Storm Kills Four
GENEVA, Friday: Four people died In severe storms sweeping Switzerland. Two men and a woman were killed by lightening…
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Heavy Rain Closes Highways Inconvenience in Gundagai Area
Hundreds of motorists were seriously inconvenienced yesterday when abnormally heavy rains in the vicinity of Gundagai…
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ALL MOTOR TRANSPORT, BOTH TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF GUNDAGAI WAS DELAYED FOR MANY HOURS AT THE WEEK-END WHEN HEAVY RAIN TURNED PORTIONS OF THE HUME HIGHWAY INTO QUAGMIRES. Roads were blocked at the…
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KANSAS CITY. Monday. — The steady recession of flood waters rampaging the Missouri and Kansas rivers yesterday…
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ALBURY, Sunday: People at Wangaratta, camping on Painter's Island in the swollen Ovens River, have been warned to…
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The Secretary of the Gundagai Flood Warning Association (Mr L. M. Boyton) informs us that there is no…
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Despite heavy rain and a rising river, there was no cause for flood alarms in the Wagga district, the secretary of the Flood Warning Committee (Mr. J. W. Wilks) said yesterday. He predicted a river height of from 15 to 17 feet…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday—A flood crest 40ft. high rolled towards St. Louis yesterday, forcing levee workers north of there to give up the fight to save West Alton—despite an around-the-clock help…
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The secretary of [?] Flood Warning Committee [?] (Mr. J. W. Wilks) [?]peated last night [?]…
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NEW YORK, Thursday — St. Louis has braced itself for the beginning of the worst flood in 100 years…
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The secretary af the Wagga Flood Warning Committee (Mr. J. W. Wilks) said last night that owing to rain…
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NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P): [?] crest 40 feet high rolled St. Louis yesterday, levee workers north of…
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WASHINGTON, Friday. — Mobilisation Director, Mr. Charles Wilson, reported to Congress that the disastrous floods in…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Heavy rain soaked Caulfield racecourse this afternoon, raising a doubt whether the races will be held…
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WASHINGTON. Frl. (A.A.PJ: Floods in the American MidWest have dealt a. blow at pro-duction comparable in some…
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LONDON, Monday — A woman was killed by lightning, thousands of holidaymakers in Southern England were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Repairing Flood Damage in Carrathool Shire Special Allocation of Materials Refused
Special allocation of fencing materials to repair flood damage cannot be made to graziers whose orders were sponsored by Carrathool Shire…
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LONDON, Monday: Two men and a woman were killed in a violent thunderstorm which swept; Southern England yesterday. Wind, torrential rain and icy…
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ALBURY, Monday: Although little heavy rain fell in New South Wales and Victoria flood areas yesterday, the effects of…
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An official report on th[?] river height yesterday revealed that there wa[?] no further danger o[?]…
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