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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

420 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 21

Aftermath of Flood Pitiable Scenes at Queanbeyan

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 6

Queanbeyan presented a pitiable eight when the flood waters abated. Scores of hitherto pretty cottages, well furnished, are now wrecks…

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Flooded Murrumbidgee Still Gives Trouble Waters Have Reached Carrathool and Hay Inundation in Excess of 1922 Levels Is Being Prepared for Hay

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 June 1925 · page 2

The flood in the Murrumbidgee river, which originated in the abnormal rains on the catchment area on May 26, and has since been slowly…

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Flood at Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

The big flood passing down the Murrumbidgee River commenced to make itself fell here on Friday morning. At 10 a.m. the river commenced to rise…

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Helping Flood Sufferers. Public Meeting at Gundagai

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 4

The public meeting convened by Shire President Carberry last Saturday to take stops to afford relief to soldier settlers affected by the flood…

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Wagga Flood Department Explains Conditions at the Dam. Burrinjuck, at the Best, Can Only Be Expected to Reduce Intensity of Flood

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 5

Mr. Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture and Chairman of the Water Conservation and irrigation Commission, sympathises with sufferers by…

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Flood Relief. Deputation to Wait on Minister

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

A meeting of the sub-committee appointed to consider the distress caused in the district by the recent flood, was held on Monday night,…

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The Floods. Burin Jack's Part

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

As chairman of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, Mr. Charley, Minister for Agriculture, said on Tuesday that…

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Burying Flood Victims

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

After the flood the Wagga garbage men collected 218 dead animals: 200 fowls, 3 horses, 10 rabbits, 1 fowl, 1 calf, and three dogs…

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Flood at Hay HAY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Murrumbidgee at [?]ay has risen six feet during the 24 hours ending at 5 o'clock this afternoon. It is still rising fairly fast, but is still five feet…

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Protection Against Inundation Flood Proof Houses in Wagga Special Building Regulations Proposed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 6

Though it does not appear to be practicable at present to keep big floods out of Wagga, at least much can be done to make the town flood resistant by building flood proof houses. Most of the damage to private property…

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Kyeamba Shire Council Flood Damage Repairs Show Ground Corner Danger

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 2

Councillor E. H. Hedditch was chairman at the monthly meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council yesterday. Other councillors present were Messrs. J…

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Flood Damage to Braidwood Roads

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 1

The acting engineer of the Braidwood Shire estimates that the damage to the roads and bridges in the shire as the result of the floods amounts to…

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Football Wagga v. Leeton Foe the Mayor's Flood Relief Fund

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 3

A football match of particular interest will be played to-morrow afternoon when a strong eleven from Leeton will oppose Wagga. The match…

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Misleading Flood Reports

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 4

In sections of the Sydney and Melbourne morning press yesterday appeared reports stating that Wagga was again menaced by a serious flood in…

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Echoes Of The Flood Red Cross Soup Kitchen

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 4

A generous quantity of soup was made by the ladies of the Red Cross Society and St. John's Church of England and was distributed by them to…

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Wagga's Funny Ways Burrinjuck and Floods

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 3

The "Mirrool Irrigator" says:— Ever since the day that Wagga was content to accept an illiterate, ignorant Wapping butcher as an…

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Flood Building Regulations

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 2

Now that Wagga has been built, extended, flooded and cleaned up, the old pioneers who first located the town are occasionally accused of a lack of…

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Double Disaster Flood and Fire W. J. Holland's Home Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee flood at the end of last month did damage amounting to several hundreds of pounds to Mr. W. J. Holland's dairy farm,…

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Proposed Subway F. and S.A. Conference Matters Flood Responsibility Wagga Member's Views

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. S. Carter, president, was in the chair at the meeting held on Saturday night of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and 'Settlers' Association of…

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