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Floods & storms, 1921

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Sydney's Cyclone Unusual December Month Recalled

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 3

December, of 1920, will he long remembered as a month of unusual weather, as far as Sydney and the central coast is concerned…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, 29th December. Before Mr. GALE, S.M. Leaving Vehicle Unattended

The St George Call · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

George Kennedy, Hutchison St., St. Peters, pleaded guilty to being at such a distance from his vehicle, on 3rd December, as to prevent his having full…

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The Cyclone

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1921 · page 22

Tom Mix is responsible for sonic exceedingly clever stunts in The Cyclone, the Fox Film being screened at the Australian Theatre. One of the finest is the…

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Storm at Adelaide Picnickers' Plight Deluge, in Muslin Dresses ADELAIDE

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

The British vessel Killalby, which received orders at Cape Borda on Wednesday to proceed to Port Victoria, has not yet arrived, and is…

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Sensations! Australia's Recovery. Two Centuries. Heavy Rain Falling

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Sensational is me only, word to describe the happening in the test match on Saturday, when the four remaining batsmen on the Australian side rose to…

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Gales at Adelaide. Several Houses Unroofed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Heavy rain fell on Saturday and continued without a break until 3 a. m. to-day, 159 points being registered in the city and along the coast…

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Heavy Rain. May Prevent Play To-day. Ground Under Water. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 6

With rain beating down upon the already sodden pitch, an Island among growing pools of water, the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day looked impossible for cricket to-morrow…

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Gales in S.A. Houses and Boats Damaged ADELAIDE

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

Heavy rains, accompanied by violent wind squalls, were experienced along the coast during the week end. Houses were [?] boats were swamped and trees…

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Holiday's End. in a Deluge of Cold Rain. Wet and Disgruntled Picknickers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 3

The holiday season ended miserably yesterday, in a deluge of cold, soaking rain. The official meteorologist, on Sunday, certainly prophesied showery weather: but his…

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Angry Elements Gales and Rough Seas Central Coast Again Extensive Rain

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 3

City Forecast.--Unsettled, with more rain. Strong and usually southerly winds. Rough seas. Now South Wales.--Fine in…

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Back to Winter Big Fall in Temperatures Result of Yesterday's Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 7

From mid summer to mid-winter in 74 hours! Such [?] the [?] of Sydney and parts of [?] during the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day, the reading…

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Four Persons Drowned Mother and Children Crossing Flooded River ADELAIDE

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 7

Fred Marshall, with his wife und three children, with ages ranging from 10 years to 11 months, was crossing the flooded Walloway Creek in a trap on…

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Heavy Rain. in Parts of the State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 12

In Sydney rain fell incessantly yesterday, ranging from a light drizzle to a hard fall. For the 36 hours ended at 9 p.m. yesterday the registration was only 3 points short of an…

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Heavy Coastal Rain Temperatures Still Low But Advancing in West

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 5

Fine and clear in pans of weatern districts: other[?] cloudy to overcast and [?] with showers or rain [?]ing almost generally along conet and Blue…

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Short But Severe Cyclonic Storm House Blown Over CASINO

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

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

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Mob Rule. Unemployed Storm Town Hall. Police Make Baton Charge. London, January 4

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 7

The Labor Mayor of Islington ordered the police to eject the unemployed from the municipal library, which they had reduced to a dilapidated and insanitary condition…

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Heavy Rain. Inches at Laurieton

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 3

Light to heavy rain was recorded yesterday over the north-eastern halt of New South Wales. The central coast and Blue Mountains…

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Torrential Rain Upper Williams River Big Floods Caused West Maitland

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

Torrential rain over the upper reaches of the Williams River caused the Chichester and Wangat rivers to send a great volume of flood water…

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Heavy Rain Floods m North 7 1/2 Inches in 24 Hours

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

Seven and a-half inches in 24 hours! This was the rainfall registered at Ry[?] Bay and Laur[?]on on the North Come up to 9 a.m. to-day. At Byron…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, January 5. (Before Mr. Gale, S.m.) Milk Not Up to Standard

The Propeller · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

Inspector Bardsley, of Kogarah Council, proceeded against S. Bullock for selling milk which was 18.7 deficient in fat. There was no suggestion of…

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