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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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"Lovers Twain." (All Rights Reserved.) The names of the characters in this story are entirely fictitious and have no reference to any living person. Chapter Xiv. While the Storm Passed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 9

Lawyer Timpson was caught in the storm. After leaving Wayland Hall he had walked leisurely towards the town, his small eyes twinkling in glee…

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Terrific Molong Storm. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 5

A terrific storm is reported at Molong. The crops in the district suffered severely and homesteads were ruined. Thirty windows of one house…

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Terrific Storm at Cooma. Man and Racehorse Washed Away. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 5

A terrific storm with heavy thunder and lightning occurred at Cooma yesterday afternoon. The creek ran rapidly, carrying away fences and bridges. A…

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Cyclone out West Many Crops Ruined. Homesteads Severely Damaged. Terrific Hail

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2

A message from M[?]g says: —A cyclone, which visited Dilga and the Red Hill districts, played havoc with the [?]eat corn, and fruit crops, and…

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Floods of Liquor. [Published by arrangement.] Pouring From Canada Into U.S.A.

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 1

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

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Our Sydney Letter. After the Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 8

Recent political excitements have been succeeded by an apparent calm Strong ander currents are running, but it is hoped they may be prevented…

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Tracing a Storm on a Movie Map

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 3

An interested audience at the Sorbonne in Paris, watched the other Hay a storm sweeping over the face of Europe, and admitted that a new use…

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Fight with Storm. Aeroplane Unable to Land. First Flighters' Experience

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 2

Excitement ran high at Armidale on Wednesday afternoon, when a big storm swept over the city just after Pilot Roberts, of…

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Storm at Armidale. a Road Washed Away

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 2

During the Methodist garden fete at Armidale on Thursday, a storm broke over Armidale, and 133 points of rain fell in 30 minutes, and there was also…

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Fight With Storm. Aeroplane Unable to Land

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 1

Excitement ran high at Armidale on Wednesday afternoon last, when a big storm swept over the city just after Pilot Roberts, of the Australian A. and…

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Storm at Armidale

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 3

During the Methodist garden fate at Armidale last week, a storm broke over Armidale and 133 points of rain fell in 30 minutes, and there…

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Fight With Storm Aeroplane Unable to Land

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 8

Excitement ran high at Armidale last week when a big storm swept over the city just after Pilot Roberis of the Australian A. and A. Co., had…

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Floods of Whisky. [Published by arrangement.]

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 1

It is estimated by New York "Leslie's Weekly," the oldest illustrated weekly newspaper in the United States, that two in every five homes of the…

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Storms Made to Order Wanted, a Stage Sound-machine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 2

There is money awaiting the man who can invent a general sound-producing machine for stage purposes…

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British Coal Strike. Floods Ruining Mines. Gravest Crisis Since War. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 3

The coal strike in Britain is regarded as the gravest emergency since the outbreak of the war. Owing to the withdrawal of pump…

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Liquor Flooding into U.S.A. (Published by Arrangement.) Astounding Smuggling Operations

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 3

A member of the staff of the New York "Herald" says that paper recently completed a study of the torrential flow of liquor from the…

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Lawless Liquor. (Published by arrangement.) Floods of it in New York

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

Mr. Deets Pickett, Research Secretary of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been giving some of his experiences to the New York Times…

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The Storm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 10

A sodden mist on the range hangs low. A chill breeze stirs in the stunted gums,…

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Diversion of Storm Water

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 22 April 1921 · page 4

The President of the Shire (Cr. Connors) visited Macksville yesterday and conferred with several residents as to the best way to get rid of the…

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Forster. Flood on Wallamba

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 April 1921 · page 3

The Wallamba River has been in flood, and a heavy fresh has been running down the many channels at Cape Hawke…

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