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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

154 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 8

A Wandering Flood. Mungindi Excitement

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 2

Although no rain had fallen at Mungindi for a fortnight, the flood waters which submerged Goondiwindi ten days ago reached Mungindi last week, after…

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Another Flood. Gasworks Saved From Further Inundation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 4

As a result of the heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and night, the Armidale Creek again came down in heavy flood. All, low-lying land was, for the…

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Torrential Rains. More Floods. Town Again Isolated

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 2

Probably the most abormal and remarable season in the history of the Bundarra district prevails at the present…

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Floods Feared All Rivers Rising. Pindari Mail Lost

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 4

Further heavy rain set in locally yesterday morning, 261 points being registered up to 9 a.m. this morning. The fall was general throughout the north…

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The Macleay in Flood. Kempsey Wharves Covered

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 1

As the result of heavy rain the Macleay River is again in flood. Some 380 points were registered for the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. on Monday. The river…

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Heavy Rain. Flooded Rivers

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 2

On Thursday night heavy rain fell at Warialda, 264 points being registered at 9 o'clock next morning. All water channels were carrying big…

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To-day's Telegrams. Floods on the Hunter. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 4

Manys parts of the Maitland district are now extensively enbuergea. The Hunter River is high flood, [?]will suffer heavily,…

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Flooding "Dry" Market. (Published by arrangement) Spirit Trade Between Britain, and U.S.A.

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 6

The New York Herald declares that, since America went dry the export of English and Irish spirits has grown to be one of greatest branches…

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The Flood at Mungindi

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 3

Further particulars regarding the flood at Mungindi are to hand. A Mungindi message under last Wednesday's date states:—Although no rain has…

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Flood Waters

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 4

The flood waters in the west and north-west are subsiding very slowly…

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The Floods. Mail Services Interrupted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 8

The mail services in the Armidale district Were considerably affected by last week's heavy rains. At Bundarra on Friday the Gwydir…

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Continued Floods, But No Disasters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 5

Sydney, Monday.—Reports of heavy rains and floods continue to come from the country districts, but on the whole the danger of disaster seems to have…

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State Fish. None at Armdale Next Friday. Cyclone the Cause

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 5

At the City Council meeting on Monday night. The General Manager, State Trawling Industry, replied to a letter from…

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The Rabbit Pest. What Groups Are Doing. Big Destruction by Flood Waters. Successful Hand Poisoning

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 6

The rabbit question received farther attention at the P.P. Board meeting on Tuesday last, with a number of communication from Rabbit…

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Flooded Rivers

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 4

Flodded rivers in the State are falling but others are still rising…

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North-west Floods

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 4

Mungindi reports that the flood readied 24 feet three inches and there is more to come. According to Moree and Collarenebri…

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Car Washed Away in Flood

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 4

The quick rise of the Sandy Creek, on the Yarrowyck road, accounted for a most unusual accident. Mr. Robertson, foreman at Co-operative Motors,…

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The Floods. At Glen Innes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1921 · page 3

Several of the rivers in the Glen Innes district were quite uncrossable even on Monday. Mr. W. W. Sargeant, who has been on New England for a lifetime,…

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Flooded Conditions

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 3

As a corollary of the over-abundant rains, all waterways in the district have been more or less at flood mark during the past two or three weeks, and…

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The 1921 Flood

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 2

The recent rain caused flooded conditions and did much damage on the flat country. The effects of the Gwydir overflow were not seriously…

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