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Floods & storms, 1922

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Floods in China Great Devastati[?] Peking, July 27

The Daily Express · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 1

Unprecedented rains and floods are raining Northern China’s crops [?] at [?]…

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Flood Prospects River at Wagga Rising Very Steadily Gundagai Beginning to Feel [?] Flood Force Water Expected to Be Over Burrenjuck Top at Midnight

The Daily Express · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 1

The expected flood is not developing at Wagga so rapidly as Thursday’s reports indicated it might do. There is, nevertheless, sufficient evidence of a solidly rising river, that might very reasonably be expected to reach an…

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WEATHER. Southern Storms Easing. Only Light Rains for Week-End. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 1

There has been an easing off in the storm weather in the Southern districts ,rain being mostly of a light character during the week-end…

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Gundagi Flooded. Biggest Wash for 22 Years. Great Damage to Fencing. River Still Running Very High

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 2

Gundagai has been washed out washed out in a fashion similar to what it was 22 years ago. All day Friday the people…

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The Flood To-day. Very Little Fall

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 2

On Saturday night the flood reached its highest point—31ft. At 9 a.m. this morning the gauge showed 29ft [?] so it will be…

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Washing'em Wihte Flood at Tumut. Chinaman Marooned. Lndian Hawkers Loss. Turnup This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 2

The flood Here was the biggest we ever had—it rose to 13ft. 9in.. 3inches higher than any previous flood To-day the reading…

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Flood at Wagga. Murrumbidgee a Swollen Torrent. Official Gauge Records 29Ft. 4Ins. Water Trickling Into Main Street. River Falling at Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 2

At 1.30 this morning, the Murrumbidgee had commenced to overflow its western bank at Wagga and the flood waters were trickling into the main street near the Prince of Wales Hotel. At 2.30 a.m…

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Floods in Victoria. Man Drowned at Orbost. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 2

While n boat was rescuing settlers from flooded flats along the Snowy River at Orbost, Victoria, last night, it was overturned, and F. Phelan was…

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The Floods. Wagga's predicament. May Exceed the 1900 Flood. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 1

The Murrumbidge[?] river at Wagga is now higher than it has been since the 1900 flood, and there is no certainty that it will not exceed that record…

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Over the Banks River Still Rising Enters Wagga Long Anxious Day Ends with Flood in Town Highest Flood in Twenty-two Years

The Daily Express · Monday 31 July 1922 · page 1

At 9 o’clock last night the Murrumbidgee overflowed Its low-lying banks at the Western end of Wagga, the water at the gauge then showing 28ft. 10in. At 1.45 a.m. to-day with the gauge awash at 29ft, 10in., the…

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The Far East. Bad Industrial Situation. Calm Before the Storm. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 1

Mr. Macpherson, who has just returned from, a trip to the East, says the situation in China is chaotic. He added, "Industrially, the people of the…

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'Bidgee in Flood. the Highest in 22 YEARS. Flats Still Under Water

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

THE abnormal rainfall on the watershed at bead of the Murrumbidgee caused such a inrush of water to the Burrinjuck Dam that it made it…

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Floods and Show Entries

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

Owing to the floods having disorga[?]saed the country malls and a large number of intending exhibitors having to give their whole attention to looking…

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Flood Prevention

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

A duty devolves' on the municipal authorities of any town that has experienced a flood to consider all the facts and incidents in connection therewith…

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Victorian Floods Subsiding. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

Commenting on the foods in Gippsland, caused by the over[?]ow of the Snowy, M'Allister and Thompson Rivers, the Chairman of the Water…

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The Flood. Lower Fitzmaurice-street Inundated. Wollundry Lagoon a Banker. River Stationary Throughout the Day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Wollundry Lagoon which intersects the town, commenced to fill rapidly as the pressure of flood water from the eastern side was felt. It rose several feet and continued to rise late into the night. A great area of what is known as the brickyards invariably becomes affected…

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Tarcutta-street Flood Gates

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

The value of the Tarcutta-street flood gates to a large section of the residents of Wagga has been demonstrated in the present flood. When Mr. F. C…

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An Echo of the 1891 Flood

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

Owing to the interest developed in the flood of the Murrumbidgee River parties of sightseers motored from Cootumundra to Gundagai at the week…

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Around the Flood Areas Where the Damage Is Done

The Daily Express · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

Setting out per bicycle on a round of the outskirts of the town at midday, a “Daily Express” reporter was enabled to ascertain the full extent…

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Wagga’s Big Flood a Day of and Loss Flood Expands Over Very Wide Area Slight Fall in Early Hours This Morning

The Daily Express · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 1

During yesterday and last night the river level at Wagga maintained a fairly even registration fluctuating slightly backwards and forwards from 30ft. 10in. to 30ft. 11 in. in the still water at Little Gurwood Street, and once or twice, for short periods,…

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