Look Out for Floods! North Coast Namoi - Maitland Mr. Mares' Warning
CONSEQUENT upon the phenomenally heavy rains that have deluged the State during the past few days. Mr. Mares Government Metcorologist…
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Floods Expected Manilla and Namoi Rivers Rise Rapidly
MANILLA, Tuesday. -- Floods in the western area of the Namoi are now certain. Over six inches of rain hve fallen in Manilla…
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Rainfall over the State yesterday was more extensive and heavier in the aggregate than that which broke the drought last February. Very heavy…
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THE Nowra police stated last night that the rescued passengers and crew arrived at Nowra at about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Coast Steamer Merimbula Piled on Rocks Passengers' Long Walk Through Bog Landed in Lifeboats but Forced to Trudge Through Floods to Waiting Cars "Awakened by Awful Jolt"
With her bottom badly holed, and lying 38 feet up on the rocks, the Merimbula, one of the best known South Coast passenger steamers, was wrecked early yesterday morning near Beecroft Head, about 80 miles from…
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Heskie-street, Towers, under on Tuesday, after the heavy rains. All the low-lying land was hooded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vic. Floods Towns in Peril Gippsland's Fear River Banks Break Melbourne
MANY towns in Eastern Gipps land were in danger of flooding as a result of exceptionally heavy rain which has fallen…
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Heavy rains in the Gippsland area have resuited in rapid rises in river levels and already much low-lying land is inundated Serious floods are feared if the rain continues…
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Mr. Henry Taylor, a well-known grazier, living near Nimitybelle, was in Bombala yesterday with a new Dodge car, and after obtaining a quantity of store supplies, he started…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Torrential Rain. On Far South Coast. Namoi in Flood
Torrential rains on Tuesday flooded portins of the far South Coast districts, where as much as 7 inches fell. Flooded creeks have caused extensive damage to crops…
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Sharp, intense storms, relaxing into steady, continuous rain, have flooded the creeks, cut off road communications…
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It is anticipated that almost the entire maize crop valued at £30,000, on damaged or lost owing to floods. At Hillside and Calulu, maize crops are…
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Floods in southern New South Wales and in the north-eastern quarter of Victoria are feared by the Commonwealth Meteorologist, Mr. Hunt,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gippsland Murders Floods Hold Up Inquest Many Police Clues Tangle About Wills Melbourne
FLOODED rivers between Bulumwaal and Bairnsdale have prevented witnesses attending the inquest into the deaths of Mr. and…
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Flood waters at Cobargo swept away a bridge. Another bridge had tons of debris piled alongside, with water knee-deep over the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Red Rose" Fliers Welcomed at Brisbane --Flood Waters Again Reach Temora
ITS OWN TRUMPETER.--The charm of this picture hat speaks for itself. The wide brim, with its soft, drooping feather, forms…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Heavy Rain at Newcastle Newcastle
Torrential rain commenced to fall at Newcastle at 10 a.m. to-day. and by 1 p.m. the low-lying areas of Hamilton and Wickham became…
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During the recent abnormally wet weather vehicular and Pedestrain, too, has had some wonderfully varied experiences it the back streets and roads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Storm in National Conference Hughes Assailed, Replies "He Is a Liar--and He Knows It," Says Howse
The storm that has been brewing in Nationalist Party circles since the attack on the Federal Government on its migration policy by Mr. W. M. Hughes on Tuesday, burst today in devastating fury. Sir Neville Howse, who was speaking on behalf of the Government, termed Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →More General Rain. Rivers and Creeks Flooded
Rivers and creeks in the north-west, in the Monaro, and on the far South Coast were flooded as a result of torrential rains which…
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