Flood Warning Position Serious on The Lachlan SYDNEY
A further flood warning for the southern parts of the State was again issued by the Weather Bureau today. It stated that the position in the…
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Floods & storms, 1931
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Nyngan News River in Flood Heavy District Rains Deaths of Old Residents
There is a movement on foot to form a Cycle Club. This was once a very popular form of sport in Nyngan and should gain favour once more…
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All inch of rain fell on Saturday, making the country still more soaked. The Bogan River is in flood, and creeks are backing water into its channel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nyngan News River in Flood Heavy District Rains Deaths of Old Residents
There is a movement on foot to form a Cycle Club. This was once a very popular form of sport in Nyngan and should gain favour once more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Father and Son Drowned In Lagoon While Crossing Flooded Paddork WAGGA
While three men were crossing a Hooded paddock near Wagga, they missed their direction and drove into a lagoon about ten feet deep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further Floods Murrumbidgee Again Rises. Sydney
Further floods are reported in the Murrumbidgee River. At Wagga yesterday, the river reached a height of 27 feet. The position is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murrumbidgee in Flood Country Saturated Wagga
Further floods are reported in the Murrumbidgee. The river at Wagga yesterday reached 27 feet. The position is aggravated because the country…
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Fur[?] floods are reported in the Murrumbidgee. The river at Wagga yesterday reached 27 feet. The position is aggravated because the country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Floods Bridges Swept Away Roads and Railway Lines Submerged Inland Rivera Overflowing SYDNEY
A message received in Sydney this morning stated that the Melbourne express was held up near Henty, where flood waters are said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in the South Trains & Mails Held Up Sydney
In Henty and Culcairn districts, and all around Wagga and Albury heavy rains are falling, and in places the railway is 10ft. under water. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rains and Floods Statewide Falls Macquarie a Banker Southern Districts Hard Hit
This week has been another wet period, and steady rain is still falling. The registrations for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. yesterday were as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Big Flood in Wellington River Flats Inundated. Traffic Blocked on Curra Creek Road. 1926 Flood Recalled
THE waters of the Macquarie and Bell Rivers are overflowing their banks around Wellington. The flood, whilst not as big as that in 1926, gave every indication this morning of spreading, as it is reported that further…
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It is yet too early to estimate the damage done by the flood waters, but it will be fairly high. Fences have been swept away, orchards and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macquarie in High Flood Many Houses Evacuated Gardens and Orchards Submerged Residents Rescued -- All Inland Rivers Up -- Wagga Surrounded
The Macquarie River is in high flood and all low-lying country bordering the stream is submerged. Orchards and vegetable gardens are under a vast lake of water, while only the roofs of many river-bank huts are above the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Receding at Forbes
A later message from Forbes states that the flood waters, after having reached a height of about 39 feet, were receding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macquarie In Flood. and Water Still Rising
This week has brought more heavy rainfalls throughout New South Wales and Victoria, and many rivers are again in flood. The registrations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tamworth Flood Lowlands Flooded Highest for Twenty Years Tamworth
The Peel River rose rapidly last night, and overflowed its banks. All the southern end of Tamworth is under water, the flood reaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macquarie Flooded Again After Five Years Racing Waters Not Up to 1926 Record Rail and Road Traffic Blocked Great Loss of Crops in Farms and Gardens River Flat Properties Under Water
After weeks of threatening, during which the Macquarie River rose on three occasions to heights varying from 27ft. to 32ft., the great river established its season's record yesterday, when the…
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High-water mark in the present flood was 41ft. 6in. There the water halted and will probably to-day full faster than it rose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Records Which was the Biggest
WHENEVER a flood takes place in the Macquarie and Bell Rivers, the argument always crops up as to which was the highest flood on record…
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