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Floods & storms, 1925

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Kyeamba Road Flood Damage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

The Main Roads Board has notified Mr. V. W. E. Goodin, M.L.A., in connection with his representations, that the Board has received a request from…

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The Floods Still Raining At Forbes Waters Everywhere Receding

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

A message from Forbes this morning stated that the water was 33 ft. 7 in. deep, and still rising. Eighteen famines, whose homes…

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Results of Flood

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

Since the food much of the time of roads employees of the Wagga Municipal Council has been occupied in the restoration of streets and footpaths…

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Victims of the Flood

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

Inspector Parker advised us last evening that he is in receipt of a communication from the Inspector-General of Police, Sydney, which is of great…

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Rains and Floods The Murrumbidgee Falls Upstream

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

The rains that have fallen on the catchment area of the Murrumbidgee, according to the reports received yesterday, have not been sufficient to…

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Floods in New Zealand Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

News coming to hand shows that the gales and floods in the North Island have been responsible for almost incalculable damage. Many townships…

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£500 GRANTED Wagga Flood Damage Ald. Byrnes in Sydney Further Amounts Expected SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

The State Government decided to make £500 available immediately for repair work at Wagga, as a result of the damage caused by…

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Main Road Flood Repairs

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1925 · page 2

The Town Clerk, Mr. R. Emblem, has received a telegram from the Mayor, Ald. D. T. Byrnes, stating that the Main Roads Board had granted…

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Storm at Fremantle. Fremantle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

A violent storm passed over Fremantle last night and caused considerable damage. An electric light sub-station was struck by lightning, and a…

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A Memory of the Past Floods at Gandagai

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

Gundagai was originally built on the river Bats, and was washed away in June, 1852, when 72 the people were drowned. Though warned in…

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Floods in N.Z. Much Damage Done Farmers Lose Heavily Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 2

Further serious floods have occurred in New Zealand. The biggest inundation in its history has occurred in the Whakatane district…

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Floods and Drought

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 5

While the greater part of the rest of this State has been suffering from floods, Narrabri, in the north-west, is in the grip of a drought. Many motor…

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New Zealand Floods

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 2

Floods in various parts of the Auckland Province are becoming more serious, and many rivers are overflowing their banks. The Waikato River is…

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Floods in New Zealand Auckland (N.z.)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 1

As a result of heavy floods over twenty thousand acres of farm land, near Whakatane, are under water to a depth of six feet. A large number…

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Burrinjuck Dam. Its Influence on Floods

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

IN view of the attention directed to Burrinjuck dam by the recent floods the following extracts from evidence given by leading engineers before…

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Power House Flood Troubles

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. O. A. F. Robinson, chief mechanical engineer, and his staff att the Wagga power house, have largely overcome the difficulties caused by the…

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£10,000,000 Flood Damage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

Reuter's Warsaw correspondent states that the floods in Poland have spread enormously, especially in the north-east. There are over 150,000…

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Disastrous N.z. Floods

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

As a result of heavy floods, over 20,000 acres of farm land, near Whakatane, N.Z., is under, water to a depth of 6 feet. A large number of settlers…

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Polish Rains and Floods

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

Rains and floods have caused enormous damage in Western Poland. The harvest in many places has been destroyed…

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Flood Building Regulations (To the Editor, "Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 2

Sir,—Regarding the article under above heading in your paper of June 20 I would like to offer some suggestions. I think that if the last flood…

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