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Floods & storms, 1925

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Gippsland Floods Towns Cut Off and Trains Cancelled. Boats Washed Out to Sea. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 4

As the result of torrential rains over North Gippsland, heavy floods have occurred in many parts. The Tambo, the Mitchell and the Snowy Rivers have all…

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Cyclonic Rain Victoria Swamped Many Heavy Floods. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 1

Rain is falling with cyclonic intensity over the whole of Victoria, But chiefly in Gippsi[?]and. Many rivers are over-flowing…

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Flood Damage Repair of Roads Government Inquiries Made

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 1

Mr. C. A. Mc[?]nnes supervising en[?] er in the cootamundra District, for the Public Works Department, was in Wagga yesterday inspecting…

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Flood Protection. To-morrow’s Conference

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 2

Much importance is attached to the conference called by the Wagga Municipal Council for to-morrow to consider proposals for the prevention of…

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The Flood Conference

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 2

Local government, and other public bodies of the Murrumbidgee flood area will to-day consider the best means for flood precautions and prevention. At…

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Floods in Korea. Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 2

Despatches from Korea report extensive floods in the central and southern district. The damage is estimated at 40,000,000 yen. The…

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Floods in Korea Very Serious Damage Tokio, July 14

The Daily Express · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 1

Korea reports extensive floods in the Central and Southern districts, the damage being estimated at 40,000,000 yen, while the casualties…

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Cyclone Off Coast Naldera's Experience SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 1

The steamer Naldera, which arrived from London, struck a cyclone while off the coast during the week-end. The waves were mountainous, but no…

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Flood Defence

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 2

A meeting of builders and architects Was held at the Town Hall last night to consider proposals to be added to Building Ordinance No. 70, the…

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Fodder Poisoning. Flood Area Danger

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 1

Mr. F.H. Whyte, stock inspector for the Wagga Pastures Protection Board, warns residents of the areas which were flooded last month, and those…

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Murrumbidgee Valley Flood Protection Winter Regulation of Burrinjuck Dam Conference with Irrigation Commission Better Communication for River News

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 3

A conference of public bodies of the Murrumbidgee Valley, held at Wagga yesterday, appointed a committee of engineers to confer with the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission for the arrangement of…

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Cables Korea Floods Exaggerated Reports TOKIO

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 1

Earlier press reports of the floods in South Korea are stated to be greatly exaggerated. According to the official report just received,…

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Conference at Wagga Discasses the Flood Menace Water Conservation Experts Produce Interesting Instruction Data Much Valuable Experience Gained From the Recent Inundation Gauge Readings at End of May Were All Higher Than the 1871 Records. Committee Formed, and Arranges for Complete Scheme of Action During Future Dangerous Periods. Committee Decisions

The Daily Express · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 1

The committee decided that when the wafer in that dam was in such a position as to be of a critical nature (10ft. below spillway level) lower…

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The Flood Conference

The Daily Express · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 2

If it did nothing else, the Conference on flood prevention yesterday will serve to allay the feeling of anxiety which everybody has…

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General Cables London, Wednesday. the Korean Floods

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 2

Earlier press reports of the floods in Southern Korea are stated to be greatly exaggerated, according to an official report just received which confirms the…

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After the Flood

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 2

The Gundagai Race Club met on Friday, to talk about the devastation wrought the racecourse by the flood,' and devise means of repairing the…

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Flood Conference at Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 2

Last night's conference called by the Mayor of Wagga to consider means of preventing floods or minimising the risk of inundation is regarded as…

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Flood Protection Wagga Building Interests Meet Advisory Committee Proposed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 7

Wagga builders and [?] met to consider a number of rather drastic building proposals submitted to their consideration. While…

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Flood Warnings

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

When the May floods threatened the lower Murrumbidgee practically no news of the danger nor any rainfall or river registrations could be obtained from…

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