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Floods & storms, 1909

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Murrumbidgee in Flood. No Danger at Gundagal. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 13

The Murrumbidgee is 14ft 6in above summer level. The weather is breaking, As the river Ib stationary at Jugiong there is little danger of flood here…

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Floods in the South

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 12

The news that the Murrumbidgee is rising, and that flood conditions are threatening on that river and on the Murray, is perhaps of none too pleasant import to…

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Extra Special 3.15 P.M. the Border Floods. Apprehensions at Albury. Marooned Wayfarers. Towns Being Inundated. a Race for Higher Ground. Emergency Police Precautions. Albury

The Star · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 14

The great floods in the Upper Murray district seem now to be reaching. Albury, and the flats are inundated. At the Union Bridge at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon the river…

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The Murray in Flood. Widespread Devastation. Several Bridges Washed Away. a Record Inundation Threatened Albury

The Star · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 18

The Murray Valley is threatened with what to likely to prove the biggest flood by which the district has ever been devastated. At lingellic, about 60 miles from here, the…

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Under Water. the Murray Flooded. Enormous Damage Wrought. Thrilling Experiences. Bridges Washed Away

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 9

ALBLRY, Friday.--Indications point to the occurrence of the heaviest flood known in Albury for many years. The low- lying flats are all submerged. Early this morning owners were busy…

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Great Floods in the Murray Districts River Still Rising. Extensive Area Under Water. Albury

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 June 1909 · page 7

The river at Albury is now 14ft 4in above Summer level, having risen three inches since 9 a.m. to-day. Large quantities of heavy logs are being…

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Great Floods. Situation at Albury and Wagga. Experience of Wayfarers. Narrow Escapes. Albury

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 27 June 1909 · page 1

The great floods in the Upper Murray district seem now to be reaching Albury, and the fiats are inundated. At the Union Bridge at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon the river…

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Storm at Broken-hill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--Sharp showers fell yesterday and again this afternoon, when the heaviest hailstorm experienced for many years occurred. When the storm had passed over the whole of the streets, gardens and…

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The Murray Flood. Country Blotted Out. Rabbits Climb Trees. Snakes Invade Albury. Boating in the Streets

Evening News · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 7

ALBURY. Monday Afternoon.-The worst of the flood appears to be over. The enormous volume of water reported in the Upper Murray on Friday, is now down, but as the river is…

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Southern Floods. Position at Albury. Water Receding. Destruction of Rabbits. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 7

The Murray has been steadily rising during the past 24 hours, and at noon reacbed 17ft. It then commenced to fall and is now 2in. lower, The scene from Western Hill is…

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The Flooded Murray. Fifteen Feet Above Summer Level Houses Vacated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 7

ALBURY, Saturday.--The river rose 3in, during the night, and is now 13ft. 10in., above summer level. The reported losses of stock up the river are not sub substantiated, but rabbits in…

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The Lesson of the Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 6

Settlers in New South Wales are too well used to the vicissitudes of elemental fortune to spend much time in repining over Nature's vagaries. Their philosophy, born…

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The Murray Floods. Waters Subsiding. Vast Areas of Mud. Farmers' Stock and Crop Losses

Evening News · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday.-The flood waters are now receding. This morning the river at Al bury was 13ft 8in, having sunk 2ft 8in since. yesterday morning. The fiats below the town…

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Underground River. Floods a Coal MiNE. Miners Drowned and Missing

Evening News · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.-An underground river flooded a coal mine at Carbajo, Portugal. Fourteen, bodies have been recovered. Thirty-seven miners are still missing…

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Floods at Albury

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 4

It is an old saying that a good season is not ensured without we have floods. So the outlook in the Albury district ought to be exceptionally good,…

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General News. Flood at Gundagai

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 4

On Friday night the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai rose to 22 feet, and burst its banks in several places. Thousands of rabbits were destroyed…

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The Floods. Safety of Settlers. Boats Despatched. the Rabbiters' Harvest. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 7

The Public Works Department to-day forwarded to Nathalia by train two relief boats for the assistance of people in the district suffering through the floods. The chief…

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Floods on the Murray. Waters Now Subsiding. Constable and Wife's Exciting Excursion. Victorian Gauger Nearly Drowned. Albury

The Star · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 10

The great floods reached their utmost height in Albury on Sunday, when the river rose to a height of over 17ft. On Saturday Townsend-street and many of 1…

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Coal Mine Flooded. 14 Men Drowned, 37 Others Missing. London, Monday, 3.40 p.m

The Star · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 9

A mining disaster is reported from Cerbajo, Portugal, where 14 men have been, drowned through the flooding of a coal mine from an underground river…

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All Night in Floodwaters

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 7

ALBURY, Monday.--A sensational experience befell a rabbit-trapper named Robert Marshall, employed on Leahy's Estate, near Howlong. On Saturday Marshall was crossing a swollen creek…

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