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Floods & storms, 1922

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Warning After Cyclone. Pilot Captain's Complaint

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 4

Captain Wilson, of the Tories Strait pilot service, who, taking the Japanese steamer Yoshino Maru down the coast from Thursday Island complains…

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Cyclone Gone Visiting New Zealand Antarctic Disturbance Now

The Sun · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 5

Sydney can thank a friendly high-pressure disturbance, which moved over the mountains from the south-eastern part of the State, for the fine week-end; but as the…

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Knot an Hour Merchantman in Cyclone Nanking Maru's Plight

The Sun · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 8

All went well with the big Japanese merchantman Nanking Maru on her voyage from Japan until she was 100 miles from…

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O'er Banks & Ditches Blake's Steeplechase 'Plane Bogged at Delhi in Tremendous Storm Wonderful Work by Lightning Flashes

Evening News · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 1

Major Blake, since he started on his world flight from London, has had more than one slice of bad luck in the way of bad weather and engine trouble. At Delhi, where he arrived on Saturday, he had a particularly trying experience, told in the following graphic…

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Flooding of Land. Government Responsible. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 8

The Full High Court yesterday, without calling on counsel for the respondent, dismissed an appeal by the Minister for Water Supply acalnst the Supreme Court judgment for £340…

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Kiah Bridge. Carried Away by Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 9

The Minister for Public Works (Mr. R. T. Ball) has received a report from the chief engineer for National and Local Government Works to the effect that 50ft of the upproach…

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Flood Waters Receding at Wagga Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 August 1922 · page 5

The flood waters of the Marrumbldgee River are very slowly receding, having fallen only to 24 feet, which is 8 feet sace Monday last…

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Tough Luck for Blake Again Another Storm Engine and Propellor Scrapped LONDON. Tuesday Morning

Evening News · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 1

Major Blake, on his round-the-world flight from London, arrived at Agra from Delhi, and left on Saturday for Calcutta…

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In the Bush To-day Floods Foretold

Evening News · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 4

To those who are watchful the actions and habits of birds and animals indicate weather changes and even the extent of approaching floods. Many know that floods of greater and…

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Murrumbidgee Flood. Damaged Bridges. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 9

The Murrumbidgee. flood waters reached the maximum height of 26 feet on Saturday night, which is five inches higher than the 1916 flood. A large area of low-lying country is under…

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Country News Flood Damage a Bridge Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 6

COOMA. -- Reports from various parts of the Monaro Shire state that much damage has been caused to roads and bridges by the flood rains. The roads…

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In the Country: Floods, Gales, Snowfalls

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 11

THE flood waters at Wagga spread over a vast area of flat country, and the town was surrounded on three sides with water. Trains…

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Warning After Cyclone. Pilot Captain's Complaint

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 3

Captain Wilson, of the Torres Strait pilot service, who, taking the Japanese steamer Yoshino Maru down the coast from Thursday Island complains…

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A Deluge In British Midlands Worst Since 86 LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 1

The rains which have occurred in the Midlands and the South of England have been unprecedented since 1886. The crops in many district have been…

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Heavy Storm Delay of the World Flight London, August 8

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 7

Major W. T. Blake, on his round-the-world flight, has arrived at Agra. He left there on Saturday for Calcutta, but he encountered bad…

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Items From Country Centres Flood Damage a Bridge Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 August 1922 · page 8

COOMA.--Reports from various parts of the Monaro Shire state that much damage has been caused to roads and bridges by the flood rains. The roads…

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In the Bush To-day the Storm Bird

Evening News · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 6

Writing from the Inverell district, a correspondent forwards some information about the storm bird and its habit of appropriating the nests of others. According to the authority…

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Waverley's Frog Farm Storing the Storm Water Wading Over Ankle Deep Why Not Do Something?

Evening News · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 1

Hissing through the turbid water, and leaving a foaming wake behind, the motor 'bus slowed down and stopped. A woman stepped into the swirling tide, and began to wade ashore. She stumbled, and fell, disappearing in the muddy lake. She rose again to the…

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Flooded England. The Holiday Month Spoiled

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 4

Excessively heavy rains have deluged Great Britain the last fortulight and the holiday season which attains its Climax in August is likely to prove…

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Where Flood Water Lies for Weeks After Rain

Evening News · Friday 11 August 1922 · page 1

Not Woop Woop, but Bondi, and a male road at that. Mr. M'Namara is "is d-up" with having a most around his shop. He might drown himself in a but for his sense of [?] so be advertises, "Bents for H[?]" and—…

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