Floodwaters Rising in Queensland
BRISBANE, Sunday: Floodwaters are rising to the Mary and Cond[?]mine Rivers as a result of the further soaking waters in the…
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242 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 13
Tasman Flying-boat Crippled in Storm; Luggage, Mail Lost
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The lives of 35 people—29 passengers and a crew of six—aboard the Sandringham flying-boat, New Zealand, were endangered and mail and luggage were jettisoned when one of the engines cut out…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Heavy rain continued yesterday in many parts of the State, and has delayed work on the repair of railway washaways…
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An unusual storm with heavy hail passed over the Wagga soil conservation Research Station on Monday evening. Between 6.25 p.m. and 7.5 p.m. 259 points of rain were recorded at the station meteorological enclosure…
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WEST WYALONG, Thursday: Widespread damage was caused to crops and properties by a storm which passed over Tullibigeal. In…
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CANBERRA, Sunday: Thousands young pines have been washed out by heavy rain on Government forestry areas in the Canberra…
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NARRANDERA, Sunday: Oven an inch and a half of rain was registered in Narrandera as the result of two severe storms on…
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Heavy rain, totalling three inches in some districts, which fell in many parts of Riverina on Friday and during the week-end will delay harvesting up to…
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Heavy rain, totalling three inches in tome districts, which fell in many parts of Riverina on Friday and during the week-end will delay harvesting up to a week…
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CANBERRA, Monday: Lightning struck the King George V memorial, less than 50 yards from the front door of the Parliament House…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday: The executive secretary of the American Jockey Club, Mr. Cassidy, said today that the decision on shannon's registration…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: In one of the heaviest downpours on record, one inch of rain fell in a short period in the Sydney metropolitan area this morning…
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Another storm of considerable violence passed over Darlington Point township on Saturday afternoon last, 64 points of rain falling in a matter…
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A gale with an estimated velocity of 100 miles an hour, accompanied by a terrific downpour of hail and rain, swept through a three-mile strip near…
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A gale with an estimated velocity of 100 miles an hour, accompanied by a terrific downpour of hail and rain, swept through a three-mile-wide strip near Griffith on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Danger of Flood at Gundagai Despite Cloudbursts in Tumut District Washaway on Tumut-batlow Railway Line
Despite cloudbursts near Gilmore which caused the Tumut river to flood, and an extra discharge of water from Burrinjuc[?] there is no danger of the Murrumbidgee River flooding at Gundagai Mr L. M. Boyton, secretary of the local Flood Warning Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Gale and Hail Devastates Farm Lands
A gale with an estimated velocity of 100 miles an hour, accompanied by a terrific downpour of hail and rain, swept through a three-mile-wide…
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LOCKHART, Monday: Reports Indicate that the damaging trail of Saturday's storm in the Urana district began about Con Fealy's…
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Heavy rain on Saturday night last, 147 points being registered to 9 a.m. on Sunday, brought the total full in Tumut for December to 577 points—…
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Floodwaters from the Tumut River and an increased overflow-from Burrinjuck Dam, which are swelling the Murrumbidgee River…
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