Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

52 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

Gale and High Seas

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

The campers and others at Crescent Head suffered much discomfort during the Christmas holidays through the bad weather. Commencing on Boxing Day…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Gale

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 6

The cyclonic storm of wind and rain which raged from Friday December 30 to Tuesday January 3, proved very destructive to…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Telegrams. Sydney Storm. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 5

The hot weather yesterday culminated in a violent thunderstorm in Sydney last night. Particularly heavy rain fell, attended by vivid lightning…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

No Special Grant. for Macleay Shire Council. to Meet Flood Damage

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 10

At the Macleay Shire Council meeting yesterday, Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., forwarded a letter from the Department of Local Government with…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Cyclone at Wagga

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

Another cyclonic storm yesterday affected the southern districts, interrupting telegraphic services. Much damage was done at Wagga, where…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Hail Storm

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

A terrific hail storm visited the city and suburbs last night. Many orchards and flower gardens were considerably damaged…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Storms on the Film

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 7

Maybe when you have seen on the screen the deck of a ship during a storm at sea you have wondered just how it is done…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Strange Storm Freak

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 5

IT is seldom that bullocks leave terrafirma and take to willow trees, but a beast on Mr. Dan McDonald's Rossiville property (Goulburn district) was…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Storm at Port Macquarie

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

The Storm King rides apace to day, On swift, low clouds, by thunder riven. See, how the flying, filmy spray…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Flood Damage. No Special Grant

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Macleay Shire Council, on Monday last, Mr. Theo. Hill, M.L.A., forwarded a letter to the Council from the Local…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Rival Deputations Storm Shire Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 4

Some years ago residents of Moto asked that a road be made along Ghinni Creek to a point near Mr. Clarke's farm on Jones' Island and a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

45 Inches of Rain. in Less Than a Week. Floods in Queensland. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 2

A message from Cairns states there seems to be no abatement of the floods. The traffic is completely disorganised throughout the whole country between…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bellinger in Flood. Narrow Escapes. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 2

The Bollinger River is in flood, and rain is still falling. Vehicular punts have been withdrawn. Stock have been driven to the higher levels. Several…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Campaign for Oxley. Speeches by Candidates. Flood of Oratory in Kempsey. Four Political Meetings in Three Nights. Mr. H. D. Morton's Address. "The Producers' Champion."

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 3

A large and enthusiastic meeting took place at the Royal Theatre, Kempsey, on Thursday night last, when Mr. H. D. Morton, the Coalition candidate,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Heavy Rain

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

The whole of the north coast is suffering from a protracted rainfall, and Hastings River settler would welcome, a lengthy sunshine. on the Macleay 15 inches have…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

£500 Flood Damage

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 4

At the Kempsey Council meeting on Monday a communication was received, through the members, from the Minister for Local Government, stating that…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Storm on the Tweed. Man Killed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 3

A wire from Murwil[?]bah last Friday states:— Following several days of sweltering heat, a thunderstorm…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Caught in Storm. Destroyer Ashore

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 4

A severe storm swept over southern Japan last Saturday, and caught the battleship Settsu on the Inland Sea, when the Empress was aboard…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Storms of Stones. a Fifty-ton Meteorite

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 7

On a recent passage the passengers aboard the big Cunarder, Saxonia, were treated to a magnificent spectacle. A huge mass of incandescent…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Fifty Killed. Cloudbursts in America. Torn[?]does Follow Flood

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 3

Fitty people have been killed and hundreds injured by floods council by cloudbursts in western Indiara and through the Mississippi valley. There have been…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →