which preceded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walbundrie Severe Storm Experienced
In a severe storm which passed over Walbundrie district on Friday, hall fell in jagged lumps as large as small hen eggs. A cyclone which preceded the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Walbundrie Cyclone Leaves Trail of Ruin
On Friday afternoon last an electrical storm, with severe rumbling and thunder, accompanied by lightning, passed over the district and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Floods. Over Fifty Bodies Recovered
MOOREHEAD(Kentucky), Thursday With 54 bodies recovered, and over a hundred missing from yesterday's floods, heavy rains to-day brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many Lives Lost Floods in America Thousands Homeless Morehead (Kentucky), July 5
A cloud-burst, resulting in floods, caused the loss of at least 38 lives in north-eastern communities of the State, and made many thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Hold Up Work In Wodonga Shire
Reporting to Wednesday evening’s meeting of the Wodonga Shire Council the engineer (Mr. L. H. Sambell) stated that floods were preventing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Considerable storm damage has been done in New Zealand. Trains and ships were delayed to-day while heavy falls of snow have been reported right…
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