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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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Floods in the North

The Daily Express · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 1

Exceptionally heavy rain has been experienced in Southern Queensland. The Condamlue River Is rising and railway communications are…

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Raging Elements Further Outbreak of Terrific Weather Steamers in Difficulty Off The, Coast Northern Rivers In. Heavy Flood. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 25 July 1921 · page 1

The .New South Wales coast is using bombarded by seas and terrilis squalls. In practically every haven along…

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After the Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 1

Fine, bright weather has almost generally replaced the stormy and unsettled conditions of the week-end…

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Scene of Desolation. in Mid Richmond District. Floods on North Coast. Coraki

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

The Richmond River has reached its highest point since 1893 and the water is still rising. All the back areas are submerged and thousands of…

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Victim of the Flood

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

Another death has been caused by the flood waters on the North Coast. William Maclellan, a well-known farmer, was drowned while crossing Oakey Creek. His horse and saddle…

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Sunny Weather. Prevailing at Lismore. Flood Watery Receding. District Court Cut Off. Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 2

Bright and sunny weather is prevailing at Lismore to-day and cleaning up operations, are proceeding generally in shops and houses. The river…

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Newspapers Flooded Out Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 1

In consequence of the floods the Grafton daily newspapers and the Lismore daily were not published this morning…

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Floods Rain Has Ceased Northern Towns Isolated. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 1

The North Coast is almost isolated to-day, many telegraph line being down, trains and heats are not arriving…

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Davis Cup Storm Stops Play. Toronto, July 25

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 1

Thunderstorms Interrupted the third Davis Cup games in which Anderson and Todd played against Bonett and Holmes…

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Gallant Display. Seamanship En the Gale. Officers and Chew of Ajax Commended. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 2

The Newcastle latently Society carried, a resolution last night placing on record its appreciation of the gallant display of seamanship by the captain,…

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Ill-fated Twon Tweed River Swamps Murwillumbah Sensational Rise of Flood Waters. Memorable and Exciting Friday Night. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 July 1921 · page 1

The first comprehensive story of the disaster which overtook Murwillumbah during tho week end, was received in Sydney by wire to-day…

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After the Gale Steamer’s Hard Voyage. Coffs Harbor

The Daily Express · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 1

The s.s. Corakl has arrived after a desperate struggle against high seas, Tho vessel . was sheltering at Fraser Isanld when the strom broke…

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Devastation. Wrought by Floods. Damage at Kempsey. Kempsey

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 2

Reports from outside centers give particulars of the decastation wrongly by the floods. One farmer at Gladstone reported that he had lost 180…

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Lismore Independent Flood Relief Not Needed SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 1

Mr. Nesbitt, M.L.A., received word from the Mayor of Lismore as to flood relief. It was decided not to ask for Government assistance in consequence…

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Flood Relief Fund. Inaugurated at Murwillumbah. Murwillumbah

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 5

A combined meeting of the various organisations at Murwillumbah decided to inaugurate a relief fund for the town and surrounding country, and to ask…

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Tweed River Floods. Murwillumbah's Plight Murwillumbah

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 2

Great rocks have come tumbling down on the water ma[?] and no smashed them that the town which was deluged during the last week…

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Heavy Snow Storm at Crookwell “[?]Ike Canadian Winter” Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 2

Goolbura reports that the heaviest fall of snow for many years is falling in the Crookwell district and the Countryside is covered feel deep. The…

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River at Bourke. Above Last Year's Flood Level. Bourke

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 2

The river at Bourke is now 2½ inches above last year's flood level, and is rising slowly. The main part of the town is still safe and the river is…

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Drowned in a Flood Bathurst

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 1

A drover named George Cut[?] 75 years was crossing the sw[?] Macquarle River with his son in a suiky and a horse behind when the…

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Match Abandoned Heavy Rain Prevents Play. London, Aug. 2

The Daily Express · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 2

Owing to heavy rain throughout the night and this morning the South Wales match and to be abandoned…

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