Flood Level Comparisons
It night be interesting to readers to know the peak readings of the flood levels of other years. They are: June, 1931: Narrandera 28ft. sin…
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Flood at Wagga Less Serious than 1950
The flooded Murrumbidgee River was stationary at Wagga early this morning at 32 feet 1½ inches, which, it was believed, would be its peak…
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Although a big rise in the river is expected at the week-end, the flood is not expected to reach the height of the 1950 flood…
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Flood waters are now creeping very close to some houses in the Morundah township. One family has already been…
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Mr. Mick Ryan, who resides on the common, had an unpleasant experience on Thursday last week. During the flood he and several others…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Thousands of men are making a desperate bid to build new levees at Forbes and Wagga to hold back flood waters which continue to sweep onto the towns today…
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CANBERRA, Thursday—The Commonwealth Government has agreed to contribute £20,000 to the N.S.W. Government for…
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As the steady flow of floodwaters from the swollen Murrumbidgee entered Wagga in a continuous stream yesterday, in the same way evacuees reached the Showground, Forest Hill…
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The flooded Murrumbidgee River was stationary at Wagga early this morning at 32 feet 1½ inches, which, it was believed would be its peak. Last night, for the first time, loss of life from the Wagga floods was…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The N.S.W. Government would make £20,000 available immediately for flood relief, the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday : Floodwaters generally were receding in Southern Victoria today, but in parts of…
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Police, Army and Rescue Club members at midnight last night were still searching for the…
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CANBERRA, Wed.: The Commonwealth Government has agreed to contribute £20,000 to the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Isolated By Rail Lines Left Suspended in Mid Air Record Flood In Muttama Creek
Railway embankments were washed away in three places between Gundagai and Wambidgee early this week when the Muttama Creek, running at at all-time record high, left railway way lines suspended in mid air. The washaway occurred near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peak Of Flood 33ft. At Gundagai River Remains High for Days Several Families Evacuate Homes
This week’s flood reached its peak at Gundagai at 9 a.m. Tuesday last, when the rivrguage read 33 eight remained at this level until 12 noon, when the river cmmenced to fall very slow y. At 9 a.m. yesterday…
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A police detective and another man yesterday swam through flood waters in the Wollundry Lagoon near Morrow street to…
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It is hard to fight against human nature, and people will always flock to see the scenes of great…
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Floodwaters will probably continue to run through Wagga streets for at least Another 36 hours, so slow is the fall which started about two o'clock yesterday morning. By 1 o'clock this morning the river had fallen to 31 feet 7 inches—a drop of 6½…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letter Floods and the Snowy Scheme (To the Editor. "The Dally. Advertiser")
SIR.—Two recent remarks by Mr. J. Wilks, which were quoted in your paper this week, Interested me…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The N.S.W. Minister for Public Works (Mr. Renshaw) has asked the Premier (Mr. Cahill) to make £50,000 available from revenue for damage caused by the floods. He has suggested that the Commonwealth should be asked to contribute a similar sum…
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