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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

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Big Storm Up North Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 1

A storm on the, North Coast on Tuesday afternoon did considerable damage to the banana plants and other crops hall like [?]gged lumps…

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Local and General Very Heavy Rain at Wagga

The Daily Express · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 2

Hot and sultry conditions prevailed over Wagga yesterday and culminated a thunderstorm lest night. To wards evening the sky became…

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Last Night's Storm. Half an Inch of Rain. Gutters Flooded

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 2

At about 8.30 last night the storm which had been threatening for several days broke with a vengeance, and the streets, which a few minutes before,…

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Deluge Near Goulburn. Ten Inches Under an Hour. Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 2

The most phenomnial storm in the history of the district swept across Goulburn yesterday, missing the city, but expending its forces at Mummell,…

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Terrible Storm Damage at Goulburn River’s Remarkable Rise Goulburn

The Daily Express · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 1

A serles of remarkable storms visited Goulburn last night Only a few points of rain fell in Goulburn, bur at Mummell, five miles…

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Violent Storm at Griffith. Thunder Lightning and Heavy Rain

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 February 1924 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon Griffith experienced very heavy rain, registering 81 points between 3 and 4.30 p.m. Vivid lightning and loud claps of…

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Phenomenal Rainfall Storm Grips Wagga. Danger at Telegraph Office

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 2

The most severe storm for many years was experienced in Wagga last night. The blinding flashes of lightning were so vivid as to light up the…

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Electrical Storms. Heavy Rainfall

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 3

When a lot of electrical enter [?] went to waste on Tuesday evening. Three hours of lighting right round the sky, and…

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The Weather. General Thunderstorms Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

Thunderstorms were again responsible for good rains at almost every town in New South Wales yesterday. Cloudy and overcast…

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Another Storm in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

In a violent thunderstorm soon after 5 o'clock yesterday morning 28 points of rain fell in Wagga. This makes the total Wagga rainfall for the last four…

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Cyclone in the North Taree

The Daily Express · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

A cyclo[?]e half a mile wide; passed over the Upper manning district last evening. [?] house [?] blown [?]…

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Floods in Persia Loss of Life (Reuter Service) BOMBAY, February 6

The Daily Express · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

It is reported from Teheran that a [?larg[?] part of the country was submerged by [?]ecedented floods after [?] during the last week…

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Big Storm Hailstones Big As Eggs Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 1

A terrific thunderstorm occurred at Wingham yesterday afternoon and nearly 2ins of rain fall, Ernest Watson, while crossing Cedar party…

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Severe Storm Lightning, STRlKES Hospital Tenterfield

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 1

During a severe [?] Tenterfield Hospital was struck by lighting. Two chimney po[?] were [?]orn…

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Heavy Rain Storm at Cootamundra

The Daily Express · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 3

• Shortly after midday yesterday. heavy downpour of rain' occurred- at Cootamundra anti continued until about 3 o'clock, mins. being' recorded…

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The Weather Friday Night's Storm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 1

Heavy rain fell throughout take district on Friday night, accompanied by thunder and lightning. In Wagga the storm was of short duration, out 79…

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£200 LOST. Hillas Creek in Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 2

About £200 of Gundagai Shire ratepayers' money was washed away on Saturday last. The heavy rain on the…

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Items of News. Flood Damage at Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 2

Damage done to the earthworks and preliminary bridge structure over Hellas Creek, Gundagai, by last week's floods, following on the heavy rain, is…

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Boating Disaster Storm in Hobson’s Bay Three Lives Lost Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 1

A hot, sweltering morning with North winds, then a change in the afternoon with Southerly winds, caused fishermen in the Bay to-day to…

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Mr. John Gale. QUeanbeyan's Grand Old Man

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 2

It falls to the lot of very few men to live the ripe old age of 90. and still fewer to be possessed of ali their faculties after they have gone so…

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