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Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 74

Postponed Voting in Flooded Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 1

The Chief Electoral Officer stated yesterday that the floods were receding so rapidly in the Wagga district that people resident in the places where…

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House Swept Away by Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 9

Saturday's page of pictures illustrating the flood damage at Queanbeyan did not, by any means, exhaust the subject. This picture shows all that remains of the house and furniture of Mr. G. M'Guiness, Queanbeyan, after the flood had swept through the town…

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Flooded Maize Loss, 150,000 Bushels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture advises that with barely 10 per cent. of the season's maize in the district yet harvested, the recent floods on the…

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Storm Clouds at Wagga River Is Still High Officials Blamed Wagga Wagga

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 1

Storms are threatening here today the sky being filled with heavy storm-clouds. The river is still very high…

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Flood of Immigration. Prime Minister Bruce Promises 450,000 in Ten Years

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 8

Within the next ten years, according to the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), Australia will receive 450,000 immigrants in annual quotas increasing gradually from 31,500…

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The Majesty of the Flood

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 5

Turbulence and [?] were concentrated at Burrinjuck during the floods, when a scene unparalleled in its grander was witnessed by those fortunate enought [?] be on the spot. The raging torrent as it rushed down the spillways was thunderous in its awesome night an [?]orgettable demonstration of Nature's wo[?] ways. To enable the picture to be taken the "Mail" special photographer was sent over the torrent in a flying[?] lowered to [?] a [?] of [?]…

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Heavy Floods in New South Wales

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 34

Here is another "Mystery and Murder" story. "The Man in the Moonlight," by Rupert, Holland (Stanley Paul—Dymock's) despite its intriguing title is not nearly so well written as Mr. Tracy's yarn of the same kind; but…

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In the Flooded Country

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 26

AT GUNDAGAI. The picture shows the collapse of the main Sydney-Melbourne telegraph line. Hay and other form produce [?] down as debris and it was curious to ser[?] and mice clinging to it. This picture shows that turbulence of the water flowing into the modern spillway. Other…

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The Floods. at Narrandera. Murrumbidgee Breaks Banks. Extensive Damage. Narrarandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 13

The maximum volume of the flood waters reached Narrandera yesterday afternoon, when the river commenced to rise rapidly from the level it reached on…

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Flood Pictures. Striking Photos From Burrin Juck. in This Week's "Sydney Mail."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 12

"The Majesty of the Flood" well expresses the wonderful pictures obtained at Burrin Juck hist week by the "Sydney Mail" staff photographer, in which the roaring torrent…

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Flood Moving Narrandera Gets It 200 HOMELESS Fears for Lower Town WAGGA

The Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 9

Queanbeyan, Burrinjuck, Gundagai and Wagga have been invaded in turn by the flooded Murrumbidgee, and now Narrandera…

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2000 Voters Deprived of Franchise Through Flood Gross Injustice Wagga

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 1

ALTHOUGH the rest of the State is thankfully enjoying a rest from the elections, Wagga is in the throes of a vigorous campaign…

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Floods Subsiding General Rain Likely Worst Danger Over

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 9

Reports were received by the Weather Bureau from Wagga yesterday indicating that while the river was still 5ft. 8in. above flood…

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Still Cut Off Flood Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 1

A number of polling places in the Murray electorate are still cut off by flood waters and impassable roads; A telegram was received yesterday by…

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Storm-swept Freighter in Trouble

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 6

Storm-tossed in the Indian Ocean, the British freighter Bradburn is limping to Mauritius. One of the many steamers that…

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Storm Damage in Homes Councils Liable Not "Acts of God"

Evening News · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 6

Most Sydney councils, which have received complaints regarding damage caused by overflowing drains during the recent heavy…

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The Floods. At Narrandera. Waters Receding. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 9

The flood waters reached a maximum height of 27 feet this morning. After remaining stationary for a while they commenced to recede…

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Floods Receding Wagga Almost Normal Coastal Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 7

All phases of the weather are beginning to return to normal, under the modifying influence of an extensive high pressure which…

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Medic's Voyage Sheaked Through Gales

The Sun · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 10

The White Star, liner Medic arrived from Liverpool this morning a day ahead of time after a record passage for the ship. She had sneaked through…

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Riverina Floods Murrumbidgee and the Murray River Valleys Exciting Incidents of the Deluge

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 3

The floodwaters of the Murray and the Murrumbidgee, which reached unprocedented heights last week-end are now subsiding, and the work of helping…

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