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Floods & storms, 1926

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Terrible Floods Western Europe Stricken Losses in France and Belgium London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 2

After a rise of nine inches last night the Thames to-day is still rising. Hundreds of acres of farmlands we submerged between Cleeve and…

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Floods in Eurupe Belgian King’s Generosity [?] January 4

The Daily Express · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 2

Their Majesties have subscribed [?],000 [?] to the National fund for victims of the floods. The sum represents money persented to them…

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Extensive Flood Damage Farmers Experience Very Heavy Losses Speedy Repair Work on Railways Graphic Incidents and Flood Experiences

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

A feature of the sensational washaway of the railway lines toward Junee from Harefield, and at other places, was the rapidity with which repairs were effected and the train services resumed…

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A Flooded Creek Boy’s Plucky Crossing. an Early Morning Adventure

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

The thirteen-year-old son of Mr. Jim. Balmon, the well known Wa[?]a farmer, of “Ashmont,” had a close call when attempting to cross…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Torrential rain fell in Melbourne yesterday morning. The cricket ground was flooded with the result that the match between Victoria and…

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Bad Weather Heavy Storms at Sydney and Melbourne Earthquake Follows Floods on the Rhine While Western Europe Is Flooded, New York Suffers From Serious Fog Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

The Government Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, to-day stated that there is a cyclonic disturbance on the South Coast which is likely to…

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Junee Storm Heaviest on Record Ten Inches in Less Than Houf

The Daily Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

According to the Junee “Sout[?] Cross” Tuesday's storm was [?] heaviest on record at Junee, and from all the immediate portions of…

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Six Inches of Hail. Storm at North Sydney. Damage to Gardens and Trees. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

The northern suburbs of Sydney were struck by a violent hail storm, this afternoon, which caused considerable damage to gardens and fruit trees…

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Disastrous Floods, Al Home and Abrosd

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Many cattle were drowned, bundreds of miles of fenciog swept away, and a young women was trapped in a flooded dairy, when a…

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Thorne-street Flooding Drainage Question Considered Report by Municipal Engineer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

Some weeks ago the Wagga Municipal Council inspected various portions of the municipality to ascertain what improvements were needed, and the…

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Floods In Europe Devastation Revealed. As Flood Waters Subside. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent states that the subsidence of the floods in the Rhineland is revealing enormous devastation. Twenty thousand houses…

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Floods and Washaways

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

The heavy storm on Tuesday night in the neighborhood of Junce was responsible for washaways on the main south railway line. The south…

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Thorne Street to Prevent Flooding Estimate of Coast

The Daily Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

The Municipal Works Committee gave instructions that an estimate be prepared for draining Thorne Street from Yabtree Street in and on both…

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Europe's Winter Late Flood Reports Earthquake on the Rhine Amsterdam, January 6

The Daily Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

The floods are subsiding everywhere except in Northern Limburg and Deventer, where another dyke on the river Yeer has burst near…

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Melbourne Drenched Many Suburbs Flooded Melbourne

The Daily Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

Heavy rain fell early this morning and continued during practically the whole of the day. According to the Meteorological Department, the [?]…

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Big Flood Junee Is Swept. Woman Rescued. Widespread Damage

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

A terrific storm broke over the Junee district at 5.30 on Wednesday evening, and two inches of rain fell in half an hour. The railway line…

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Shipping Warned. Strong Gales Expected. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 8

The Weather Bureau, to-day, issued a warning to shipping to the effect that strong south-cast winds, reaching the force of a gale, were expected in the…

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Samoan Cyclone More Serious Than First Reported. Reduced Copra Output. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 8

Mr. E. E. Salmon, a well known is land merchant of Sydney, received in formation that the cyclone which struck Samoa was more severe than…

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Flood Losses Damage in Rhineland Applications for Compensation London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 1

Reuter's Cologne correspondent reports immense damage by floods in the Rhineland, where Dr. Severing, Prussian Minister for Internal Affairs, is…

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Rhine Floods Extent of the Damage Great Distress in Holland Cologne, Janaury 7

The Daily Express · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 1

There are evidences of immense damage by the floods in Rhineland, where Dr. Severing, Prussion Minister for Internal Affairs, is making…

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