Flood Menace Grows. Rivers Overflow Low Barometer in Sydney
With a forecast of more heavy falls of rain in southern areas, the danger of extensive flooding in the Murray and Murrumbidgee basins has…
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Flood Sweeps Into Seymour Melbourne
At Seymour, the Goulburn River -- swollen by a huge volume of water from the Eildon Weir, the level of which is 14ft. 6in. above the…
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"Flood conditions along the Murray and the Murrumbidgee rivers are still very serious," said the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to-day, "but I think there is a prospect of improvement."…
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The most severe floods for years are expected in the Murray River district, the Albury police reported last…
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Flood conditions along the Murray and the Murrumbidgee Rivers became serious last night…
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Tientsin, troubled scene of Far East politics, has a new burden--almost the whole city is flooded…
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A swastika bedecked street in the Free City of Danzig. The flags are evidence of the Nazi penetration campaign. (Air Mail photo.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GREAT 68 in Gale Von Nida's Effort in Open Golf Early Players Upset By Hail And Rain; Waterson 71 MELBOURNE
Playing in two pairs of overalls to keep out the cold, Norman von Nida overcame gale conditions to-day and returned a magnificent 68 in the second round of the Australian Open golf…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →River Over Ranks. Dairymen Leave Farms. Floods at Wagga
The Murrumbidgee River broke its banks in several places near Wagga late yesterday and submerged a large area of flat country. Dairymen with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tientsin Floods Worse. 13 Feet Deep in Places. TIENTSIN, Aug. 24. (A.A.P.)
The floods here became worse yesterday. The waters of the Hai River rose 13 feet above the lowest sections of the city…
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Victoria's flood position is worse to-day than it has been for four years. Seymour, 60 miles from Melbourne, on the Hume Highway, is seriously inundated, and is…
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Seymour, in the Goulburn Valley, is threatened with its worst flood for 40 years. The river, swollen by a record…
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Flood dangers in the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers have passed, unless further heavy rain falls in the catchment…
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NOTICES TELL their own story at flooded Tarcutta Creek (New South Wales), on the Hume Highway to Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Light, Power in Tientsin Troops Flooded In Concession City's Business at Standstill Tientsin
Bank clerks in the British Concession at Tientsin are sleeping on the counters because their quarters are flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Von Nida Heads Open Field Rain and Gale Defied for Magnificent 68 Ferrier And Waterson In First Five MELBOURNE
Norman von Nida took the lead in the Australian Open Golf Championship today with a superb round of 68, giving him an aggregate of 140 for the first 36 holes. Martin Smith, 17-stone Victorian professional, who…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Floods in South. Position Easier. Level in Burrinjuck Lower
The flood menace in the Murrumbidgee basin was relieved yesterday. No rain has fallen in the area for about 48 hours…
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As a surge of flood waters from the upper reaches moves down the Murrumbidgee miles of…
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The flooded Murrumbidgee River at Wagga. Huge tracts of country are under water, considerable damage haying been done…
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While the danger is apparently passed in N.S.W., Seymour is preparing for the worst flood in its History…
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