Heavy Rain. Big Fresh in River
Heavy showers of rain began to fall on Friday night at Kempsey, and continued, with short intervals, throughout Saturday and Sunday, but Monday was…
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Floods & storms, 1921
158 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 8
Indian Train Catastrophe. Precipitated Into Flooded River. London
A terrible train disaster occurred at Moradabam, Delhi. A train was crossing a bridge, which collapsed and precipitated it into the river. The river…
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Light rain fell in this district on Saturday forenoon, and the remainder of the day was showery. About 10.30 p.m. rough weather started in…
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The rain-storm that started so quietly last week-end on Saturday night developed into a fierce, gale-driven downpour throughout the…
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A correspondent states that the storm started at Crescent Head on Saturday about midnight, and was at cyclone force about 8 a.m. on Sunday…
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EARLY on Sunday morning this part of the coast was visited by one of the heaviest blows experienced in recent years. Rain commenced to fall…
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Shortly before 6 o'clock on Friday evening last the news was heralded from the office of the North Coast S.S. Company that a cyclone was predicted…
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Reports state that the flood waters in the West and North-West are subsiding, only very slowly…
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Last week there was another fresh in the Macleay River at Kempsey which for some time promised to eclipse the previous one of about six…
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Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., has been advised by the Department of Local Government, with regard to his representations on behalf of Mr. H. H. McMaugh,…
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Heavy rain at Kempsey Friday and Friday. night made a miry mess of local roadways; and a heavy fall on the Upper Macleay flooded the river…
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Sir, -- Allow me to draw attention to a matter of great public importance, viz., the inadequate information posted and unreliable reports transmitted from…
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Mungindi reports state that the flood reached 24ft 3in, and there is more to come. According to Moree and Collarenebri reports there are miles of…
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Considerable sympathy is being expressed for settlers in the north-west who are suffering such heavy losses and severe privations by the…
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The Commonwealth Meteorologist predicts floods in Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales…
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A message from Belling en states that 4½ inches of rain fell during the night. The river is flooded for the sixth time this year. The water is up to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclonic Storm. Big Flood in the Manning the Highest Since 1896. Great Damage at Wingham Wharf
The highest flood in the Manning since 1896 reached its top-notch about midnight on Saturday by which time there was 15 inches of water on the…
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For the fourth time this year the Bellinger River is in flood. Rain set in on Friday, and up to 9 a.m. 4½ inches had been recorded…
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The water invaded the "Argus" office, but fortunately did not damage any of the plant. Owing to the absence of electric power, however, we were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Flood on Macleay. Biggest Since 1893. Kempsey Inundated. Buildings Swept Away. Property Destroyed. Cattle and Stock Drowned. Thrilling Rescue Stories
The 1921 flood will be long rem embered on the Macleay. Kempsey was inundated in many parte and thousands of acres on the lower river were flooded. The damage to property will run into tens of thousands. So far no loss of human live is reported, but many hundreds of stock are…
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