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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--While struggling desperately to reach the haven of Westernport during Friday night's devastating storm, the intrastate steamer Coramba, 531 tons, was overwhelmed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods occurred in many other country districts besides Gippsland. Heavy losses of stock and much damage to property and roads are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Torrents of water surging down the Yatra and its tributaries on Friday night and yestetday caused a record flood, which partially submerged hundreos of homes, destroyed two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Torrents of water are sweeping down the Latrobe, Tanjil, Snowy, and other rivers in the worst floods ever known in the Gipps land district Hoads are submerged and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →EIGHTEEN persons have been drowned in floods caused by several days of heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE Commonwealth Government has given £10,000 for the relief of the victims in the Victorian floods. The Lord Mayor's Fund, opened today, had reached £10,000 this afternoon. The State is faced with an immense problem in providing relief. Thousands are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific storms with torrential rains, leaving a trail of devastation, disaster, and death, have been experienced in the southern capital. The top picture is a view of Kooyong, showing the water over the fences and well into the houses. The tennis courts are thirty feet under water. The bottom picture shows the Yarra River nearly to the top of the new McPherson Robertson Bridge, showing one of the boathouses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Although distressed by the death of his brother, Alfred Charles Davies (25), of Windsor, who was one of the victims of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather Bureau reported today that a severe cyclone over the Tasman Sea was centred approximately in latitude 35 degrees and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →WIRELESS reports from liners report heavy gales raging in mid-Atlantic, which will delay their arrival two or three days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The last stages of judging the Riverina growing wheat championship were marred by heavy rain and storms. The inspection of the crops was carried out under great…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THERE are growing fears that the death-roll resulting from the terrific storm that has laid waste the whole of the State may he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The floods are beginning to subside, revealing desolation and damage that is even greater than was expected. At Yallourn, the damage in the open cut and to machinery may total £1,000,000. Reports received by the Country Roads Board showed that between 20 and 25 bridges have been swept…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →FLOODWATERS in all the Gippsland areas are receding and the Yarra at Melbourne has fallen about six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casometers which supply the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg. standing in floodwater nearly to the tops of the containers…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Special Cinesound Films of the Melbourne flood damage are showing at the State Newsreel Theatrette today…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--It is now estimated that the cost of repairing public utilities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ONE OF THE MOST graphic aerial pictures that has yet been taken of the terrific flood damage in Gippsland. It shows how the torrent which poured down the Bunyip River tore out both ends of the bridge over the old highway, near the railway line between Longwarry and Bunyip. Before this damage occurred the bridge was completely covered by water. The railway bridge in the foreground will have to be strengthened before it can be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Above, left: An aerial view of floodwaters from the Latrobe and Morwell Rivers pouring into the open cut at Yallourn, covering 8,000,000 tons of brown coal. Right: A flooded road at Koo-Wee-Rup…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →TERRIFIC gales and heavy rainfalls over the southern and eastern parts of Victoria last Thursday and Friday were responsible for the greatest flood disaster in…
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