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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Gundagai Washed a Sunday Storm 141 Points in 57 Minutes

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

Gundagai got real rain yesterday. Starting at 3.34 a storm kept going, with occasional slight lulls, for 57 minutes, and in that time one inch…

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Yesterday's Storm Inch and a Quarter at Wagga Good District Falls

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

After a period of about six weeks, in which only intermittent showers had fallen, beneficial rains fell in Wagga and district during the…

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Tornadoes and Floods American States Ravaged Many Lives Lost New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

Tornadoes, rainstorms, and floods are whipping South Louisiana to Virginia this week end. At least 35 lives have been lost and five persons are missing…

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Destructive Storm Worst on Record Business Places Flooded

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

For the second time within fourteen months this town on Sanday afternoon last experienced a phenomenal downpour which caused…

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Storm at Narandera Washaway on Railway

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 6

A particularly violent storm broke over Narandera at 5 o'clook on Sunday afternoon. Kain fell like a solid sheet of water on the streets, and was…

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Rain Storm. District Benefits. Hay Stacks Destroyed by Lightning

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 4

Some very welcome rain fell in Lockhart and district during the week-end. At Lockhart 75 points were registered. Getting out…

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Wonderful Rain! Inch and a Half in 55 Minutes. Gundagai Got Full Force of Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

Following on the two nice light fall of rain of 63 and 51 points of rain last week, Sunday brought along a very heavy thunderstorm in…

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Storm Water Outlet

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

With the approach of winter the Shire Council should give some attention to silt and sand that is choking the main storm…

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Bible Deluge Chaldean Discoveries Confirm Scripture Story

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 6

The recent discovering at U[?] of the [?] by the British M[?]'s expedition—which Professor Leonard Woolley, its leaded, believes afford…

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Light to Heavy Rain Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 2

Light to heavy rain was recorded yesterday generally, except in the far west and north-west. There were falls exceeding 2 inches on the north-west…

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Gale in Sydney Bad Weather for Show and Races Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 2

It was a bad day for the Royal Show and the races at Randwick to-day. A gale, which reached a velocity of 47 miles an hour, and which was…

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More Rain Another Heavy Storm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

After a week's almost perfect weather conditions, steady soaking rain commenced to fall on Tuesday afternoon last and continued at…

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Floods Probable on North Coast Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

Heavy rains have rendered floods likely in some parts, and precautions are already being taken by residents…

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Dam Bursts Eight Persons Missing Tin Mine Flooded Houses Washed Away Little Girl Drowned Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 4

One of the worst disasters of recent, years in Tasmania occurred yesterday afternoon, when the Cascade dam, containing 750,000,000 gallons of water,…

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North Coast Flood Danger Passed Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 4

Although torrential rains fell yesterday, the danger of flood on the north coast is considered to have passed…

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Mails Held Up Storm on Victorian Coast Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 1

Owing to bad weather the sailing of the steamer Nairana from Melbourne to Launceston to-day was cancelled until Monday. Several small vessels…

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Tasmanian Floods Damage to Property Launceston Principally Affected Scenes of Devastation Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1929 · page 1

Launceston and the surrounding districts are in the grip of devastating floods, with scenes of desolation everywhere…

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Tasmanian Floods Mine Manager's Heroism Death Rool Exceeds 20 HOBART

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 1

The survivors of the dam disaster at Derby last week agree that the assistant manager of the Briseis mine, Mr. W.A. Beamish lost his life in trying…

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Tasmanian Floods Railways Out of Commission £250,000 For Re-construction HOBART

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 1

Practically every railway line in Tasmania is out of commission because of destroyed bridges or serious washaways as the result of floods…

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Tasmanian Floods Measures for Belief Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1929 · page 3

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, announced to-day that the Federal Government would send £5000 to the Governor of Tasmania, Sir James…

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