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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

291 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 15

Europe’s War Cloud Italy Again Becomes Serious Storm Centre Jugo-slavia Takes Advantage of Greek Crisis Compliance with the Fiume Ultimatum Delayed Hoping for Negotiation London, September 10

The Daily Express · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 1

The “Daily Express” Rome correspondent says, on excellent authority, that the Belgrade Government Intends to take advantage of Italy being…

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A Flooded Road Kyeamba Council Decision

The Daily Express · Saturday 15 September 1923 · page 2

Last month [?] deputation from Mangoplah. waited on the Kyeamba Shire Council and asked that a road deviation be made so as to provide…

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Japan. Storm Follows Disaster. Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1923 · page 2

Advices from Osaka state that a typhoon visited the mainland, ships engaged in the transportation of refugees and relief materials all having to seek…

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Japan. Storm Follows Disaster. Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1923 · page 4

Advices from Osaka state that a typhoon visited the mainland, ships engaged in the transportation of refugees and relief materials all having to seek…

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The Flood of Foreign "Pitchers."

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 1

W. Scott Fell, one of the members for North Shore, spoke to the N.S. Wales Assembly recently on the victous foreign monopoly of the…

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In the Track of the Storm. Wallendbeen

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 September 1923 · page 3

A terrific storm passed over Wallendbeen this afternoon. The whole side of the Convent School building was blown down. There were many narrow…

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Cyclone Hundreds of Pounds Damage

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

There was a heavy wind and dust storm over Tumut yesterday about 1.30 p.m., coming from the north east. It gradually veered…

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Cyclone Strikes Narandera Considerable Damage Done

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

A gale of unprecedented strength swept over the district yesterday (Thursday), by which considerable damage, the extent of which will…

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The Cyclone The Albury Fatality SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 1

The cyclone which swept over the State yesterday is gradually moving southward, and to-day is operating over the far south of N.S.W. and in…

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Melbourne Suffers Gale and Burst Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

At 2.25 to-day Melbourne was enveloped in a thick pall of dust borne on the wings of a gale that blew at 6 mile an Hour from the west. The…

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Thursday's Dust Storm Serious Damage to Church of England Rectory

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

Yester morn it sprang up from sleep, Saying, now for a frolic, now for a leap Now for a madcap galloping race, Now for a commotion in every place…

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Terrific Wind Storm. Houses Blown Down. Club Hotel Balcony Wrecked

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

AT lunch hour yesterday (Thursday) a terrific wind storm, lasting for some hours, struck the township. A blinding duststorm accompanied…

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A Disastrous Storm a Tree Strewn Town. Some Damage to Buildings

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 4

Now and then Cootamundra gets a windstorm which leaves trouble in its trail. It is not long since we had such a visitation. Yesterday there…

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Destructive Gale Wholesale Damage to Property. Buildings Unroofed. Houses Battered. Sheds Blown Down. Trees Uprooted. Telegraphic and Telephonic Services Interrupted

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

The equinoctial winds commenced yesterday morning, and gaining force as time sped on, at 2 p.m. they had assumed the fury of a gale, grit…

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Storm Swept Wagga Much Damage Done in Town and District Convent and Business Places Suffer. Lines of Communication Interrupted. Reports From Other Centres. Girl Killed at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

Wagga has of late had its fair share of buffetting by the elements. Within the space of a few months there have been drought, flood, and…

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Riverina Hurricane Terrific Wind-storm Sweeps Miles of Riverina .Territory Telegraphs and Telephone Services Completely Severed Except to Toe South Worst Dislocation Known in History of the Sydney Melbourne Line. Scanty Reports From Odd Sources Show Widespread Destruction and Fatality at Albury

The Daily Express · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 1

Heralded by lowering clouds and bleak winds, through which spasmodic attempts to rain occurred, a wind storm of hurricane force passed over…

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Storm Moves Southward. Convent Schoolgirls Injured. Sidney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 4

The hurricane which swept over the State yesterday is gradually moving southward, and to-day is operating over the far south of New South Wales…

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The Cyclone Gundagai Gets a Slap Big Damage Done 70 Mile Hour Cyclone

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 2

It was just 2 p.m. on Thursday — shortly after our last issue was published — that the wind struck up an angry tune…

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The Storm. Repairing Telegraphs

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Walkom, State sectional engineer for telephones and telegraphic construction, whose district embraces practically the whole of Riverina, and…

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Earthquakes Adelaide and India Deluge Follows Shock Adelaide

The Daily Express · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 1

Adelaide was deluged by rain following upon an earthquake shock, and the city is now experiencing the most serious floods on record…

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