Wagga Flooded for Second Time in Two Years
THESE PICTURES show how floodwaters from the [?] Murrumbidgee oozed through the street…
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365 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 19
Heavy Rain at Yerong Creek
Heavy rain fell in Yerong Creek and district on Saturday night and continued until Monday. This resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rescue at Forbes Floods Receed at Wagga
SYDNEY, Friday: Army ducks late this morning rescued two youths from trees near Forbes where they had been hanging for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Prepares for Record Flood Volunteer Gangs Already in Action
A CALL made by the Mayor on Wednesday for the formation of an organisation to work on the prevention of flood damage in Hay met instant response and work commenced on the most vunerable spots yesterday by…
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The record flood of 1931 did not put the Hay Railway out of action, although it was a close call in several places. This picture was taken near Hay and shows the water rushing out to go round through Dotswood, and Kangaroo and out across…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: More than 100 Country Roads Board men and scores of volunteers worked feverishly in the flood-bound township of Barwon Heads today digging a giant…
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The following [?] supplied by [?] engineer [?] mission, Deniliquin [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helicopter in Dramatic Flood Rescues
SYDNEY, Fri.: A R.A.A.F. helicopter and an Army “duck” today rescued three people who had been flood-bound in trees at forbes for two days. The rescued—a man and two boys—were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Victim’s Body Found at Wagga
WAGGA, Fri.: As expected, the flood waters at Wagga to-day continued to recede very slowly, and at 10 p.m. had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga And Wodonga Floods As Seen From The Air
TOP : This picture was taken from an aircraft which flew low over Fitzmaurice street, near Hampden Bridge, at the peak of the floods yesterday. Water in this portion of the lower end of Wagga’s main street was four feet deep in parts…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Floods block some from voting to-day
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Voting in some subdivisions of Gippsland and South-Western Provinces has been postponed from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Floods Ebbing
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Victoria’s disastrous floodwaters, which have covered thousands of square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood damage £10 million in N.S.W.
SYDNEY, Sun.: Government investigators had estimated NSW [?]ood damage so far this year to be about £10…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sick woman carried from flooded tent near Wodonga
In pitch dark two Wodonga constables early yesterday morning carried a seriously ill woman from a flooded tent on Wodonga Flats. The woman, Mrs. Frank Arnold, took sick during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flats floods at highest point
Floods on the Wodonga flats reached the highest point for the year yesterday, when the Murray River rose to 15ft. 10…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: Heavy rain and steadily rising rivers will bring a new flood threat to north-eastern Victoria and parts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Desperate Night Fight to Save Town: Flood Peril
SYDNEY, Sunday : Forty men were tonight working desperately to complete a levee to save the town of Darlington Point from floodwaters sweeping down the Murrumbidgee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hillston Expects Biggest Flood in Its History
The flood position likely to develop at Hillston was discussed at the meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay's Big Flood Bank Working Bee "Reminiscent of War Time Efforts"
AS a result of a monster working bee held over the week-end, great progress was made towards securing Hay against the ravages of a flood somewhat greater than the record flood of 1931. Several observers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Danger Still Persists in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Further showers today in catchment areas and a forecast of more rain tomorrow will maintain…
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