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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

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Storms in Britain. Wembley Flooded. Homes Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 1

Terrible thunderstorms and torrential rain were again a feature of this amazing summer. The Wembley stadium resembled a lake. Six inches of water…

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The Show Wagga's Great Exhibition Opening To-day Striking Evidences of the Districts Wealth All Arrangements Complete, But Last Nights Storm Caused Anxiety

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 August 1924 · page 1

The following forecast was Issued last night by the Government Meteorologist, Mr. Meares: Generally unsettled with further rain, heavy in parts and extending to most of the State: some hail squalls likely: cool…

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Races Postponed. Courses Flooded. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 4

The Moonee Valley races set down for to-morrow have been postponed owing to the flooding of the course. The Caulfield course is also flooded…

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Wires and Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow. Victorian Floods Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 1

The flood waters are still rising. In Kensington tour streets are flooded. The Flemington, bridge is from…

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Gippsland Flood. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 4

Two hundred square miles of country in the Koo-Wee-Rup district have been devastated by the worst floods known in the history of the locality…

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The Victorian Floods Position Worse Marooned Families MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 1

The latest reports from Kooweerup indicate that the position has become worse. Patients in the local hospital have…

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State of the River. Flood Fears Allayed

The Daily Express · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 1

Any fears that may have been entertained during the past few day of flood waters causing damage hav been allayed by the reassuring…

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The Flood. RIVER 13ft. 4in

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 2

The torrential rains of Sunday night acting upon the snow on the high altitudes brought down the Tuinut and Little Rivers and Gilmore…

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Murray River in Flood. Residents Deserting their Homes. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 2

An Albury message states that the Murray River is in flood, and residents of low-lying lands have deserted their homes, taking with…

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Tumut River in Flood

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 2

Tumut and district have experience a splendid rainfall during the week, and on Sunday the river rose nearly a banker. On Monday evening another…

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Victorian Floods. Rescuers at Koo-wee. Menace Passing. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 2

This morning's reports from Koo-wee[?]rup indicated that the flood position had become worse. The patients in the hospital had to…

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Urangeline Creek in Flood

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 2

Owing to recent rains the Urangeline Creek has practically hemmed in several soldier settlers. The flood waters have covered part to Jackson Bros…

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Left by the Flood. Body Found in a Tree. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 2

There is no suspicion of foul play in conenction with the finding of the body of an unknown man caught on the limb of a tree near Hawthorn last…

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Floods on the Hurray Help for Shire Councils Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 September 1924 · page 1

In the Legislatives Assembly to-day Mr Flannery asked wh[?] the Government could [?] as[?]ance to those Shires [?] by…

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China's Little Row. Lost Ground Regained Heavy .Rain Stops Fighting Shanghai, September 9

The Daily Express · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 1

A special from Liuho states that the Cho Klang-ites have regained all the lost ground in this sector and have commenced entrenching…

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Gale at Ryde Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1

During a heavy gale at Eyde last night, a roof was blown off a motor garage. Herbert Edwards, proprietor, was lying on a bed in the office,…

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River Tragedy Sensational Boating Fatality Near Wagga Flooded Stream Causes Two Boats to Capsize Wellknown Citizen Drowned; Two Others Have Narrow Escape

The Daily Express · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1

Their boat wrecked In a fastrunning flooded river, Messrs Les-Douglas last (Chris. Mynott clung to a [?]nag for about an hour…

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Gale Does Damage. Roof Blown Off and Man Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 5

During a heavy gale at Ryde last night the roof was blown off a motor garage. Herbert Edwards, the proprietor, was lying on a bed in the office…

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After the Storm Murray Labor Dispute. Statement for the Press

The Daily Express · Saturday 20 September 1924 · page 2

As was reported in the “Daily Express yesterday, a special meeting of the Murray Electoral council was had in Wagga on Thursday night…

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Storm at Cobar. Hotel Damaged Cobar

The Daily Express · Tuesday 23 September 1924 · page 1

A ton of bricks, part of the parapet of the Great Western Hotel crashed through the roof during a thunderstorm to-day, smashing…

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