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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

291 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 15

Items of News. in a Flooded Creek

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 2

An old man named Smith was driving across the Cungegong Creek at Brawlin near Cootamundra, when the strength of the current washed the horse off its…

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FLOODING U.S.A. with Spirits (Published by Arrangement.) Whole Fleets Engaged

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 1

The cabled information that 25,000 gallons of whisky had been smuggled into New York State from Canada since the repeal of the Prohibition…

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Storms Off Coast. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 July 1923 · page 4

A heavy gale is raging off the coast. The wind is blowing at sixty miles per hour and a number of deep sea vessels are hove-to off the port waiting for the…

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A Flood Incident Struggle for Life

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 3

Mr Alf. Garner, a prominent player of the Yass Football Club, had a Hood experience on Tuesday last, which might have…

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Flood Drowns Sheep

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1923 · page 4

A wire from Young On Monday: "Hundreds of sheep have been drowned on holding in the Bland country, a rich expanse of level…

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Narrow Escape. Rescuing Cattle in Flood Waters

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 2

An accident, which fortunately did not, but may have, been of a serious character, happened at the Brungle bridge on Tuesday last…

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Steamer Aground Heavy Gales Responsible. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 2

The cyclonic conditions which operated along the coast were responsible for the steamer Iron Monarch going ashore in a northern breakwater at…

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Storm in Sydney. Gale Reaches 42 Miles an Hour. Two and a Half Inches of Rain in the Night. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 2

Violent windstorms accompanied by torrential rain caused considerable damage in Sydney suburbs to-day. The wind reached a velocity of 40…

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WIRES & Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow. Rain, Gales and Snow. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 1

Rain, gales, and snow raged during the week-end, in the Eastern districts. This morning's reports show there…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

A gale of a cyclonic character swept the coast yesterday, accompanied by heavy rain and rough seas. Torrential rain fell in the…

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Week-end Gale. Building Blown Across Railway. Wollongong

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

The gale which struck Wollongong on Saturday was one of the most severe in the history of the district. A Albion Park portion of a building…

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Result of Week-end Storm. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

As a result of the rainfall over the Cateract catchment area during the week-end the water rose about a million gallons…

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Narrow Escape. Rescuing Cattle in Flood Waters. an Icy-cold Immersion

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

Mr. Alf. Garner, a prominent player of the Yass Football Club, had a flood experience on Tuesday last, which might have terminated fatally…

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Heavy Rain. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 1

Some heavy rain falls were recorded in the country yesterday, particularly in the Central and South Coast, the Southern Tablelands, and…

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Storm Over London London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 1

A tropical storm— the worst in living memory— recalling war time air raids—raged over London and the…

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Floods in the Bland

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 2

Hundreds of sheep are reported to have been drowned on holdings in the Bland district, where all the dams are overflowing and for miles in…

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Storm in London. Recalls Air Raids of the War. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 2

A "tropical" storm, the worst [?] in living memory, recalling the wartime air raids, raged over London and suburbs from midnight till 6 a.m…

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Worst on Record Storm-swept London Terrifying Lightning London, July 10

The Daily Express · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 2

The greatest thunder storm in living memory raged in London for seven hours from midnight till 7 p.m. to-day. Over fifty lightning flashes…

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