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Blue Mountains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Floods of Liquor (Published by Arrangement) Pouring from Canada into U.S.A. Situation Beyond Control

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The following item from the "New York Herald," of November 7, speaks for itself:—The "New York Herald" begins…

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Floods of Whisky (Published by Arrangement)

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 8

It is estimated by the New York "Lestie's Weekly," the oldest Illustrated weekly newspaper in the United States, that two in every five…

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Against a Gale Footballers' Rough Trot Soldiers Down Emu

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 3

Soldiers and Emu met at the Katoomba Reserve on Saturday under weather conditions that could hardly be more unfavorable for football…

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Liquor Flood in U.S.A. (Published by arrangement.) "Dry" Law Flouted

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 7

The New York "Times" says:—"A canvas of the liquor situation made by correspondents of "The Tribune' in important cities in all parts…

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