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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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A Cooma Storm. Worst Flood for Many Years. Man and Horse Drowned. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 5

The Weather Bureau to-day was in formed that a terrific storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning, occurred at Cooma yesterday afternoon…

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A Terrific Storm. Man and Racehorse Drowned

Northern Star · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Weather Bureau has been informed that a terrifie storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning, [?] at Cooma yesterday. The creek…

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Storm at Bathurst. Heavy Damage Caused. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

Phenomenal rain, with enormous hail fell at Bathurst yesterday, doing much damage to buildings orchards and crops…

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Thunderstorms at Goulburn

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Thunderstorms of tropical intensity continue to visit Goulburn at 24-hour intervals. At the height of a storm last night a fireball burst in…

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Ga[?]le Summary. London

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 3

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Airship Wrecked. Caught in a Gale. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 4

The airship R34 reached the aerodrome at Howden, but owing to its crippled condition bumped several times in landing. The crew were compelled to…

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(Published by arrangement.) Floods of Liquor. Pouring From Canada Into U.S.A. Situation Beyond Control

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 6

The following item from the "New York Herald" of November 7th, speaks for itself- "The New York Herald' begins to-day…

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Flood of Liquor. Pouring From Canada Into U H a [?]

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

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Storm at Armidale

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The most violent Storm in the history of Armidale swept over the town last night. Lightning flashed all round the herizon for over an hour. The…

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Floods of Liquor. (Published by Arrangement.) Pouring from Canada into U.S.A. Situation Beyond Control

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 7

The following item from the "New York Herald" of November 7th, speaks for itself:-- "The 'New York Herald' begins…

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Billiards in a Gale. George on Domestic Affairs. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 5

London, Sunday,—Lloyd George at a banquet at Birmingham dealt mainly with domestic affairs. Trade, he said, was de pressed, but he had no doubt they would…

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Bolshevik Blessings . Russia Not a Utopia for Workers . Country Flooded with Worthless Paper Money. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 3

A Sydney man, returned to Sydney to day after 14 years in Eastern Siberia, says that Russia is decidedly not a Utopia for the workers. Returned…

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Thrilling Experience. Mainmast Crashed in Storm

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday. — The Scottish barque Kilmallie, now at Williamstown, had a narrow escape from disaster on her voyage from England to Australia. A graphics…

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Fight With a Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 2

Excitement ran high at Armidale when a big storm swept over the city just after Pilot Roberts, of the Australian A. and A. Co., had taken two…

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Heavy Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 2

A heavy hail and rain storm worked up from the south-west on Thursday and passed to the west of the town, the centre of the disturbance…

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East-west Railway. Extraordinary Storms Along the Route. Torrential Rainfall. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 3

Telegrams conveying details of extraordinary storms along the route of the Transcontinental Railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie were received…

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South Australian Floods

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Phenomen-al floods have been experienced in South Australia as the result of monsoonal rains. The town of…

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Floods in South Australia

Northern Star · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. — Phenomenal floods have been experienced in South Australia as the result of the monsoonal rains. The town of Peterborough was inundated,…

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Record Gales of Milch Cows. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3

A record in the sale of milch cows was recorded at the city sales to-day, when 158 head were yarded. Bidders attended in extraordinarily large numbers…

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The Textile Trades. Flood of New Business. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The industries fairs at London, Birmingham, and Glasgow brought out an unexpected flood of new business in the textile trades. Overseas buyers…

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