Hu[?]e Shire Storm Damage Council Considers Repairs
The principal subject of discussion [?] yesterday's [?] of the [?] Shire Council was the damage caused [?] and [?] bridge[?] by recwnr [?] It was decided…
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Mine to Be Flooded Newcastle
The whole of Belmont No. 1 Colliery, which employs between 70 and 80 men, is to be flooded to put oat fires which have generated carbon-monoxide gas. It is hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coreen Shire Council Arrangements for "A" Riding By-election P.P. Boards Criticised Flood Damage Report
Councillors of the Coreen Shire met for the first time in two months at the Council Chambers, Corowa, on Monday last. This was due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Die in Floods Series of Disasters in U.S. HOMESDALE (Peons.); May 25
Thirty-two persons are known to be dead, while many others are believed to have been killed as a result of the most disastrous series…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Dead; Three Missing Launch Lost in Bass Strait Storms HOBART
The bodies of two members of a crew of five, who had set out to take a sort launch from Hobart to the mainland, ware washed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Over Wheat Federal Govt. Criticised CANBERRA
Accusing the Government of “dishonesty.” Mr Marwick (WA) [?]red in the House of Representatives today that the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Axis Shelling Near Tobruk Battle Proceeding in Dust Storm London, June 15
Axis forces in Libya are still holding along the Arigh Capuzzo escarpment from which they are lobbing shells in the general direction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Stage in U.S. Arms Production Distribution Difficulties Severe WASHINGTON, June 15
President Roosevelt’s quarterly report to Congress regarding lendlease aid revealed that the total to 31 had reached 4497 million…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lease-Lend Reservoir Near a Flood New York , June 15
In a report to Congress today on Lease -Lend operations. President Roosevelt well said that the United Nations’ reservoir of resources was now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Damage in Missouri Floods Mississippi Also Rising Dangerously New York, June 27
The swollen waters of the Missouri river have caused 3,000,000 dollars damage to farm crops in eastern Missouri, have rendered hundreds of families…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japs. Storm Town. New York, June 29
Japanese column driving south of [?] [?] and occupied Lungu[?] 15 [?] front Fuchow, says the Tokio radio…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berlin And Rome Claim The Capture Of Mersa Matruh Germans Say Town Taken by Storm Cairo Is Extremely Reticent LONDON, June 29
A special German announcement says that Mersa Matruh, key point in Egypt, was taken by storm. A Rome communique also claims the fall of Mersa Matruh, adding that 6000 prisoners had been taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods at Wangaratta
Floods in the Ovens river have reached an acute stage in the Whorouly and Markwood area, the flood being about a foot below the record of 1917. The dam at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Near Record Flood Level Wangaratta
The river at Wangaratta reached 18 ft. 5 ins., which is Just 17 inches under the record flood of 1917. At some points at Markwood, owing to the breaking of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Slowly Recede WANGARATTA, Tuesday
The floods in the Ovens and King rivers are slowly receding, but the water is still very high, and is still flowing over the Hume Highway in several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria's Flooded Rivers
Falls in the north-eastern flooded rivers of Victoria, have been reported, and the flood danger is passing, provided no further heavy rains fall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The River Win There Be a Flood?
Though in other localities there have been floods,and talk of floods there is yet no likelihood occurring in Corowa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many Families Homeless Floods in N.S.W.; Soldier Believed Drowned SYDNEY
Widespread damage has been caused and many families rendered homeless by floods which have followed in the wake of heavy rains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage in Hume Engineer’s Report to Council
Flood damage once again figured largely in the matters coming before Hume Shire Council at his meeting on Friday. Mr Mair, MLA, said that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods May Recur SYDNEY
The danger to various towns in north-west and on the central western slopes and plains has passed that most of the flooded rivers…
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