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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Gundagai's Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 9 October 1916 · page 2

Great inland sea at Gundagai on Saturday! It started building up on this previous day, and there was a…

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River in Flood. Water Still Rising. Portion of Town Isolated Town Hall Gardens Submerged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1916 · page 3

The Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai yesterday was falling. At Wagga it was still rising, and parts of the town were under water. Last night…

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Still Weathering the Storm "Luck of a Chinaman."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

Trooper George Elliott (son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elliott), "who has enlisted with the 1st L.H. at the commencement of the war and…

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Floods at Forbes. Lad Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

The first flood waters struck Forbes at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning, and in a few minutes the lagoon had risen so rapidly that water was flowing…

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River Overflows. Highest for Twenty-five Years. Town Hall Gardens Flooded North Wagga Isolated

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee River is at present at its highest since 1891. Being twenty-five years since the last over-flow different opinions are held on the…

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Burke's Creek in Flood

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 2

The historical Burke's Creek is in flood. One of the oldest inhabitants describes it as a "baby flood." Whether or no, it has been sufficient to…

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The Heavy Rains. Flooding at the Rock. Business People Seriously Interfered With. Shire Councillors Have Inspection

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 2

On Wednesday and Thursday the inhabitants of The Rock had a Picnic in their main street. The water was pouring down the street like a…

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Damage by the Floods

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 2

A run down along the river valley, states Mr. J. J. Baylis. shows the recent flood to have ruined the splendid grass on thousands of acres of the…

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Municipal Council. Flood Waters and the Sewers

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 1

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above took place at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, the Mayor (Aid, H. Oates) presiding. There were…

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The '44 Flood in the Murrumbidgee

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 4

The Hon. James Gormly writes:— It is now 72 years since the first flood known to white people occurred in the Murrumbidgee. There were…

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The Flood. Heighest level 25 ft. 11in

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 2

The flood waters reached their highest level on Saturday morning, when the reading on the gauge was 25ft. 11in.: and after…

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Cowra Floods. the Showground and Racecourse

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 1

There are few people in this part of the State (writes the Cowra "Free Press") who have not at on time or another visited and admired Cowra's…

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Kyeamba Shire Council Damage by Floods. Government Assistance Sought

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 6

The usual monthly meeting of the above took place in the "Express" Buildings yesterday. There were present Councillors W. F. Stone…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 2

Light rain, driven by a strong north-east wind, which at times almost reached the velocity of a gale, kept the people indoors in Wagga on…

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Crops Blown Down. Sunday Night's Storm. Great Damage Done

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 3

Sunday night's rain and wind storm travelled across practically the whole of central and eastern Riverina and the south-western slopes. Wheat…

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Damage by Sunday's Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 2

The heavy windstorm in the Riverina on Sunday night levelled large quantities of wheat to the ground in many parts of the district, owing to…

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Where Not to be in a Thunderstorm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 3

During a thunderstorm it is pointed cut, the inhabitants of houses should not remain in the kitchen or other room where a fire is burning in the grate, as the…

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Heavy Rain. Enemy Artillery Active. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

General Sir Douglas Haig reports: Heavy rain is falling. Enemy artillery is active north-east of Co[?]tte and along the Pozieres-Bapaume road…

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Storm in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 October 1916 · page 3

A terrific storm passed over the city early this morning, during which large hailstones fell and numerous windows were shattered…

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Violent Storm at Moore Park. Extraordinary Fall of Hail Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 3

A hailstorm crashed upon Moore Park early on Sunday morning, and this morning after a lapse of a day and a half, the ice wag in patches of…

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