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

Floods & storms, 1921

132 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 7

Flooded Rivers. DUBBO

Young Witness · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

Dubbo reports that the Macquarte River is swollen to flood proportions and was 31 feet above summer level this morning…

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Floods in North. Fine Weather, But Rising Rivers. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 1

Fien weather rules in the west now, but the backwater from the bills is causing the rivers to continue rising. The MacIntyre River at…

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Foaming Flood Waters. Mungindi Reached. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 1

A telegram from Mungindi reports that flood waters from Goondiwind[?] reached Mungindi last night. There is an enormous stretch of foaming…

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Cyclone Predicted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 4

The State Meteorologist predicts a cyclone over the central northern coast of N.S. Wales and over the whole of north-eastern quarter during the next 24 hours…

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Storm and Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 1

Friday night's storm caused a great deal of damage, houses being unroofed, fences carried away, and roads cut up. The North Shore, particularly the elevated…

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Heavy Floods

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 1

The whole of the north-western part of N. S. Wales and Southern Queensland is flooded…

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TELEGRAMS. Floods. Goondiwindi Under Water

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 1

Goodiwindi is again under water— nine feet dep in parts. It was necessary to remove thirty-five families to temporary homes in schools and…

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Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 3

According to advices received this morning floods are still threatening in the northern and western districts. The rivers are rising at many places, and the…

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North West Floods. Darling Still Rising. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 1

The flood crisis in the north west is expected on Friday. The flood waters are still rising where country was inundated. The Darling River…

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Floods at Narrabri

The Yass Courier · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 5

Heavy rains fell at Narrabri last week. The fall was general throughout the north-west, and as a result all the rivers are in heavy…

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The Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 1

Flood waters in the Namoi River reached Wee Waa and entered THE town. Low lying streets were submerged to a depth of three feet, and…

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North West Floods. Railway Covered. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have received an advice from the Narrabri distict superintendent that the Mungindi flood Will probably rise 28ft…

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Northern Floods. Relief by Aeroplane. Mungindi

Young Witness · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 1

Pllot Wilson successfully landed a bag of maize by aeroplane on a rldge where starring stock were atranded. Hs also carried a guide who can be…

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Floods at Walgett

The Yass Courier · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 4

The flood waters continue to rise, and the town is now threatened from all sides. The water is now in the main street gutters opposite the…

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North-west Floods. Trains Run Again. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 1

A Moree message says that the first train for a fortnight to run to Mungindi ran to-day. The Collarenebri police have telegraphed the…

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Flood Danger Over

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 4

A wire from Collarenebri received by the Inspector-General of Police. stated that the river was falling, and. all danger is now past unless further…

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Floods Subsiding. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

A Walgett message reports that the floods are subsiding gradually…

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The Recent Gale. Damage at Majura

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1921 · page 4

The Majura correspondent of the Queanbeyan Age writes:— On Friday and Saturday nights the wind blew with hurricane force, especially across the…

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Gales and Rain. Heavy Falls. Eight Inches in 24 Hours. Sydney, Friday Night

Young Witness · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 1

Heavy seas are recorded on the east coast with high winds and more rain on the north coast. Four and a half inches fell at 'Bellingen, where…

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Gales and Floods. Manly Steamer's Experience

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 1

The cyclonic disturbance raged alons the coast on Saturday, and was heaviest from Newcastle to the Clarence. At places along the north coast the…

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