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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in Wagga and District. Overflowing Gutters

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 6

Since it started raining in Wagga early on Thursday morning up to 9 o'clock last night 216 points of rain were registered at the Wagga Post…

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Big Rains Murrumbidgee in Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 2

Beautiful rains! On Thursday night and Friday morning rain tumbled down, the registration at 8.30 on Friday morning being 168…

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Thunderstorms. Fairly General Rainfall. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 2

Thunderstorms and heavy rains were the result of the unsettled conditions which set in over the State on Friday morning. These conditions…

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The Weather. Flood at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 2

Further heavy rain showers fell in Junee, on Friday night, accompanied by strong wind, and 94 points were recorded to 9 a.m. Saturday at the…

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Flood Wates River’s Rapid Rise. Maximum Reached at Gun. Daga[?]

The Daily Express · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 2

All eyes yesterday were concentrated upon the river, which rose considerably and carried on its rushlo[?] surface considerable quantities of…

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Racing Tracks Flooded

The Daily Express · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 2

The heavy rain flooded the training racks on the M.T.C. racecourse, but as most of the horses were away at Albury there was no need for the…

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A Flood Fatality

The Daily Express · Monday 12 September 1921 · page 2

Mr. Con. Purcell, who was well in[?]wn in Wagga, was drow[?]d at [?] Creek [?] Tarcutta, on Saturday about 11 a.m…

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Record Flood Big Washaways. Fences Flattened. Damage to Farms and Crops

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

Following on the torrential rains of Thursday and Friday, the Tumut River, Goobragandra (or Little) River and Gilmore Creek were in high flood…

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Heavy Floods. Man Drowned at Tarcutta. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

Heavy floods are reported from Victoria, due to the recent torrential rains, and great damage has been done in the country districts. There…

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San Antonio. Devastated by Flood. Damage Estimated at 1,000,009 Dollars. Vancovuer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

San Antonio, Texas, has been devastated by flood. Twenty-two bodies have been found, but the fatalities are estimated to be as high as 500, and perhaps…

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Flood and Rain

The Daily Express · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 2

Comparatively little damage was done in Wagga by the rains. With two or three exceptions there is nothing to show that channels and…

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Floods in Victoria Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 14 September 1921 · page 1

According to a report which has reached the State Water Commission, the floods in the Goulburn and Murray rivera, though heavy, are not…

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Floods at Tumut

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 2

After the recent flood waters bad heeded at Gundaga[?] hundreds of rabbits were found marooned on [?] [?] islands having been washed out…

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"Gone to Sea!" Storm Left Us Visiting Norfolk Island SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 1

A cyclonic storm, which came from the north, and affected the coastal parts of N.S.W. yesterday, has gone to sea, and this morning was somewhere…

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No More Floods

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 4

Absorbing flood water by storage wells is a plan French engineers are considering. Much damage was formerly done by inundations…

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The Flood

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 5

It is impossible yet to form anything like an accurate idea of the extensive damage done throughout our district by the flood of last week…

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Randwick Gallops Galloping in Heavy Rain

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 4

There was little doing at Randwick on Thursday morning, as the rain has made the tracks sodden, the grass rinks being closed…

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The Weather. Cyclonic Storm. Gone to Sea. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 1

The cyclonic storm which came front the north and affected the coastal parts of N.S.W. yesterday, has gone to sea, and this morning was…

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District Doings Wallendbeen Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by hall, passed over the township on Sunday afternoon. 50 points were registered…

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The Quest. Delayed by Storm. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 2

The "Quest," on which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed on his Antarctic expedition has been delayed at Gravesend owing to a storm…

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