Record Flooding Expected
Record flooding is expected on the Macquarie, Lachlan and Murrumbidgee River…
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Tracks Flooded
MELBOURNE, Tues. --Horses preparing for Saturday's race meeting at Caulfield had to…
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Six towns in New South Wales are threatened with near-record floods. They are Wagga and Gundagai, on…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A second death in the Victorian floods, which are…
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The Department of Mqin Roads and the N.R.M.A. last night warned motorists that…
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Flooding near Cowra and Canberra reduced the output of the towns' power stations by 15,000 kilowatts…
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The worst floods on record are expected from the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee rivers, which have broken their banks. Towns threatened include Wagga, Forbes and…
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Mr. P. Carroll, a vegetable grower of Batesford, five miles from Geelong, carries his wife on his shoulders from their flooded farm to a waiting Army "duck." A member of the crew of the "duck" extends a helping hand. Mr. Carroll lost £1,300 worth of vegetables in the flood…
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Cowra police are searching for a man who was swept away by floodwaters at Cowra yesterday. Early this morning three men were saved by police from trees in which they had been marooned…
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IMMEDIATE relief could be provided for people made homeless by the floods by housing them in a section of Villawood Hostel which,…
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A FEW days after the inquiry into this year's disastrous bushfires in the Riverina District was adjourned at Wagga,…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.-- A second man has drowned in Victorian floods. He was Walter John Bensley, about 40,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →5000 Flee Homes in Huge Floods Wagga, Forbes threat today
Huge floods moving down the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Ravers have driven 5000 people from their homes. The floods are expected to sweep into Forbes and…
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Floods about 200 miles from Sydney caused blackouts in the metropolitan area last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shopkeepers move stock, hoard windows as floods near Business Stops in Two Towns Truck fleets move furniture
Business almost stopped in Forbes (Lachlan) and Wagga (Murrumbidgee) yesterday. Businessmen closed…
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MEN hauling to safety Sergeant Mountain (arrow), one of three policemen rescued after their boat overturned in the Cowra flood yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Cut by Floodwater Forbes People Flee to Hills
Three thousand homeless people huddled miserably among heaps of personal belongings in temporary shelters as raging floodwaters from the Murrumbidgee cut Wagga in halves early this…
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Three thousand homeless people huddled miserably among heaps of personal belongings in temporary shelters as raging floodwaters from the Murrumbidgee cut Wagga in halves early this…
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Three thousand homeless people huddled miserably among heaps of personal belongings in temporary shelters as raging floodwaters from the Murrumbidgee cut Wagga in halves early this…
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Three thousand homeless people huddled miserably among heaps of personal belongings in temporary shelters as raging Headwaters from the Murrumbidgee cut Wagga in halves early this…
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