Severe Storm. Wooroowoolgen Farms Suffer. Buildings Blown Over or Unroofed
Small storms frequently cause considerable damage. Very often the damage they cause is limited by the amount of destructible property in…
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Floods & storms, 1921
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Cyclone at Wooroowoolgen
The violent blow and brisk downpour of rain that, after smothering Casino in dust for a few minutes, brought about on the evening following Boxing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne, Deluge. 324 Points of Rain in 16 Hours. Cricket Ground Inundated. MELBOURNE
Melbourne has commenced the year 1921 with a remarkable deluge of rain. Throughout Saturday the atmospheric conditions were extremely oppressive,…
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ADELAIDE. Monday.—Heavy gales[?] accompanied by torrential rain, have visited Adelaide, a number of houses being unroofed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Wind Storm. Houses Unroofed and Boats Swamped. ADELAIDE
Heavy rains, accompanied by violent wind squalls, were experienced along the coast during the week-end. Houses were unroofed, boats swamped, and trees…
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Fred Marshall and his wife and three children, whose ages range from 10 years to 11 months, were crossing the flooded Walloway valley in a sulky on New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Fatality. Caught in a Flooded Creek. BRISBANE
A telegram from Charleville states that a terrible fatality occurred at Middle Creek, 27 miles from the town. Switzer, a selector, was driving into…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Torrential- rain over the upper reaches of the Williams River caused the Chiehester and Wangat Rivers to send a great volume of flood water, flooding all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oueensland News. Heavy Rain
BRISBANE, Sunday.—During the week-end there have been heavy downpours of rain in the Cairns district, probably due to the tropical depression existing northward…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, says a whole gale is blowing in an easterly direction from New Zealand. The sea in the vicinity of Norfolk…
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Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist stated to-day that a whole gale is lowing in an easterly direction from New Zealand toward Sydney. The sea in the…
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Dungog messages state that early on thursday afternoon last the river, which was bank high, began to rise rapidly, and within an hour rose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torrential Rains in North Queensland. Mulgrave River in High Flood. Downpour Obscures Habour Lights in Trinity Bay. CAIRNS
During the week-end there has been a heavy downpour of rain in the Cairns district, probably due to the tropical depression existing northward…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Information reached the Railway Department last night that flood waters 2 feet 6 inches were over the rails at Burrumbuttock, on the Culeairn-Corowa…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A terrific thunderstorm passed, over the city aud suburbs about lunch time, during which rain fell in a perfect deluge. Many street crossings were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone in Molong District. Heavy Damage to Crops
SYDNEY, Friday.—A cyclone visited Dilkera and Red Hill, in the Molong district, and played havoc with the wheat, corn and fruit crops. Trees were torn up…
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A cyclone visited the Dilga and Red Hill districts and played havoc with a number of wheat, corn and fruit crops, and a large area of Sudan grass. Trees…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--A terrific storm is reported from Molong district, the crops suffering severely. The home stead was ruined, thirty windows in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale in England. Concrete Ship Embedded. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—A gale of extraordinary violence and suddenness swept over Britain with a velocity of 50 to 60 miles per hour. Damage was widespread Trees were…
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Sydney Friday--A terrific storm with heavy thunder and lightning occurred at Cooma yesterday afternoon. the creek rose rapidly, carrying…
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