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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Tempest and Flood. Havoc in England. Big Railways Blocked. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

The gale which wrought havoc in parts of Britain a few days ago, after a brief respite, returned with a speed of 50 miles an hour last night. It…

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Huge Seas. Steamer in Gale. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

The Themistocles met the full force of the gale in the English Channel. Captain Jermyn says the seas were the highest he had ever encountered…

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Aorangi's Progress. Speedy in Teeth of Gale. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

According to a wireless message from the motor ship Aorangi, the engineering experts aboard state that the engines ran excellently in the teeth of an…

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Gale Coming Shipping Warned SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 1

The State Meterologist, Mr. Mares, to-day issued a warning to shipping. He says there is evidence of a moderate form of cyclone disturbance just…

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WIRES Cyclone Vanishes! SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 1

The State Meteorologist Intimated to-day that the cyclonic disturbance has passed away from the coast and was now only represented by a series…

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Steamer Missing. Loss in Gale Feared. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

It is feared that the Mexican steamer, Isiadoro, bearing 37 passengers, including several well-known Mexicans, has been lost in a furious…

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Terrible Storms. Men and Beasts Frozen to Death. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

A Moscow message states that 50 men and thousands of cattle have been frozen to death in the Caucasus, following on terrible snowstorms and the…

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Would There be a Flood? Heavy Fall on Jindalee Valley 4 Inches in No Time" ½ An inch in 15 Minutes

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. L. J. Forsyth, of Jindalee, 6 miles from cootamundra rang us up this morning to warm the to was people in case there might be another…

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Cyclone and Deluge Storm Havoc in Riverina Two Fatalities at Balranald Torrential Rains Near Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 3
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Reports of violent storms and torrents of rain come from all quarters in Riverina and northern Victoria. On Monday afternoon Balranald was struck by a cyclone in which two persons were killed, one was seriously…

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Latest Forecast. More Thunderstorms and Wind. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 3

The following is the latest official weather forecast:—Sultry and unsettled generally, with rain and thunder;…

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Phenomenal Deluge at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

An extraordinary down-pour of rain deluged Albury on Tuesday afternoon—one which the oldest inhabitant stated was the heaviest in his recollection…

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Cyclone at Euboa. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

A cyclone was responsible for extensive damage at Euroa. A number of buildings was practically demolished and streets in the township were…

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Havoc of the Storm Devastation Throughout Riverina Railway Washaways Reported Fences Destroyed and Crops Under Water

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

Following upon the long list, given in yesterday's "Daily Advertiser," of disasters caused by the storm in parts of Riverina, come further reports of the havoc wrought by rainfall, flood and cyclone. Owing to the difficulties…

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Gales Along Coast. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 3

Mr. Mares, State meteorologist, predicts gales with rough seas along the coast during the night…

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Rain Storms Cease Fine Weather Yesterday Train Wrecked by Washaway

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 3

Stories of ruin wrought by the storms in Riverina continue, to coma with the reports of the clearing of the skies. Drying winds…

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Storm Damages Town. Jetty Destroyed Perth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

A message from Melbourne stater that a atom totally destroyed the Jetty at Port Sampson and badly damaged the town. The loss is estimated at many thousands of pounds…

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Cyclone in W.a. Heavy Damage

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 5

A telegram from Roebourne, a little town in the far north-west of Western Australia, near the coast, tells of a disastrous cyclone having swept…

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The Cyclone in W.A. Benificial Rainstorm Fremantle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 3

The destruction of the Point Sampson Jetty, at. Roeburne, was the culmination of a cyclone that did great damage on the Western Australian…

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The Story of the Flood. Old Version

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 3

And God said unto Noab, "The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them, and behold, I will…

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