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Floods & storms, 1923

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Swept by Floods Overflowing Rivers Inundate Victorian Towns Echuca and Ararat Having a Bad Time the Murray Gets Out of Bounds and Spreads Over Many Miles

The Daily Express · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 1

The flood waters of the Campaspe River rushed down with a loud roar upon Echuca to-day Campaspe West is now a vast[?]ea…

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The Weather. Will It Be Flood? River Slowly Rising

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

Yesterday in Wagga was cold and cheerless, with occasional showers of rain, 14 points falling between 9 a.m. and midnight. For the 24 hours…

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For Urgent Attention. Three Floods in Three Years

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

Seventy years age Wagga Wagga had only two hotels, one being owned by Thomas Fox, but the floods came into his hotel three years in succession…

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Victorian Floods. Damage at Morwell. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

At Morwell the incessant rain has brought about a record flood, and thousands of pounds damage has been done. Bridges have been washed…

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The Floods Situation Reviewed Echuca a Critical Point Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 1

Reports from most of the districts show that the floods ace very, serious. Many towns are isolated, bridges have been washed away, roads are…

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The Flooded River

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 2

The absence of any noteworthy rain yesterday, as affecting the Murrumbidgee, served to allay fears which were being expressed regarding the…

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The Flood Season South Australia Adelaide

The Daily Express · Monday 6 August 1923 · page 1

Floods and washaways are still causing loss and inconvenience in various parts of the State. A pig farmer at Gr[?]nge has been…

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The Weather. Storm Conditions Recurring. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 2

The State Meteorologist (Mr. J. D. Mares) says weather conditions indicate more rain, heavy at times along the coastal areas, with strong winds…

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Victorian Floods. a Thrilling Fight. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 2

There was a thrilling fight during the week-end against the flood waters at Kerang, which reached the town on Saturday. The banks of the…

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Floods in Victoria Campaspe Still Spreading Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 8 August 1923 · page 4

The Campaspe River flood waters have spread over a vast extent of country, submerging crops and driving settler’s from their homes. In…

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Heavy Floods. London

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 1

A mesage from Cawnpore, India, states that heavy floods occurred at Hamiluer, Jalaon, Bunda, Etawah Gonda, and in the Benares and Balia…

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Tarcutta St. Flood Gates

The Daily Express · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 2

Attention has been previously drawn by the “Daily Express” to the dangerous condition of the Tarcutta St. floodgates. In his report to ,last…

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Flood Dangers. Petition to the Mayor

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 August 1923 · page 3

During Saturday night's meeting of the Progress Association the following petition to the mayor was placed on the table for perusal and signature…

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Flood Protection

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 2

The move taken by the Wagga Progress Association at its last meeting, when it initiated steps for the presentation of a petition to the…

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Flood Dangers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Wagga Progress Association the petition to the mayor, requesting calling of a public meeting to discuss the taking of…

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Flood Protection. Suggestion for Wagga

The Daily Express · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 2

“C.E,” writes:— The protection, of Wagga by levee banks from floods should not be an expensive work in itself as there is…

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Floods in India Lahore, August 15

The Daily Express · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 2

Exceptionally heavy floods are reported in Southern India. In Mangalore alc[?] the damage is estimated [?] of rupees…

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Sunk in a Gale. No Loss of Life. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 1

The American gunboat Gopher, a training ship, with naval reservists aboard, sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during a gale…

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The Weather. Cyclone Developing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 2

The State Meteorologist, Mr. J. D. Marcs, says a cyclone is massing in a south-easterly direction towards the north end of New Zealand, the centre…

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Snowfall and Floods

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 2

It is well-known that the amount, of snowfall in the Rocky Mountains, determines the flow of water in the leading rivers that head in this…

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