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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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Terrific Gales. Vessels Washed Fore and Aft MELBOURNE

Young Witness · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

The worst gale ever experienced prevailed around Port Phillip during the week end. Tremendous waves Washed vessels fore and aft. In…

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Lawless Liquor Floods of It in New York (Published by Arrangement)

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 6

Mr Deets Pickett, Research Secretary of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been giving some of his…

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Airman's Pluck. Seven Hours in Blinding Gale. Dragged Machine to Safety. Newcastle

Young Witness · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 1

Flight-Lieutenant Hinkler, who left Bundaberg on Wednesday morning for Sydney and landed in a gale at Ann[?] Bay on Wednesday night,…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 May 1921 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon serviceable rain fell throughout the district. Young registered as points to 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Bribbaree 25,…

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Torrential Rains. Ballina Registers 17 Inches. North Coast Flooded Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 1

Torrential rains have fallen in the Contral and North coastal districts during the week-end many towns registering 8 and 10 inches. Ballina…

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Floods in the Worth. Many Districts Inundated. Swollen Rivers and Devastated Farms. Loss of Life

Young Witness · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 4

A message from Macksville states that the recent rain was the heaviest for 25 years. The deluge ended abruptly yesterday morning. The…

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Rain and Floods. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 4

News from the North Coast is alarming. Maclean had 25 inches 24 points of rain between Saturday and Monday,…

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Floods in the North. Extensive Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 3

All reports received from North Coast centres on Wednesday stated that the food waters were rapidly receding. In some places the disappearance of the…

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North Coast Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 1

Floods have occurred along the North Coast, and two men have been drowned. Enormous damage to property and heavy mortality among stock have been…

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Priest Struck Dead. Cyclonic Storms in Queensland Several Waterspouts. Brisbane

Young Witness · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 3

A cyclonic storm and waterspout occurred at Moreton Bay yesterday, and did great damage. A heavy thunderstorm broke at…

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Heavy Rain

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 1

Rain set in shortly after nightfall on Sunday, and continued heavily throughout the night. There were also heavy showers yesterday. The…

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Crash in a Storm. Seven Lives Lost

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 2

NEW YORK, May 29.—A telegram from indian Head, Maryland, states that seven were killed as the result of a crash of an army planed. The…

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Floods in the West. Hewiest Rain Known

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 1

Ballo[?]st reported at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon that the heaviest [?] in the memory of the oldest in[?] was then falling and that…

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Flooding "Dry" Market Spirit Trade Between Britain, and U.S.A.

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 2

The New York Herald declares that since America went dry the export of English and Irish spirits has grown to be one of the greatest…

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Main Roads. Destruction by Floods. Minister Favors Main Roads Boards. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 1

A large deputation, representative of the North Coast waited on Mr. Match, Minister for Local Government and asked for about £25,000…

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Great Floods. Many Deaths. Railways and Telegraph Poles Disappear Montreal

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 4

A Pueblo Celo message says that the best estimates place the toll of the fkiid at 250 deaths and property damage at ten million dollars, but…

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Heavy Storm at Towrang. Crops Turning Colour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 2

A heavy storm was experienced at Towrang on Wednesday night and it is estimated that six inches of raid fell What is wanted now by the…

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Floods in America

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 4

As the result of floods in Colorado (U.S.A.) 16 towns are under water. Several dams and reservoirs collapsed. The devastation to estimate the deaths…

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The Floods in Colorado. Cars Buildings and Sodies Buried in Mud. 3000 Persons Missing New York, 8th June

Young Witness · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 1

The flood waters are subsided at Pueblo, reveuling tragic devastation. The affected area is covered several feet in mud. Motor cars, furniture,…

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Bribbaree Flooded

Young Witness · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

The secretary of the Brisbbaree Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association on Thursday telegraphed the office of the Shire of Burrangong…

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