Burrinjuck and the Floods Narandera Forms a Committee
Last week a meeting was held at Narandera to discuss the effect of Burrinjuck dam on floods in the Murrumbidgee River and the…
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Flood Prevention
Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A. advised by telephone yesterday that arrangements had been made for a meeting with the representatives of the Water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday's Storm in Wagga and District Bad for the Crops Deluge a Belfrayden
A terrific clap of thunder heralded the approach of a storm over Wagga early yesterday afternoon, and soon heavy rain was falling, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Storm in a Teacup
The prosecution of Egon Kisch, the Chechoslovakian novelist, as a prohibited immigrant, and the finding of the charges proved, writes finis to an episode which has had the Commonwealth intrigued for the last few weeks, and which for sheer tack of proportion it would he hard to beat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sturt Highway Damaged by Flood
THE folly of establishing the Sturt Highway on the southern side of the Murrumbidgee River has already been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burrinjuck and the Floods Narandera Forms a Committee
Last week a meeting was held at Narandera to discuss the effect of Burrinjuck Dam on floods in the Murrumbidgee River and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Rains and Stormy Gales Great Damage to Crops
After a week of extremely sultry weather, a heavy thunderstorm, preceded by a violent clap cf thunder, broke over Wagga on Thursday after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclonic Storm at Adelong Adelong
A cyclonic storm at Adelong last night did extensive damage at Mr. F. Purcell's property, The Gap. The shearers' hut, woolshed, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Gale Sweeps Victorian Coast Conee Valley Under Water Melbourne
A terrific gale swept the Victorian coast during the night and shipping in Hobson's 'Bay was seriously hampered. One vessel dragged its anchor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Men Electrocuted Entangled with Electric Wires During Melbourne Storm Melbourne
Four men were electrocuted during the storm to-day through coming into contact with live electric wires which had been blown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Havoc in Victoria Suburban Gardens Feet Under Water Four Men Electrocuted; Three Other Lives Lost MELBOURNE
As the reports from various centres are received, the fury of the storm, which raged over a large part of Victoria on Thursday and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Storm Wagga
Storm damage is reported through out the Wagga district. Roofs were torn off sheds, and trees stripped of fruit. Generally, oat crops have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Havoc Twenty-six Dead Coastal Vessel Believed Lost Two Bodies Washed Ashore MELBOURNE
THE death roll of the fearful storm which swept Victoria during the last few days is still mounting, and to the eight known dead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty-six Dead As the Result of Storms Havoc in Victoria Crew of Coastal Vessel Believed Lost Two Bodies Washed Ashore Swollen Rivers and Hundreds of People Homeless MELBOURNE
The death roll of the fearful storm which swept Victoria during the last few days is still mounting, and to the eight known dead reported yesterday may now be added 18 more, the members of the crew of the coastal steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Athens Floods Athens
Floods, due to heavy rains resulted in 18 persons being drowned when a crowded lorry was swept away by flood waters. Many houses are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Incidents Old Woman's Ordeal Melbourne
A 90-year-old woman, Martha Smiley, of North Williamstown, suffered a shocking ordeal on Friday night when she lost her memory and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Athens— 18 Dead Athens
Floods, due to heavy rain, resulted in 18 persons being drowned, when a crowded lorry was swept away by floodwaters. Many house were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Damage Floods in Victoria Six Drowned Melbourne
The damage to property in the Melbourne metropolitan area has not yet been calculated, but it is believed that it will run into hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Mr. F. Purcell's
Mr. Fred. Purcell had a rough and and trying experience at his woolshed on Thursday evening last. They had just completed shearing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Control
Commenting on the formation of a flood control and prevention committee in Narandera, the "Riverine Grazier" writes: "It would seem that the…
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