Expects worst flood in 100 years
NEW YORK, Thurs.: With the crest of the flood waters now churning down the Missouri River to its meeting with the…
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’Bidgee May Flood
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Headwaters of the Murrumbidgee River are expected to flood within the next two days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tents, Caravans Moved at Noreuil Park Flood isolates families living on the Wodonga flats
Floodwaters have isolated 14 families living on the Wodonga flats from the main road and they now have only the railway line as a means of making a gateway if necessary. The flats are covered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lightning kills nine as violent storms lash America
NEW YORK, Fri.: Violent thunderstorms, accompanied by winds that reached 82 m.p.h., swept the northern States of the United States during the past two days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floodwaters fan out at Albury, Wodonga, Tallangatta
Top left : Murray Valley Highway, Tallangatta looking towards the Vinduct. In this picture the vehicle is approaching Tallangatta. The saleyards can be seen on the left. Right: Taken from the Shire Office, Tallangatta, showing portion of the highway under water, and the viaduct in the distance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Storms Cause 14 Deaths
MINNEAPOLIS, Sun.: Cloudbursts, hurricane force winds, and electrical storms left 14 dead. scores of injured and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Nears St. Louis
NEW YORK, Son.: With the crest of the floodwaters expected to reach St. Louis last night, the two-mile long industrial area of…
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LONDON, Mon.: In the worst storm experienced in South England in 20 years, 200 nudists, including 50 from abroad, scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Shorts Carrathool Flood Damage Materials
The Department of Building Materials has told Carrathool Shire that manufacturers are unable to make any special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Hero of Wodonga Flats Floods
Ten years old Roy-Grenfell rowing his sister, Eileen (left), and Mrs R. Williams and daughter Karyn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Maroon Horses
These horses were marooned by floodwaters on Wodonga flats to the west of Wodonga Place, near the Murray River…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pump damaged by floods
An ironic effect of the floods at Wodonga: Water damaged the 20,000 gallons per hour water pump at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday’s Albury & Wodonga Flood Photographs
No. 1 : Portion of Wodonga place, near Adelyn clothing factory was lift under water when this car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discharge of Storm Water Into Sewers
Action would be taken against offenders who in future allowed storm water to discharge into sewers, the water and sewerage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray flood has reached peak
The flood danger from River Murray waters has passed. The flood reached its peak at Hume Weir yesterday morning, when 5ft. 11 ins. of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brain Storm Caused Double Tragedy on Farm!
CANOWINDRA, Thurs.: Police believe Alick Osborne Marshall 43, shot his 83-year-old mother on Tuesday on their farm and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mighty Murray in Full Flood
View of the Murray River below the weir at Yarrawonga, where the river is 21ft. 6in. high, and is still rising…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy rain in Sydney
SYDNEY, Wed.: Four inches of rain fell in Sydney during the 24 hours to 9 a.m. today. Torrential rain lashed Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood danger ends at Forbes
SYDNEY, Tues.: Danger of serious flooding at Forbes passed today when the Lachlan River began to fall…
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GENEVA, Thursday: Two lives have been lost, many head of cattle have been drowned, and great havoc caused by serious…
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