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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

425 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 22

Man Drowned Crossing Flooded River Change

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 5

Cyril Underwood, aged 39 years, lost his life while attempting to cross the flooded, Bell River this afternoon. Underwood and Leslic Hyndes, a youth…

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Lachlan in Flood Thirty-two Feet at Forbes Forbes

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 5

At. Forbes the Lachlan River has risen to 32 feet, and is still rising. All the low-lying country is covered to a depth of several feet…

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Tumbarumba's Biggest Flood Homes Surrounded by Water

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 2

Rain began to fall at Tumbaramba about noon on Tuesday and continued throughout the afternoon and night, 250 points being recorded to 9 o'clock…

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Heavy Rain and Floods

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

In common with other places, very heavy rain bas fallen in [?] since our last issue, One hundred and ninetyseven…

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Farms Flooded Pisi House Collapses Drains Fail to Carry Heavy Rain

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

Many settlers awoke on Wednesday morning following a night of continual rain, to find water under their houses and adjacent roads covered with water. In most cases the cause could be traced to drains choked…

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Another June Flood. Tuesday's Deluge. Murrumbidgee and Tributaries in High Flood

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

With the temperature phenomenally high for June, steady rain set in on Tuesday and teemed down continuously throughout…

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Floods Everywhere Phenomenal Rains Cause Flooded River

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

The phenomenal rain which has fallen throughout the State during the past three days, particularly over the catchment areas of the Murrumbidgee…

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FlOOD EFFECTS

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 7

On the Cootamundra side of Milvale the motor train was held up on Wednesday night through the flooding of the line. The train went back to…

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Gundagai Flood Warning Association Latest About the River Burrinjuck Lower

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

The river at Gundagai reached 32ft 6in and was stationary for several hours. Tumut River was 13ft 6in and…

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Serious Floods at Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

In the Coolamon district all the creeks are the highest they have been this year. The rain started about 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning, and…

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Epsom Flooded Race Meeting Postponed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

A face meeting, which was to have been held at Epsom to-day on behalf of the unemployed has been postponed owing to the flooding of the course…

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Australian Rainfall Well Over the Average Further Floods Feared

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

In a monthly note on the pastoral and agricultural industries in Australia, the Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr. W. S. Watt) states that the May…

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Matong News. Record Flood

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

The Redbank Creek, north of Matong, reached a record height on Wednesday and many farmers had a very anxious time. Boggy Creek was also…

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Serious Flood. Extensive Damage

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

Tuesday’s rain early set the creek running and by midnight it was rising in an alarming manner, and by 4 a.m. it was well over the banks, flooding…

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Flood Experiences. REV, D. M. Livingstone’s Adventures

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

The Rev. D. McN. Livingstone had some exciting adventures on the Wagga-road on Tuesday night, when returning in pouring rain, from the…

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Record Floods In Riverina

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

Torrential rain during the week has led to floods of record extent and severity in Riverina, the catchment arose of the Lachi[?], Murrumbidgee,…

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Ganmurra News. FLOODS

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

June, [?].—On Tuesday, 16th, the floods waters reached their highest point, some paddocks being completely [?] Many people have got the…

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The Floods

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 5

After last week's high flood-- it was supposed to be a record, but in reality was 2 inches short of the 1916 flood, the highest register notched…

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Sleuthing the World's Storms Aid for Air Pilots in Peril How Radio Rules the Waves LONDON, May 14

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 6

Radio may soon be used to trace the source of every thunderstorm in progress within two or three thousand miles of the observer. If this hope is…

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Tamworth Flood Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 5

The Peel River rose rapidly at Tamworth last night and overflowed the top end of the town, reaching the highest level for 21 years. The police…

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