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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

13 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Flood Fatality at Cooma. Jockey Drowned. Racehorses Washed Away

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2

During a tropical storm at Cooma on Thursday afternoon, a jockey named Cecil Crowe, son of Mr. and and Mrs. T. Crowe, of Adaminaby,…

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Heavy Rain. 150 Points in Goulburn

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 2

Tuesday's "Goulburn Penny Post" says:—"Steady rain fell in Goulburn throughout the whole of Saturday, the ground receiving a…

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Liquor Flooding into U.S.A Published by Arrangement. Astounding Smuggling Operations

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 2

A member of the staff of the New York Herald, says that paper recently completed a study of the torrential flow of liquor from the Bahama Islands into…

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Liquor Flooding into U.S.A. Published by Arrangement. Astounding Smuggling Operations

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 2

A member of the staff of the New York Herald says that paper recently completed a study of the torrential flow of liquor from the Bahama Islands into…

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Lawless Liquor. Published by Arrangement. Floods of It in New York

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Mr. Deets, Pickett, Research Secretary of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has been giving some of his…

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Thunderstorm Dangers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 4

Here are some rules to observe in thunderstorms:— Never get under trees or stand near lateral branches; even a small…

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Flooding "Dry" Market. Published by Arrangement. Spirit Trade Between Britain and U.S.A.

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 4

The New York Herald declares that since America went dry the export of English and Irish spirits has grown to be one of the greatest branches of British…

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Gales on the North Coast. Two Vessels Sink. Several Lives Lost and Many Missing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 2

After being buffeted by a heavy sea off Cape Hawke on Sunday morning the coastal steamer Fitz roy capsized and sank. It is feared…

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Storm In Sydney. and Along the Coast Much Damage Done

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 4

Friday night's some caused a great deal of damage, house being unroofed, fences carried away, and roads out up. The North Shore Particularly the…

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Floods In the Country. Narrabri Threatened. Narrow Escape Op Maitland

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 2

The flood outlook at Narrabri on Monday night was not very reassuring. The river had risen six inches between 2 and 6 am, but the…

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Flood Boat

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

At the same meeting a letter was received from Mr H Carlon, Talloweens, referring to the need of a flood boat on the Wollondilly River at Barrallier. He stated that at the…

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Flood Boat

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 2

At the same meeting a letter was received from Mr. H. Carion, Talloweena, referring to the need of a flood boat on the Wollondilly River…

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