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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

195 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 10

Disastrous Floods. Ruin on North Coast

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 2

Heavy rainfalls in the Maranoa district and on the Darling Downs have caused anxiety, and a flood is feared. The River Darling rose 6½ inches in 24 hours. Its height…

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Another Flood Victim Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 2

According to a telegram received to-day by the inspector-General of Police from Constable Hennessey of Aberdeen, Samuel Russell, working…

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Disastrous Floods

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 4

The cleaning up after the disastrous North Coast floods is still in progress. The damege, particulary to roads, has been tremendous. Two spans of a bridge near…

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Match Abandoned Heavy Rain London

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 2

Heavy rain fell throughout the night and morning and as the wicket was unfit for play the match was abandoned…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 2

The thermember registered only 35 degrees at 9 o'clock this morning. Blinding rain and hall storms were experienced throughout the day…

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Cold and Gales in Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 2

Very cold weather prevalls in Sydney. A furious westerly squallberinging clouds of dust, swept over the city carly this afternoon, reaching 63 miles…

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Telegrams. the Gale and the Snow. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 11

Considerable damage is reported from many parts of the country as a result of yesterday's gale. Snow is still falling in many places, and…

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Cyclone at Gulgong Houses Unroofed—trees Uprooted Gulgong

National Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 2

Gulgong experienced the most disastrous cyclone in its history this afternoon. The wind blew with such velocity that theroofs were blown…

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Terrific Gale at Gulgona. Severe Damage Done to Buildings

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 10

Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, a terrific gale swept over the main portion of Gulgong. People in the street hardly had any time to…

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Wild Weather Snow, Hail and Gale the West in a Shiver: Roughest Conditions for for Many Years Telegraphic and Telephonic Communications Broken

National Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 2

Yesterday the West experienced the wildest and roughest weather for many a long day. From right out into the far west to Penrith a heavy wind blew…

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Over Flood Level Rising Waters at Bourke. Bourke

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 13

The river at Bourke this morning was just si inches above last year's flood level. The town is quite safe, although the western area over the…

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Heavy Gales. and Big Snow Falls

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 4

Heavy south-westerly gales raged on Wednesday over the State. The steeple of St. George's Presbyterian Church in Castlereagh Street was damaged…

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Pen=notes and Pencillings in Flood Time

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 August 1921 · page 7

A map showing the complete river system of the State may be found helpful at this juncture. This one has been drawn to a scale of about 120 miles to the inch Such…

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Macquarie in Flood Over Its Banks in Places

National Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 2

The Macquarie River yesterday morning reached its highest, level for the present winter. At 9 a.m.. It was 13ft. 9in. above summer level and still…

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Sick Man's Heroism. Struggle in a Flood. Murwillumbah

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 10

A story of the heroism of a sick man was told at the inquest into the death of Eardley Pearce Jack, at Murwillumbah. Jack was one…

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Flood Relief the Rural Bank to the Rescue

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 3

At the recent conference of parliamentary representatives of the North Coast electorates and the executive officers of the P.P.U…

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Pen=notes and Pencillings Two Phenomenal Storms

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 7

Reverting to storms and floods, the worst are naturally those where lives are lost. Australia, so far, has got off lightly, as the most disastrous storm and flood in our…

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Wilcannia Flooded

Leader · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 1

The Hood in the Darling River has now reached Wilcannia, and it will Increase in volume for another week. The river is now about 34 feet, and…

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Telegrams. Floods and Cyclone in Victoria. Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 9

The heavy rain that fell throughout Victoria on Friday and Saturday have been responsible for floods in many country districts. At Linda…

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Local News. MR. H. E. Flood in Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 5

A "Guardian" representative recently met Mr. H. E. Flood (late proprietor of the Hotel Dunedoo), who was glad to hear of the progress…

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