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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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The Murwillumbah Floods. Day and Night of Terror Worse than Flanders Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

A comprehensive story of the floods at Murwillimbah has at last some through. Friday was a day and night of…

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Floods on the "Manning. Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

As the result of torrential rains on Thursday,Friday and Saturday, one of the biggest floods for many years has been experienced. On Saturday…

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The Floods. Rivers Receding. Hunter Failing Fast.'

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

The flood waters are everywhere reported to be rapidly receding in the Hunter and North Coast districts, and as the weather is once more one…

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Large Areas Still Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

The Hunter River which rose to 30? feet at the Belmore Bridge. West Maitland, yesterday morning remained.'stationary at that…

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Flood Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

KYOGLE, Monday.—Robari McPaul(14 month old), son of Mr.R. H. McEdul of Fiden Creck, was drowned yesterday. It is believed he…

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Flood at Gloucester.. Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

Flood rains have fallon all over this district, and all the river were bankers The Gloucester River ran over its banks and flooded the flats and…

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Heavy Rains Floods on the Coast

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

Shipping on the New South Wales Coast had a rough time on Saturday through the gale. Heavy seas sweeping through the…

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North Coast Floods. Heavy Stock Losses. Two Men Drowned. Murwillambah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 2

Information now being received from the surrounding districts shows that the flood has caused a stupendous loss of stock. It is estimated…

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The Flooded Hunter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 7

Singleton had another narrow escape from being flooded, the river reaching the 37ft mark on the gauge at Dunolly Bridge. Locally the…

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The Floods. Northern Rivers. Enormous Damage. Kempsey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 6

News Is only just trickling through of how the great flood dealt with the districts down the river. Enormous damage was done to property, and…

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Damage bu Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 4

The Pitnacree Road, in the East Maitland fnunicipaiity, has again been severely damaged by flood. One causeway in a hollow has been…

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A Flood Message

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 2

A bottle and note, thrown in Dry Creek, Goorangoola-road, via Singleton, on 23rd July, 1921, during heavy wind and rain, the creek being a banker, by…

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The Floods Extensive Damage at Maitland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 2

A large portion of the Maitland district is still under water, and presents the appearance of an inland sea. Stock have been drowned, and damage in other…

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Lismore Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 5

Mr. Nesbitt, M. L. A., has received word from the Mayor of Lismore to the effect that the Flood Relief Committee has decided no to ask for…

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North Coast Floods. Miles of Silt. Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 4

The first Sydney mail for some days reabed Lismore last night, and was distributed this morning four days late…

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Floods

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 3

The Hunter has shared with almost every river in New South Wales in being in flood again. Only a few weeks hud gone by, and most of the surface water had…

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A Thrilling Experience. Bishop Stephen Encounters the Flood. Motor Car Washed Away

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 2

The Right Rev. Dr. Stephen, Bishop of Newcastle, accompanied by the Rev. E. J. Withycombe, Anglican Minister at Merriwa, had a…

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The Floods. on the Tweed. Scenes of Desolation. Losses Estimated at £250,000. MURWILLUMBAH

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 5

Reports from outlying centres are now coming in. Although no further loss of life is reported, the damage far exceeds original! estimates. It is said the total…

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The Floods. North Coast Deluge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 2

Communication with the outer world having been cut off, it has been impossible to communicate earlier concerning the violent storm which…

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The Gale in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 9

At Sydney the fill effects of the gale were not experienced but the velocity of the wind reached 55 miles, and throughout Saturday blew it…

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