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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1955

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Houses Abandoned, Water in Main Streets in 1917 Flood

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 August 1955 · page 8

Peak of the 1917 flood was reached on October 30, when “The Pastoral Times” files disclose that houses in North and South Deniliquin were inundated with flood waters, water was in the main streets, and roads and…

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The Floods

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 September 1955 · page 5

Upon a friendly little town The river showed its force, A place that busy people found Before the days of Morse…

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North Plans Permanent Flood Protection

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 September 1955 · page 1

Future protection of Deniliquin from floods is the aim of a committee appointed at a public meeting at North Deniliquin on Friday night. The meeting, convened by…

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Flood Slows Down Timber Industry

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 September 1955 · page 1

Flooding rivers and creeks in the Red Gum forest areas have brought the lucrative timber industry virtually to a standstill in Deniliquin. Deniliquin Forestry Officer, Mr…

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Flood Effort No Surprise to Mr. Menzies

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 September 1955 · page 1

The efforts of the people of Deniliquin during the recent flood crisis did not surprise him at all, the Prime Minister, the Hon. R. G. Menzies, said in the House of Representatives on Tuesday…

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Flood Damaged Moulamein Rd. Being Repaired

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 September 1955 · page 1

Repairs to the Moulamein road, which was extensively damaged by flood waters, have commenced at an estimated…

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Flood Committee Disappointed: No Survey Yet

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 October 1955 · page 1

Keen disappointment that a start had not yet teen made on the comprehensive survey of the flood area and, levees at…

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Big Drop In Rice Sowings Caused By Floods

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 October 1955 · page 6

Due to floods, only about one-fifth of the area approved for rice growing in the Deniliquin district will be sown this…

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Engineer Details Flood Damage In Murray Shire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 October 1955 · page 5

Flood waters have scoured the top four inches of graved off shire roads for a distance of 15 miles, and have caused…

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P.W.D. May Pay for Permanent Flood Protection

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 October 1955 · page 1

Funds of the State Flood Relief Committee and similar bodies are available only for relief of distress, and could not be made available for flood protection work, Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., told the Flood Protection…

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118 Points of Rain in Violent Storm

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 October 1955 · page 1

More than an inch of rain fell in Deniliquin yesterday afternoon during a violent storm which disrupted electricity lines in surrounding districts, flooded streets and roads in the town, and put the local aerodrome out…

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Storm Damages Crops

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 October 1955 · page 1

Crops in the Finlay — Berrigan district suffered extensive damage from the violent storm which struck the area last…

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Another Flood Peak Next Month

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 October 1955 · page 1

It is not expected that the peak of the present rise in the Edward River will approach the peak reached in the major flooding of September, Mr. lan Bolton, District Engineer of the W.C. and I.C., said today…

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A Torrential Storm

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1955 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon last the town and district received a through drenching and suffered considerable damage from a…

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Users See Water wastage and Flooding In Snowy Impasse

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1955 · page 5

Murrumbidgee Water Users Association, after hearing Mr. Enticknap’s explanation of the failure of State and Commonwealth to agree on terms for the conduct of the Snowy works will ask for the Commonwealth’s view…

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