The Barwon Rising Near Flood at Walgett SYDNEY
Advices which reached Sydney this morning, show that at 9 a.m. the Barwon River was 27ft. 1in at Walgett, or 13in. higher than yesterday. The…
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The Maude Weir Operated for Flooding Purposes
The Maude weir is at last being used for flooding purposes, although the extent of the flood depends largely on the length of time…
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As the result of a thunderstorm over the district on Wednesday last, the following rainfalls were recorded:—Min Min 81 points; Rosalind Park 210,…
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Although rains in the flood districts have abated there is still dang[?] severe [?]ooding. An official of the Weather Bureau said this to-night…
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Although the height of water in most northern rivers has risen, it is so much below flood level that in most cases there is no imminent…
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One hundred thousand acres are threatened by floods at Szeged, where 1400 houses collapsed. Widespread floods also destroyed 130 houses in the…
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The Maude weir on the Murrumbidgee is at last being used for flooding purposes, although the extent of the flood depends largely on the length of…
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Dear Uncle,—I suppose Santa had an expensive time with presents io the nineteen. We had a lot of rain which made the glass grow. We got…
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A message was received in Sydney this morning stating that the danger of a serious flood at Walgett had not yet passed. although the Barwoa…
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About fifty people, including members of the Lower Murrumbidgee River League, who visited Redbank on Sunday last, to see the water being diverted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain No[?] Obstacle Striking Demostration of Faith Catholic Retreatants at Talla[?]gatta (Contributed)
The eighth annual Catholic C[?] Retreat at Tallang[?]tta over the week-end will stand out from previous Retreats for at least two [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six Drowned in South Australian Floods; Heavy Loss of Stock Drought Definitely Broken Worth Millions to the Nation Best January Gift For Years Terrific Deluge at Narrandera Five States Report Soaking Falls
Rain, which fell over the greater portion of eastern and southern Australia—N.S.W., Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania—at the week-end, has definitely broken the drought…
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A nine-year-old boy, Raymond Sutherland, was drowned in a storm water channel at Homebush, Sydney, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Rainstorm Hay District Receives Some Heavy Storms Loss of Life, Floods and Damage in Other Places
The monsoonal depression which began to manifest itself in the Hay district on Thursday morning, when light showers fell in parts, became…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Storm in Narandera Damage Estimated at £20,000
At Narandera up to Saturday evening 118 points of rain had fallen. At 7.15 oil that evening a terrific downpour took place, 385 points of rain…
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During Friday night nice steady rain fell, and al 9 a.m. on Saturday 101 points were recorded. On Saturday night, shortly before…
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Rain and the bursting of a storm-water channel at the week end caused flooding in some houses situated in low lying parts of Narrandera…
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LASHING almost all Victoria for 36 hours from late last Friday until early on Sunday, flood rains, whipped up by gales which at times reached 55 miles an hour, caused loss of two lives and thousands of pounds worth of damage…
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An overnight rise of six inches in the level of the Darling River at Bourke, bringing the level to 31 It., has forced Braziers to begin to move their stock to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heat, Cold, Thunderstorms Freakish Conditions in Sydney SYDNEY
Sydney experienced its most freakish weather in memory yesterday and to-day. A number of citizens swooned yesterday when the…
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