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Floods & storms, 1925

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Flood at Hay River Rises Rapidly Town Property Safe Hay

The Sun · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 9

The river is now at 25ft. 7in., and is rising quickly. The water is running over the flats in the vicinity of the town, and…

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Gale Raging on New Zealand Coast Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 1

A wild southerly gale is sweeping a great part of the Dominion. Rain, sleet, and snow are reported from Otago and Canterbury, while…

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Still Rising Floods at Hay

Evening News · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 6

The flood [?] on the Murrumbidgee have been moving steadily down the river during the weekly according to the Weather Bureau weekly reports…

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Flood at Hay No Damage to Town Magnificent Sight Hay

The Sun · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 7

In the golden sunshine this morning the flood water presents a magnificent spectacle as it rushes along its long journey to the sea through thousands…

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German Pian0s "Made in England" Flood Begins Again Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 1

The Germen North Lloyd Shipping Company has again entered the Australian trade. The Gotha, the first German…

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Flood Position Unsettled Week-end

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 3

Reports received at the Weather Bureau yesterday from Hay, where the flood, waters now are concentrated, indicated that the river level at 9…

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Crowds Storm Ground Soccer Thrills at Newcastle England's Great Win Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 14 June 1925 · page 8

The Newcastle Soccer team failed to stop the Englishmen's victorious march, and went down by six goals to nil at the Showground this afternoon. The northern men were outclassed. Scenes unparalleled in the history of Soccer football, in New…

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Floods at Hay HAY

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 June 1925 · page 7

The flood at Hay readied the peak about 10 a.m.—a height of 27ft 2in,—which is two inches below the record of 1922. The greatest sufferer by the…

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Silver Lining Floods at Hay Will Do Good HAY

The Sun · Sunday 14 June 1925 · page 10

While hundreds of people have been rendered temporarily homeless through the encroachment of the waters higher up the river…

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Wild Scenes At Soccer Football Crowds Storm Ground

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 7

Never before in the history of Soccer football in Austraia has suoh a wild scene boon witnessed as that which occurred at the match between England and Northern…

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Shipping Clouds on Horizon Anxious Moments the Storm May Break Finances of Unions

Evening News · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 5

THE shipping world is overcast with a feeling of uncertainty. The owners are unable to state what is likely to happen, while unions allied…

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Flood Damage at Wagga. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 12

The Mayor (Ald. Byrnes) has been authorised by the council to proceed to Sydney to place before the Government a claim for £9300 for damage done by the recent floods…

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The Floods How Animal Life Suffered Better Buildings Wagga

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 5

After the flood the Wagga garbage men collected 200 fowls, 3 horses, 10 rabbits, 1 calf and 3 dogs, victims of the flood…

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Flood Damages Wagga's Bill Wagga

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 6

The municipal engineer. Mr. H. J. Chaston, has submitted the following estimate of the cost of repairing damage to council works caused by the…

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Maunganui in Gale

Evening News · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 10

The Union steamer Maunga[?] reached Sydney to-day with passengers, m[?] and cargo from Wellington. A strong southerly gale was…

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Distress Signal Gale Rages Off N.Z. WELLINGTON, N.Z.

Evening News · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 7

HEAVY gales have been raging along the coast and in [?] Strain for [?] week dis[?]ing shipping [?] might at was reported that rockers…

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Violent Storm. in Cook Strait. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 9

The southerly gale increased in viotence last night, and to-day has been [?]tormy and bitterly cold. To-night, however, the storm shows sigh[?] of abating…

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In Distress During Big Storm Vessel Signals for Help

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. Distress rockets from a vessel three miles off the beach at Titahi Bay, were sighted during the…

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Swamp Floods Park

Evening News · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 5

Mons Vale Progress Association [?] ag[?]ting for the draining of Black Swamp. During the rec[?] heavy [?] the water from the…

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Flood at Hay. River Falling Slowly. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 9

The flood waters at Hay, after reaching their highest point of 27ft 2in on Saturday, are now falling very slowly, and the gauge this morning read 26ft 9in…

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