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Floods & storms, 1926

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Perilous Voyage the Recent Gales Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 3

With a list of 17 degrees and a distressed and weary crew, tho tramp freighter Argalia, carrying 4,000.900 super feet of Oregan pine;…

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The Floods Latest European Reports (Reuter Service) AMSTERDAM, January 8

The Daily Express · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

The Pope has given 20,000 florina towards the flood relief funds. In order to prevent p[?]asinp the authorities have prohibited [?]…

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The Atlantic Coast Snow and Wind Storms (Reuter Service) New York, January 11

The Daily Express · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 1

Nearly a score of persons perished and others were injured, while considerable damage was done to shipping the Atlantic coast as the…

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Town Swept Rush of Flood Waters. Like Breakers. Great Damage at Junee

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 5

Later information about the storm in the Junee district last week indicates that the damage was very heavy…

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Continental Floods London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 1

The Thames floods are subsiding rapidly at all points. Fields and roads are re-emerging from the waste waters…

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Floods Subsiding Sunshine in Europe People Face Huge Losses. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

The Thames floods are subsiding rapidly. At all ponits the fields and roads are re-emerging from the wastewaters. Reuter's Paris correspondent states…

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Flood Damage at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 2

The ravages of the flood which occurred on January Junee district on January 6 are still apparent. The streets of the town and the bridges have been…

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2000 Lives Lost 1000 Families Homeless Floods in Mexico Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 2

Messages received at Nogales, Arizona, U.S.A., report that fully 2000 lives have been lost, and 1000 families are homeless as a result of floods in…

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Floods in Mexico Terrible Loss of Life (Reuter Service) New York, January 12

The Daily Express · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 2

It is reported from Noga[?] (Ar[?]ona) that fully 2,000 persons lost their Iives and 1,000 famil[?] are homeless, as the result of the recent…

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Floods in Europe . Crucial Point Passed London , Jan 11

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

The [?] floods are subsidi[?]e rapidly at all points . Fields and road [?] emerging from a [?] [?] [?] . The [?] [?] all its…

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Excessive Cold European Phenomenon Record Floods and Gales London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 4

England is now getting the tail-end of the storm which plunged most of Europe into the bitterest cold, even Rome being snow-covered. All liners…

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Queensland Conditions Deluge in the North Brisbane

The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 1

A real deluge has been experienced in the North of Queensland over the week-end. Ten Inches of rain was recorded…

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Devastation Hurricane and Deluge Disaster at Las Palmas (Reuter Service) LONDON. January [?]

The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

It is reported from Madrid that several persona were seriously injured and and hundreds are home[?]ess [?] the result of a hurricane break…

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Las Palmas Storm Three Days of Terror (Reuter Service) MADRID. January 20

The Daily Express · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 2

Describing the terrifying character of the storm cabled yesterday. which lasted three days, reports from as Palmas sav that not a single house is…

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Moree Woman Killed Chimney Crashes in Storm Child Injured by Hurrying Doctor Moree

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 2
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Mrs. Freeman, wire or a jeweller, was killer last night, when the chimney of their house was dislodged during a storm…

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Thorne Street Flooding

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

The estimate submitted at Thursday night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council for work designed to obviate the flooding of Thorne…

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Serious New Zealand Floods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

A terrible flood has overtaken Takaka, in Nelson Province, New Zealand. Most of the town is under water. It has reached the windows of some…

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Seamen's Peril Record Storm LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

Reuter's New York correspondent says at least 60 seamen are in jeopardy on two steamships battling in mid-ocean against one of the worst…

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Junee Flood Damage Estimated at £2000

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

The ganger, Mr. P. Moore, in his report to the Junee Municipal Council on monday night, said that a start had been made in repairing the damage…

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