Flood Rain in Riverina
As a result of heavy rain in Wagga and surrounding districts on Wednesday night and yesterday, a number of creeks were flooded, and roads in some…
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Flood Damage Expenditure
The Wagga Municipal Council last night received a circular from the Under Secretary of the Department of Works and Local Government…
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Rain fell on 16 days during June for 284 points. Fifty points were registered to 9 a.m. yesterday at the Junee post office, making 103 points for…
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From 3 a.m. to 9 p.m. yesterday 151 points were registered at Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone at Uranquinty Houses Wrecked; Trees Uprooted Iron Carried Miles in Air
A cyclone of great velocity, accompanied by an electrical disturbance, passed over the outskirts of the township cf Uranquinty yesterday about…
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A meeting of residents of the Mitchell Shire who live between Malebo and North Wagga, and also between North Wagga and the 8-mile peg on the…
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Heavy floods are being experienced in the north-east of Victoria as the result of rain over the last two weeks. All low-lying land from below the…
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Wangaratta residents sighed with relief this morning when daylight showed that all danger from floods had passed…
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Danger no longer threatens residents of the Murrumbidgee valley through floods. The river is now falling rapidly and with the water at…
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In a measure the community in those districts are fortunate in that the rivers, and creeks currying a large volume of water during flood…
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All residents of the Mitchell Shire who reside between Malebo and North Wagga, and also between North Wagga and the eight-mile peg on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooded Road Gave Excursionists Long Trip Bus Arrived Home in Time for Work
PASSENGERS on Mr. Cec. Taylor's Wagga excursion bus, had an unusual experience on Sunday last…
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The flood waters are slowly draining away and all danger of serious floods is believed to be past. The Goulburn River at Shepparton is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Walbundrie Leaves Behind Trail of Ruin Flooded Conditions Prevail
On Friday afternoon an electrical storm, with severe rumbling and thunder, accompanied by lightning, passed over the district and will be…
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With 54 bodies recovered. the over 100 missing. from yesterday's floods, the heavy rains today brought Additional destruction. In Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →38 Lives Lost Floods in Kentucky Streams Become Raging Torrents New York
Floods took at least 38 lives following a cloudburst at Morehead, Kentucky. Many thousands are homeless. Usually small streams such as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dive Into Flooded River Previous Case Recalled
Reading how a man dived into the flooded river at Wagga for a wager recalls an incident that occurred in Wagga many years ago in which the chief actor was George Greenwood,…
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MOREHEAD (Kentucky), Thursday.—With 54 bodies recovered and over 100 persons still missing from yesterday's floods, heavy rains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Harrowing Trip by Leeton Ambulance Through Flood Waters Leeton
Mr. W. H. Davey, sperintendent of the Murrumbidgee District Ambulance, had some harrowing experiences in the floodwaters between Narandera and…
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Indignaton was expressed at the recent Progress Association meeting over the fact that, although three, months have elapsed since representations were…
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