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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

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Storm Stressed Train Buried in Snow. Belgrade. Feb. 11

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 1

Tremendous snow storms are raging In Jugo Slavia and the country near the Albanian frontier is covered to a depth of 8ft…

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Disastrous Floods. 200,000 Sheep Lost Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 2

It is estimated 200,000 sheep were lost in the recent disastrous floods in Queensland. Forty inches of rain has fallen in the Cairns district, in 5 days,…

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Queensland Floods Railway Under Water Forty Inches in Five Days. Brisbane

The Daily Express · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 1

Cairns reports that heavy floods are being experienced in the far north, especially in the Cairns district…

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Heavy Rain Flood Feared at Murwillumbah. Murwillumbah

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 3

After three weeks continuous wet weather, heavy rain set in two days ago, and as a result the Tweed River [?] rapidly, many low lying portions…

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The Weather. Another Storm in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 3

After another hot and sultry day, a severe rain storm broke over Wagga at 6 o'clock last evening, and it literally poured for 15 minutes, 30 points…

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Yerong Creek Storm No Damage Done

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 2

Commencing at about four o’clock on Monday afternoon Yerong Creek was visited by a dust storm. It was quickly followed by a heavy down…

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Cloud Burst. Floods in Melbourne 141 Points in 55 Minutes, Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 2

A remarkable cloud-burst occurred over the metropolitan area to-day. A sharp thunderstorm was followed by rain at 1.22 a.m. The rain…

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The Weather. Storm at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 4

At 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday, a blinding dust storm came up from the south-west, followed shortly by very heavy rain, intermingled with hail. Whilst…

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Deluge at Bathurst 280 Points in 20 Minutes. Bathurst

The Daily Express · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 1

During a terrific storm 280 points of rain tell in twenty minutes. The rain was urgently needed, 28 the crops were nourishing for want of…

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Storms Ruin Grape Crops

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

The storms that visited Junee on Tuesday evening did more damage than, at-first glance was apparent. Just within the municipal area on the…

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Many Thunderstorms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

Many thunderstorms occurred over New South Wales yesterday, and several towns registered over an inch of rain…

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The Weather. No Flood on the Tweed Murwillumbah Thurs

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

Fears of a flood at Murwillumbah have been dissipated owing to the slackening off of the rain…

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Disastrous Cyclone Town Destroyed. Capetown, March 4

The Daily Express · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

A message from Beira states that the town of Chit[?], in Portuguse-East Africa, has been practically wiped out by a terrible cyclone…

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In a Flooded Creek a Farmer’s Experience. Casino

The Daily Express · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

A farmer named Kennedy was driving in a sulky with two children. When he came to Lynch’s Creck, which was heavy in [?]obd, be started…

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Was the Course Flooded? Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

Rumours have been circulated in Melbourne Unit portion of the Newmarket straight six furlongs had been flooded. It is stated that on Friday…

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Violent Dust-storm a Wagga Visitation

The Daily Express · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 2

Shortly after 1 o’clock on Saturday afternoon a wind-storm of unusual vilence swept over Wagg, and the town was soon enveloped in a…

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The Weather. Terrific Storm. Havoc at Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 4

A terrific storm visited Melbourne about 9.30 last night, when telegraph and electric wires were blown down and also hoardings and a number of build…

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Disastrous Fires. Sweep Thousands of Acres. in Saturday's High Gale. Thrilling Race for Life

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 2

As has been the case in the central and far western parts of the Stage this summer, bush and grass fires in the Riverina have been more numerous and…

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Channel Gale Subsides. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 4

The gale in the channel has slackened and crossing has been resumed. The steamer Caruth had an exciting experience. She wirelessed that she…

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Local and General Violent Storm at Ungarie

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 2

Recently a violent wind storm sprang up, bringing with it clouds of dust of exceptional, density. It was one of the severest dust storms…

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