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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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To-day's Wires. [Through Our Sydney Representatives.] Heavy Rain in Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—Sixty-four points of rain fell in the city yesterdays making a total of 375 points since the commencement of the storm. Rain…

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Hawkesbury in Flood. Lowlylng Lands Inundated

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 4

There are fears of a flood in the Hawkesbury River. Many lowlying farm lauds are already inundated…

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Washed Out to Sea Small Boy Drowned. Through the Flood Gates

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 4

A boy aged eleven, was playing in the Curl Curl lagoon, near Manly, yesterday afternoon, when the flood. gated were opened and he was washed…

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Lawless Liquor. Floods of it b New York. (Published by Arrangement.)

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 2

Mr Detts Pickett, Research Secretary of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has been giving some of his experiences…

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

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 3

Mr Deets Pickett, Research Secretary of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopai Church has been giving some of his experiences to the…

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After the Storm. the Re-establishment of Fruit Trees

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 April 1921 · page 6

There are possibly other orchardists in the position of the grower who addressed the following inquiry to the Department of Agriculture recently:…

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After the Storm. The Re-establishment of Fruit Trees

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 4

There are possibly other orchardists in the position of the grower who addressed the following inquiry to the Department of Agriculture recently:…

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Northern Cyclone. Vessels in Distress

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 4

News has reached Brisbane that a cyclone occurred at Barrow Point and the Flinders' Group. The ketch Alert and several other…

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Storm Troops to Attack Prickly Pear

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government has declared war on the prickly pear, and storm troops—mercenaries at that—arrived at Sydney on the Sonoma…

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After the Storm. The Re-establishment of Fruit Trees

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 3

There are possibly other orchardists in the position of the grower who addressed the following inquiry to the Department of…

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Heavy Rain

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 4

The big rainfall disturbance which is passing over the State reached Glen Innes at the week-end. a few light showers fell on Saturday…

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Remarkable Storm at Grafton. ICE 7in. DEEP

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 6

Though the dust was blowing merrily in Grafton on Wednesday afternoon last, barely 20 miles away, on the road to Glenreagh a storm, almost…

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Eighteen Inches. Deluge at Ulmarra

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 4

A message from Ulmarra states that there have been 18 inches of rain there since Friday. Enormous Enormouhdamage lias re…

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Torrential Rains. Heavy Losses by Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 4

Reports from Bellingen on Sunday state that torrential rain, which set in on Thursday night, continued throughout Friday without cessation. The…

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Seven Inches of Ice. Remarkable Storm at Grafton

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 3

Though the dust was blowing merrily in Grafton on Wednesday after noon last, barely 20 miles away, on the road to Glenreagh, a storm, almost…

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Glen Elgin Rain a Record Flood. Fences Swept Away

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 4

G[?] Elgin's rain record for the year now totals 2203 points. Rain has been reworded on 12 days. the longest period of wet weather was…

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The Floods. Torrential Rain's on the North Coast

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 7

With the break on Monday in the disturbance controlling the rainy weather fears of further swollen rivers and consequent floods…

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Big Flood in the Bellinger

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 7

The Bellinger River was in flood on Saturday morning. There was a rise of about l8ft. A quantity of sawn pine, the property of various Dorrigo…

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Magnetic Storms

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 2

Astronomers differ regarding the causes of the world-wide magnetic disturbance. Prominent French authorities are of opinion that it is due to a…

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Seven Inches of Ice Remarkable Storm at Grafton

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 6

Though the dust was blowing merrily in Grafton on Wednesday afternoon last, barely two miles away, on the road to Glenreagh, a storm, almost…

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