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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1958

19 stories in Murray's papers

Unbelievable Damage from Hail Storm

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 January 1958 · page 1

Unbelievable damage was caused to standing grain crops by a hail storm which swept erratically through the Barham…

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Wolent Storm at Greenswamp

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1958 · page 6

A severe electrical storm, travelling westerly on a front of two miles, accompanied by gale force winds and heavy…

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40 Points Rain Recorded From Storms

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 February 1958 · page 1

Forty points of rain were recorded from thunderstorms in Deniliquin on Friday night and last night…

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Up To Three Inches Of Rain From Thunder Storms

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 February 1958 · page 3

Good falls of rain were received at Burraboi and Wakool but only a few points were received between those…

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Limit the Building in Flood Areas

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 February 1958 · page 1

“It is the desire of the Government that more rigid control should be exercised by councils over the erection by private persons of buildings in areas subject to flooding.”…

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Flood Mitigation Cost Too High

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1958 · page 4

Damage resulting from the Murray River flood of 1956 was small compared with the cost of mitigation, when it…

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Girls Play in Fierce Gale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 June 1958 · page 2

Finley girls scored a 22 point Bin over Berrigan girls in a game played in a blizzardly gale at Finley on Saturday…

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Thoughts of Flood Now, Instead of Drought Fear Follow-up Deluge Brightens Future

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 August 1958 · page 1

LAST NIGHT’S general district fall of up to two Indies has made the pastoral outlook rosy. The downpour will assure landholders a good spring…

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Wanted Back for Flood Times [?]ouncil’s Engineer To [?] Be Recalled

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 August 1958 · page 1

[?]MUNICIPAL Council decided this week to send a [?]to its engineer (Mr. K. P. O’Donnell) asking [?] to return because of the imminent flood. [?] Alderman rejected a request sent by Mr. O’Donnell…

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Latter to the Editor On Flood Cause

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 August 1958 · page 5

Sir,— The flood position in the Murray and Edwards Rivers is undoubtedly being aggravated by the snagging of these Victorian…

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Black Outlook on Floods

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 October 1958 · page 2

A move will probably be made in Deniliquin soon to organise a flood protest committee. This will follow the setting up of the widely representative Albury Flood Protest Committee and the more…

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Bigger Brick Kiln Creek Might Ease North Flood Worry

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 October 1958 · page 1

OVER 100 residents of North Deniliquin were told last night that a possible means of reducing peak flood height would be to deepen and widen Brick Kilk Creek. Ald. J. F. Danckert, chairman of the meeting which…

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Dealing with Floods

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1958 · page 2

The starting point for flood mitigation should be the “top of the catchment.” This is the opinion of two…

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Flood Committee Formation Move

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1958 · page 2

LANDHOLDERS along the lower Tocumwal road have decided to organise in an attempt to obtain better control of Murray flood waters. They intend to form a flood protest committee…

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Expert’s View on Murray Flooding

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 November 1958 · page 6

“CHANNEL and floodway improvement may well prove effective in reducing flood levels at specific points and thus contribute to the better protection of towns such as Deniliquin” so runs section of a recent report on the River…

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Flood Protest At Tuppal

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 November 1958 · page 2

People came from Berrigan, Murray, Conargo and Windouran Shires as well as Deniliquin to attend Tuesday’s flood…

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Central Murray in Flood Rally

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 November 1958 · page 6

ALBURY’S flood problems were also our problems but our problems were not necessarily theirs, the secretary of the Central Murray Flood Protest Committee (Mr. D. P Rose) told a mass flood protest in the Albury…

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[?] Storm Caused [?] Damage

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 December 1958 · page 1

DAY night’s sudden which struck Deniliquin 6.45 p.m. did much min[?] throughout the…

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[?]Ight Cut the Top Off Flood

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 December 1958 · page 1

THAT last critical foot or two may be lopped off [?] floods if proposals put forward by the Central [?] Flood Protest committee are accepted and put to force…

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