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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

464 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 24

Calm Before Storm? Lull in West Night Movements of Troops German Gunfire Increases PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 1

Military experts interpret the lull on the Western Front as the calm before the storm. They add that despite the German concentration of troops by…

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"Storm Over Bengal"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 4

The final screening of "Storm Over Bengal" will be presented at the Plaza Theatre to-night. A thrilling epic of the outposts of Empire, the film is…

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Rhine Threatens to Flood Germans Basle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 1

Main nag caused the Rhine to rise, threatening sections of the Siegfried Line. Flooding will be inevitable if the river rises…

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Electricity for Boree Creek Switching-on Ceremony Town Flooded with Light

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 6

Thursday, October 12, will go down in the history of Boree Creek and district as a red-letter day for the community, because at 9 o'clock on…

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Willimbong Shire Bequest for Grant Extensive Flood Damage Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 6

At the recent meeting of the Willimbong Shire Council the president (Councillor M. J. Gleeson) reported on the subject of an…

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Heavy Rain on Western Front Paris

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

Heavy rain is impeding operations on the Western Front. The River Rhine has flooded the Siegfried Line and water is licking the lower…

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Rhine in Flood Effect on Maginot and Siegfried Lines Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 4

Heavy rain is interfering with operations on the Western Front. The Rhine is flooding the Siegfried Line, the bank being two feet lower on the…

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Western Front Rhine in Flood Germans in Trouble Artillery Active PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 1

The Rhine was in high flood tonight and torrential rain held up operations on the greater part of the Western Front. The Germans…

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The Weather Warm and Pleasant in Wagga Followed by Heavy Rain

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 2

Saturday was the hottest day so far this season in Wagga, with the maximum temperature of 83 degrees. It was not unpleasant,…

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Thunderstorm at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 2

Heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, passed over Junee in the early hours of Sunday morning. Sixty-two points were recorded…

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Tarcutta Races To-morrows Meeting Abandoned Course Flooded

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 6

Became of the heavy rain on Sunday flooding the racecourse the Tarcutta Turf Club has been compelled to abandon its Hospital…

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Western Front Further Heavy Rain Autumn Offensive Unlikely Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 2

A morning communique declares that there was no noteworthy activity on the Western Front during the night…

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The Weather Storm Narrowly Misses Wagga Lightning, Hail, and Rain

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 4

Shortly before dusk yesterday evening a curious phenomenon was observed in the sky which caused residents of Wagga to rush out from their…

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Heavy Rain Near Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 4

Heavy rain fell a few miles west of Junee on Wednesday evening. Many farmers from Wallacetown, Yathella, Strathmore and Old Junee districts…

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Leeton's Pipe Band Takes Cootamundra by Storm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 3

LEETON'S Militia Pipe Band achieved the peak of its popularity on Wednesday last, during the afternoon town march of…

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S.O.S. From Steamer U.S. Cutters Rush to Save Lives Dramatic Race in Storm New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 1

"S.O.S. Sighted submarine!"—then silence. From far off the Massachusetts coast came this bare radio call just…

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Chinese Allegation 5,000,000 Homeless Through Deliberate Flooding Chungking

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 3

The Chinese Government alleges that the Japanese rendered 5,000,000 persons homeless by cutting dykes in Hope[?] province to flood out guerrillas…

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The Weather Heavy Rain Wagga and District

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1939 · page 6

Wagga and district received a thorough soaking yesterday when heavy rain fell practically throughout the afternoon. Rain began to fall on…

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Storm at Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1939 · page 6

Eighty points of rain were recorded in an hour at Coolamon yesterday, and about an Inch was recorded. throughout the day. High winds…

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Presbyterian Fete Largely Patronised Despite Heavy Rain

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 2

Arrangements to hold the annual fete in aid of St. John's Presbyterian Church in the park on the afternoon and evening of Saturday last had…

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