A Freakish Storm
Preceded by a boisterous wind of a few minutes duration, a storm broke suddenly over Wodonga shortly before 7 o’clock on…
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494 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 25
Big Flood Expected Council Calling for United Effort—May Be Federal Help
AT a special meeting this afternoon the Hay Municipal Council gave the Mayor and Town Clerk full powers to take precautions against the expected flood, including the erection of embankments where necessary. Co-operation has been…
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Torrential rains have caused serious flooding in many parts. At Yarrawonga on Wednesday evening, on inch of rain was recorded in 20…
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Rain in the catchment area of the Murray and Mitta Rivers during the past week was insufficient to cause any flooding, the…
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Tonight the Weather Bureau relayed a flood warning to Gippsland districts, where heavy falls of rain have swollen the Snowy River to dangerous levels…
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“Wagga residents awake each morning expecting to see flood waters sweeping into their homes. They are…
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All hands were on deck in Wagga yesterday erecting walls to protect buildings in the lower portion of the city-from the rising flood waters. These men are barricating the entrances to the cellar and bar of the Grand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagag’s Mass Evacuation Floodwaters Enter Main Street WAGGA
As floodwaters enter Wagga’s main street tonight police are preparing to move than 6000 residents of the city. More than one million gallons of water are following over the…
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According to Echuca “Herald,”” a bike, far from the roadway and lashed to a paddock fence, was mute evidence of Mr. Tim…
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WAGGA, Saturday: Wagga police said early this morning that the flood had reached its peak and was not expected to…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Floods Orbost district have passed their peak and floodwaters are now receding. Over the past 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga is Scene of Utter Desolation “Mail” Man’s Graphic Story of Flood
Flood-stricken Wagga is a scene of utter desolation, with people in the danger areas making a desperate attempt to remove their belongings to safety, said a âMailâ staff member who flew over the city yesterday in a Tiger Moth…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Narrandera expects to be flooded by mid-day Sunday. The Murrumbidgee River was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Mail” Camera-man’s Aerial Picture of Flood-stricken City of Wagga 3000 People Are Homeless Half of Town Is Under Water Wagga
Houses are collapsing in flood-bound North Wagga as muddy-brown water, six feet deep, surges through practically every home in the suburbs. Hal Wagga is under water. The Murrumbidgee River has almost reached the 1925 record flood level of 33ft. 3in., and is still rising two inches each hour. A State Weather Bureau report issued to night says the flood danger on the Murrumbidgee is expected to ease tomorrow upstream…
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Some of the Wagga people whose homes have been inundated by the Morrumbidgee floodwaters, and are being cared for and housed in buildings on the showgrounds, having lunch yesterday…
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More than 150 families have been moved to the Narrandera showground and hundreds of others have been warned they may have to leave their homes within the next 24 hours…
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Flood waters of the Murrumbidgee River have swept past Wagga and now endanger the town of Narrandera, with a population of over 4000 people. A late tonight said that the river had broken its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Receding Flood Waters At Wagga Leave Debris Heaped in the Streets
Although food waters at Wagga are receding, a large portion of the city and miles of country around…
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A view of flooded Trail street photographed from the corner of Kincade street, Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Preparing for Big Flood Tractor Plants at Work
WITH the river at Hay now commencing to rise appreciably, but still well within its banks, preparations are going on to guard against a big flood—possibly bigger than that of 1931. The big difference in the preparations then and now…
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