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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

236 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 12

(Published by Authority) Prohibition Scandal. Floods of Liquor

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 3

The smuggling of liquor across the Canadian border has reached such a stage of perfection, it is said, that hundreds of gations are now illegalty…

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When the River Floods

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 2

An old resident who knows the Murrumbidgee well, writes as follows:— Whenever a dangerous rise occurs in the Murrumbidgee at Wagpa, much…

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Flood at Narandera. River Overflows There Yesterday. Veritable Sea of Water. NARANDERA

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 4

The river overflowed its banks this morning and is now a raging torrent, [?]ll the flats are inundated. It rose from 22ft. at 10 o'clock last night to…

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The Flood Now at Narandera Gillengah Inundated Narrandera

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 August 1922 · page 1

The Murrumbidgee at Narrandera is now getting the effect of the flood waters which have come down from Wagga, and although the full force is…

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After the Flood How the Park Fared

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 2

With mud oozing over their boot tops, Mayor Stribley. Town Clerk McLaughlin, Ald. Harlow Herdsman McDonald & an…

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Flood Relief Benevolent Society Operations

The Daily Express · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 2

The Wagga Benvolent, Society has taken in hand relief measures for cases of hardships caused by the re[?] [?] and many people are…

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Flood Interludes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 5

With a view to seeing the swollen river and probably with the hope of seeing the commencement of the big rise, a large crowd gathered on the…

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The Flood. Highest Level 26 feet. Water Slowly Receding

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 5

Perhaps no flood previously experienced at Narandera has been looked forward to with mere anxiety than has that which reached here on…

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When the River Floods. Wagga & Gundagai

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 2

An old resident, who knows the Murrumbidgee River well, writes as follows :—"Whenever a dangerous rise occurs in the Murrumbidgee at…

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[?]Arandera Flooded. Damage to Roads and Fences. Water now Subsiding. NARANDERA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 2

The flood waters reached their maximum height on Saturday night, the reading being 26ft., which in five inches higher than the 1916 flood. A large…

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Flood at Narandera

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 2

Narandera reports show that the Murrumbidgee there has apparently reached its highest level, as there has been no alteration since Friday…

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Floods in England. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1922 · page 2

Streets running like rivers, squares resembling likes, houses swept from their foundations, people Imprisoned in upper rooms, and exciting boat rescues…

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Prohibition Scandal. (Published by Arrangement) Floods of Liquor

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 8

The smuggling of liquor across the Canadian border, which bas reached such a stage of perfection, it is said, that hundreds of gallons…

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Effects of the Flood

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 2

The reports of the different municipal officers to the Wagga Council meeting last night included many references to the effects of the flood on…

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Flood Effects Wagga’s Sanitary System Clearing Up the Damage

The Daily Express · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 2

At last night’s meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council, the Chief Health Officer (Mr. J. B. Tinsley) submitted a comprehensive report on…

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Isolated Storms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 3

Further Isolated showers have been reported in country districts, and conditions this morning were unsettled south of the Lachlan, with rain falling…

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Correspondence. the Flood. (To the Editor, "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 1

Sir,—A great deal more harm is done by "scares" than by floods. People were hunted out of their beds at night recently when there was no reason for…

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Railway Motor Lorries. a Storm Brewing. Commissioners' Delay

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1922 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners are not advancing motor traffic on country railway lines as fast as the Government would like. A storm is said to be…

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For Flood Times the Battle of the Gauges Gundag[?] and Wagga

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 2

During the recent flood in the Murrumbidgee there was much uncertainty as to the value of the river readings at Gundagai on their bearing…

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Flood Damage Government Grant Question

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 August 1922 · page 1

Taking advantage of the presence in Wagga yesterday of Mr. L. W. Buck[?]ell, District Works’ Officer, the Mayor (Ald. H. Oates), accompanied…

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