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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

202 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 11

90 M.P.H. Gale Lashes Victoria; Two Lives Lost Melbourne Suburbs Battered

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: At least two men were killed, geveral people injured, damage was done to buildings, and air, sea and land transport services disrupted by a violent gale which swept southern Victoria today…

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Pole Bursts Into Flames at Cowra After Heavy Rain

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 4

The heavy rain last week caused an electricity pole near the Cowra hospital to burst into flames…

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THE 1925 Flood Caused Enormous Destruction River 36 Feet Above Summer Level

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 14

THE HISTORY of Gundagai would not be complete without recording of the many floods that have roared down the Murrumbidgee valley. Whilst the big flood of 1852 caused an enormous loss of life, the flood of 1925 was the biggest since the “Independent"…

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Storm Over Sentences on Germans Speakers Condemn Russian Oppression

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Resentment is mounting in Western Germany over the severity of the sentences of 25 years' hard labor imposed by the…

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Heavy Rain Saves Withering Crops

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 2

148 points of rain were registered at Leeton post office for 24 hours to 9 o'clock this morning. Right in the town there was a heavy…

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Citrus Market Flooded; Many Leave Orchards

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Marketing agents said today that ex-servicemen were walking off orchards in the Gosford district…

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Gratuity Storm Not Abating

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 2

The Southern Riverina County Council can be assured of the full support of the many thousands of ratepayers within its ares in its decision to continue sending its bill to the State Government for the…

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Heavy Rain at Rosehill

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Very little prepost business is reported by bookmakers on tomorrow's Rosehill races, due to rain and the…

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Critical Days on the Farms Volunteers Help in Night and Day Bid to Save Britain's Storm-beaten Harvest

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 9

These are crucial days for the harvest in Britain. When storms and heavy rains came in August, they caused heavy damage and so…

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Dust Storm at Narrandera

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1948 · page 1

NARRANDERA, Friday: A severe duststorm enveloped Narrandera about 8 o'clock tonight, following one of the most sultry…

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Flood Prevention Decisions by City Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1948 · page 2

The Department of Publi[?] Works has advised Wagga City Council that, although it is prepared to render…

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Heavy Rain Predicted Over State Today

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Sydney Weather Bureau officials predicted tonight that squalls, thunderstorms and heavy rain…

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Strong Gale Hits Leeton; Little Damage

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 3

LEETON, Monday: A 50 m.p.h. gale, estimated to be the strongest in Leeton for at least four years, last night swept…

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Plane Crash Inquiry Says Bad Storms Made Inland Route Advisable

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: When there were bad thunderstorms in the ranges it was advisable to let aircraft on the Brisbane-Sydney run use the inland route, off the normal course, provided they were certain of…

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Gales and Heavy Rain Lash Southern States; N.s.w. Dust Haze Clears

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: While most of New South Wales had fine conditions and was clear of dust haze today, gales and heavy rain continued to lash southern States…

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Plane Crash Inquiry Sighted D.C.3 Off Course; Heading Towards Storm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A woman told the Court of [?] today that at 6.15 on the Lutan[?]ing over mallanganee towards a severe electrical storming of Mallangance towards a severe electrical storm…

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Gratuities Storm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 2

The attitude of the Minister for Local Government to the Southern Riverina County Council's request for reimbursement of gratuities paid to former City Council employees has caused a storm of protest…

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Wild Gale in Sydney Causes Shipping Chaos

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The 5000-ton steamer, Hope Peak, broke her mooring in a wild gale this morning, and crashed, out of…

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Tumut Plains Land Flooded Residents Concerned

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 2

The residents of Tumut Plains are greatly concerned by the fact that a "fresh" in the Tumut River during the past week has flooded…

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