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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

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50,000 Homeless Floods in Mississippi. New York

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

The authorities estimate that the floods in the Mississippi last week rendered 50,000 people homeless, and inundated 6000 square miles of fertile lands and…

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Flood in Italy Town Badly Damaded. Number of Drowning Cases. ROME

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 3

Owing to floods in the town of Carato thousands of houses were badly damaged yesterday and an unascertained number of people were drowned…

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Storm and Calm All Well in the Scuth. Murders Continue, in the North. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 3

The first points of the truce agreed up on between the rival army leaders in Ireland appear to be:- (1) The spread of placidity throughout…

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Our Dismal Future Flood, Earthquake, Drought. a Temora Prophecy

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 4

If the predictions of Professor Walsh, a Temora weather prophet, turn out as gloomily as he says they will in an Albury paper, the years 1923 and…

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Weather in England Hottest Day for 48 YEARS. Thunder and Hall Storms cause Flood and People are Killed by Lightning. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 May 1922 · page 3

In the south of England it was 87 in the shade to-day, the hottest day for 40 years. [?]re and. Yorkshire were…

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Cyclone's Havoc. African Town Destroyed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 6

There is now no doubt that the cyclone that swept Chinde and the Zambesi River on February 24 caused the biggest catastrophe of the kind…

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Thunder and Hail. Phenomenal Disturbance. Remarkable Mid- Winter Storm

Tweed Daily · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 2

The weather played some strange tricks, iii the Murwillumbah district yesterday. The morning had been frosty, and perfect mid- winter conditions, with a…

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Sunday's Storm

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 2

A remarkably heavy fall of hail occurred at Dulguigan in the storm which broke over the district on Sunday. In places the hail was two feet deep, and…

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Winter Thunderstorm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 2

Tweed"Daily": The weather played some strange tricks in the Murwillumbah district on Sunday. The morning had been frosty, and perfect…

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Gales at Sea Vessels Severely Buffeted. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 3

Vessels about 400 miles at sea are getting a severe buffeting as the result of the cyclonic disturbance which is now operating…

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German Goods. the Coming Deluge

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 3

An inkling of what Australian manufactures will be up against after August 1 is provided in German catalogues which are now entering the country, and…

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Other Vessels Suffer Great Battles with Heavy Gales. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 5

Steamers about 178 miles, off the coast of N.S.W. are getting a severe buffeting. According to, wireless messages received to-day the American steamer Sydic is…

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The South Coast Cyclone on the Way. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 5

The State Meteorologist states that a cyclonic disturbance is operating in the south-east corner of Australia and is causing south-east gales and rough high…

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The Latest News. International. the Irish Crisis. British Troops Storm Pettigoe. Heavy Fighting Reported. London

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 3

The British troops are clearing out the Sinn Fein invaders from Fermonagh. After heavy preliminary firing, the British torops stormed Pettigoe on…

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The Weather Cyclone Goes Astray. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 2

The State weather authorities point out that the cyclone predicted yesterday passed south and is now operating over north Westralia…

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Appalling Disaster Storm Strikes New York. Firty People Killed and more than 100 Injured and Thousands of Dollars Damage Result. New York

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 3

In New York to-day a rainstorm of unprecedented violence overturned houses, uprooted thousands of trees in various parks and suburbs did thousands of…

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New York's Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 4

A rainstorm of unprecedented violence overturned houses and uprooted thousands of trees in various parks and suburbs of New York, and did…

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New York's Violent Storm. Forty-four People Killed

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--A rainstorm of unprecedented violence overturned houses and uprooted thousands of trees in the parks and suburbs. It did…

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True Case Storm Raging in the Press. Rich Aristocrat is Reprieved and Poor Boy Hanged on Murder Charge. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 3

There is a great controversy raging in the Press regarding the reprieve of on ex-officer named Reginald True, who was found guilty of having murdered an…

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Hundreds Drowned Floods in Central America. New York

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 3

It is stated in a message from San Salvador that several hundreds, of persons were drowned yesterday when the banks of the river Aronel overflowed…

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