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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

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Flood Prevention

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 2

The Acting Under-Secretary for Public Works wrote to the Wagga Council at its meeting last night, in reply to the council's request that an…

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Terrific Storm in Ganmain-coolamon District

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1917 · page 1

The storm which passed over the district on Friday afternoon, but which, fortunately had little effect at Wagga caused great damage in the vicinity of…

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Hail Storm Visitation

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 3

List Friday evening at about five great banks of [?]ailst [?] clouds were seen approaching Coolamon from the west. The whole heavens seemed to be a rolling,…

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Terrific Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1917 · page 2

During a cyclonic storm at Wilcannia several buildings, including the police station ant large stores, were partly unroofed, while…

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Another Great Storm. Halifax

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 December 1917 · page 2

The third great storm has broken, stopping relief and the burying of the dead…

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Rate of Flow of Floods

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 4

With a view of ascertaining the approximate time flood waters, or freshets in the rivers, take in flow between various towns on the…

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Flood Waters

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 3

With a view of ascertaining the approximate time flood waters, or freshlets in the rivers, take to flow between various towns on the Murray…

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The New Flood Boat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 4

The Mayor reported at the colnell meeting on Thursday night having had a further consultation with his cotrustee of the Floods Belief Fund, Mr…

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Flood Prevention

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 4

The flood prevention scheme, discussed some time ago by the Wagga Council, was resuscitated at the last meeting by Ald. F. C. Stellway. No reply having…

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