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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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

Manilla Express · Thursday 26 May 1921 · page 2

Mr Deists Pickett, Research Secretary of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been giving some of his experience to the New York…

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Heavy Rain

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 May 1921 · page 2

Heavy rain fell throughout the north west last night. The land is becoming waterlogged and a spell of dry weather would be welcomed by…

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Auction Gale

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 2

Kay Bros, announce in this issue that they will hold another sale of furniture, etc., poultry and farm produce at their rooms at 2.30 p.m. next…

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United States' Floods Widespread Devastation. Vancouver

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 1

An Arkansas message says the river broke another dam, causing a fresh flood to sweep Puc[?]lo. This hampered relief work, and the city was for…

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Flooded Cre[?]

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 2

From all [?] the [?] Valley has had a narrow escape from a heavy river flood, For[?] for the district the heaviest falls were patchy…

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Caught in a Storm

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 June 1921 · page 2

Yesterday forenoon was so fine that several hundred people ventured to attend the football match in the afternoon on the [?]hourse. Soon…

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Gocndiwindi Flood

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1921 · page 2

Latest reports of the flood at Goondiwindi show that The waters are now receding. The water practically reached its highest level at about…

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Flood Vagaries

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 June 1921 · page 2

According to the old hands here many of the creeks and river ways have passed through great physical changes within their memories. Most…

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Flood Whims

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 2

"Old Hand" quotes a bit of Narrabri history: "I was interested in the paragraph in a recent Courier as to the vagaries of the local…

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Flood at Mungindi

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 2

The flood waters which submerged Goondiwindi on Sunday, Juno 5, reached Mungindi on Tuesday nigh It attained a maximum height of 24ft.,…

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Flood at Mungindi MUNGINDI

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 1

Although no rain has fallen for a fortnight the flood waters which submerged Goodiwindi ten days ago [?]eached Mung[?]di this week, after…

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Local and General Will She River Flood

The North Western Courier · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 2

There are no immediate prospects of a flood at Narrabri as the rain on the watershed to-day was only light. The creek was 10ft. 5in., but that is…

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1921 Flood. Moree Partly Inundated. Town's Narrow Escape

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 3

On Saturday night last Moree went very, close to having the historical flood of 1910, which almost completely inundated the town, repeated. But on…

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Flood Mitigation

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 2

The surfeit of rain during the past few months is a circumstance striking enough as a successor to the record drought. There has been no…

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Floods in the North-West Large Areas Inundated

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 2

The North-west appears to be passing through an abnormally wet cycle, for since last year's drought-breaking visitation the river has on three…

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The Recent Flood. a Few Suggestions

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 5

Aa we said in our last issue, the flood waters on Sunday morning presented a fine and spectacular scene, and many people took advantage of…

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The Floods

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 2

The flood waters on Tuesday were spreading over Woo Waa, the water being an inch lower than last year. The flood waters at Walgett were…

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Arrival of a Flood Boat

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 2

On Monday a flood boat arrived. It came about this way. Moree had sent an urgent call for help when the water invaded that town on Saturday…

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The Flood

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 2

The flood reached its maximum height on Monday night. It was several feet below that of last July. Despite that it turned many people out…

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Trials of Airmen in the Flood Country

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 July 1921 · page 3

Last week an aeroplane landed at Moree. The airmen were Captain G. C. Wilson and Mr. paul Mr. Paul some few months ago visited Moree…

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