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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne. Test Match Probably Postponed. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

There was heavy and almost continuous rain last night, and it is raining to-day. It is considered to be impossible for the test match to be resumed…

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Storm at Adelaide Heavy Rain and Wind. Adelaide

The Daily Express · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 1

Heavy rains accompanied by violent wind squalls were experienced along the coast during the week-end. Houses were unroofed, boats…

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Family Drowned. Swept Away in Flood a New Year Tragedy Adelaide

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

Fred Marshall, his wife and three children whose ages ranged from 10 years to 11 months were crossing the flonded Wall[?]ay Valley in a sulky…

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Cyclonic Storm. Houses and Trees Demolished Casino

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

A severe cyclonie storm, which was less than a mile in width, and blew itself out within two miles, unroofed farmhouses and farm outbuildings…

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Biggest Flood Since '93. Cattle Marooned. Dungog

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

Torrential rain ever the upper reaches' of the Williams River caused the Chichester and Wangat Rivers to send down great volumes of flood…

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Gale and High Seas. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Mr. Mares, the State Meteorologist, states that a whole gale is blowing in an easterly direction from New Zealand, and the sea in the vicinity of…

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A.L.P. and Premier. Flooding the Legislative Council. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 3

A meeting of the A. L. P. executive yesterday, at which the Lord Major presided, carried a resolution requesting the Government to make the…

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Storm at Tumbarumba

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

A light thunderstorm occurred at Tumbarumba on Sunday morning early, 75 points of rain resulting…

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Thunderstorm

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

After the extreme heat of Monday, which was registered at the P.O. as 91 degrees, Cootamundra received a severe thunderstorm last night…

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Deluge in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

A terrific thunderstorm passed over the city and suburbs about lunch time to-day, during which rain fell in a perfect deluge. Many street…

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The Weather. the Storm

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 3

The township of Junee missed the recent storm visitation, but the surrounding district was not so fortunate. Sunday night's storm gave half an inch…

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Ten Bag Crop. From Storm Beaten Paddock. Overgrown with Lucerne. Remarkable Harvesting Achievement

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

In the early part of the harvest a terrific storm passed over The Rock district, and its trail could be traced by hundreds of acres of crop…

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Glut of Groceries. Wholesale Warehouses Overstocked. a Fall in Prices. "Flooded with English Goods." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 2

A downward movement has occurred in the wholesale quotations for many necessary lines of groceries, and many distributors to-day admitted…

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Cyclone in Molong District Damage to Wheat, Corn and Fruit Large Hail Stones SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 1

A cyclone visited Dilga and Red Hill, in the Molong district, playing have with the wheat, corn and fruit crops. Hail stones as large as a man's…

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Cyclone. Big Storm at Molong Crops and Property Damaged. Molong

The Daily Express · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 4

A [?]yclong [?]sited the Dilga and Red Hill districts and played [?] with a number of wheat corn and fruit crops. A largo area of Sudan…

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The Weather. Severe Cyclone. Plays Havoc with Crops. Molong

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 8

A cyclone visited Dilga and Red Hill in the Molong district and played havoc with the wheat, corn and fruit crops. Trees were torn up by the…

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Terrific Storm At Cooma Bridge Washed Away Horn and Hitter Drowned SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 1

The Weather Bureau has been informed that a terrific storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning, occurred at Cooma yesterday…

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Wagga's Water. Problem of Purifying. Effect of Thunderstorms. Dredging on the Watershed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 3

There was only a meagre attendance at the Town Ball last night, when a public meeting was held for the purpose of receiving evidence as to…

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Terrif Storm Floods and Damage Cooma Visitation Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 1

The Weather Bureau has been in formed that a terrific storm. accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning occurred at Cooma yesterday…

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The Weather. Destructive Hall Storm. Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 2

A phenomenal hail storm was experienced about font o'clock yesterday afternoon. Great lumps of ice began to thunder on the roofs of the houses, and…

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