Wagga Slowly Recovering From Flood Devastation Wagga
Wagga is slowly recovering from the flood devastation, although parts of North Wagga and low-lying areas are still under water. A large section of the town is without…
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Police Chief’s Praise for Army’s Work Wagga Floods
Police Superintendent Leary, Wagga, said yesterday that if it had not been for the immediate response by Colonel Lord, commanding officer, 1 COD, Bandiana, in supplying flood relief equipment, the situation at Wagga during the disastrous flood could have taken a most serious turn…
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[?]EARS that flooding in Billabong Creek may exceed the 1931 level were yesterday expressed by several [?]ndholders. The Water Commission today confirmed this belief…
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L. M. North pleaded not guilty at the Court of Petty Sessions recently when charged with failing to…
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NEW YORK, Tues.: Cyclonic spring storms which raged throughout the United States on Monday and Tuesday have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Death at Wagga: Man Electrocuted Wagga
Floodwaters pouring out of Wagga today were responsible for the death of a man aged 29, who was electrocuted while rescuing his mother. The man, LESLIE ALFRED RUSSELL, 29, died in Wagga, Base Hospital in an iron lung…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain at Hay
HAY, Wednesday : Nearly an inch of rain fell here yesterday and light showers continued today. The river Is still 9 feet…
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With the Murrumbidgee running at such a high level since the rains of some ten days ago, big floods are expected in district…
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Residents of Darlington Point (population 300), 40 miles west of Narrandera, fled from their homes tonight as the Murrumbidgee broke its banks…
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WAGGA, Wed.: Two men were today fined £3 each at Wagga Court today on a charge of stealing blankets brought to Wagga for…
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WAGGA, Wed.: Donations to the Wagga Mayor’s Flood Relief Appeal. which was launched yesterday by Aid. H. E. Gissing,…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: The CRB announced today that all roads in the flooded areas of Victoria were now open to light traffic…
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RAIN on Tuesday afternoon and again on Wednesday, seriously hampered the flood prevention work being carried on Hay. However with a couple of more days of fine weather a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in 1931. Pictures taken round Hay in the record 1931 flood
From Bungah Bridge looking west. The fence on the right is the corner of the golf links. The road was seriously eroded at this point, and the present bank, rather. higher, we think, than the former bank, was built afterwards. This water flowed out of the river near Keringal and is seen…
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A Presbyterian Flood Relief Fund has been opened for flood victims at Wagga, and an appeal has been made in this issue to give…
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The wisdom of the general policy of devoting labour and material to the construction of flood mitigation dams at the present time was questioned in…
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In an endeavor to keep communications open, the postmaster at Darlington Point and his son have had only a few hours’ sleep in the past four days and nights…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday : Weather Bureau tonight repeated warning of flood danger in streams of eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Waters Approaching at Boonoke North This Morning
Endeavours in certain quarters to play down the possibility of flooding in the district are deplored by some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodwaters Menace Dubbo as Macquarie Rises SYDNEY
Floodwaters are creeping towards the main street of Dubbo to-night. Water is three feet deep on the outskirts of the town. Widespread flooding is expected in the district. The…
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