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Floods & storms, 1921

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Cattle Rescued Floods in the North-west Wee Waa

The Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 6

A great area of country down stream from here is flooded as a result of last week's downfall, and stockowners are experiencing great difficulty in…

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Goondiwindi Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- The flood waters are still all over the town of Goondiwindi, although they are falling. The river is 32ft. high, but falling. No further rise is expected rise is expected, unless…

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The Bush Book Club. The Deluge of Correspondence

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 2

With reference to the annual report of the Bush Book Club, which appeared in the "Farmer and Settler" recently, and the particulars of the…

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Drowned in Flood Waters. Fatality on Piallaway Station

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 4

A young returned soldier named Henry Hines attempted to cross a flooded creek on Piallaway Station. near Currebubula (N.S.W.), last week,…

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Drowned in the Warrego. a Fatal Attempt to Swim Flood Waters

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 12

While the Warrego River (Q.) was running a big flood at the week-end, a young man named [?] Woodgate, whose further is the manager of the…

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Relic of Flood Warren

The Sun · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 3

An interesting relic of last year's record flood has been recovered from the present flood in the Macquarie. Among the large quantities of various…

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Floods and Gold. Adventures at Turon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 5

MUDGEE, Thursday.—The Turon River aud its tributaries, including Box Ridge Creek, Reedy Creek, and Nuggety Creek, are in flood, as the result of the heavy…

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Riots in Belfast. the Storm Centre. Resemblance to Battlefield. London, June 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 13

The storm centre in Belfast throughout the night on Tuesday and Wednesday resembled a battlefield. Large numbers of Sinn Feiners entre[?] themselves behind sandbag…

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Relic of Record Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 13

WARREN, Friday. -- From the flood-waters which came down the Macquarie this week Mr. S M. Todhunter, of Warren, recovered a bottle, securely corked, which contained a…

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Flood of Rumors Beaconsfield Murder Offers of Assistance Dog and Clairvoyant Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 19 June 1921 · page 5

The detectives inquiring into the murder at Beaconsfield of Frederick and Anne Sheard have returned to Melbourne to investigate some dozens of…

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Commonwealth Liners Manager Resigns Storm With Mr. Hughes LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 1

Mr. Larkin, manager of the Commonwealth Government line of steamers, has tendered his resignation as the result of differences of opinion…

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Floods in Japan. Worst for 30 Years. New York June 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 7

A message from Tokio states that the prolonged rainy season has caused the worst Doods experienced for thirty years. In the northern part of Kishiu Island 130…

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Floods in Japan. Worst for Thirty Years. Montreal, June 20

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 5

Tile following message has been received from Tokio:--"The prolonged rainy season has caused the worst Hoods for 30 years. One…

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Western District Turf Heavy Rain Interferes with Racing

Referee · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 6

Heavy rain all over the West last week precluded horse-racing, and fixtures that were billed for dates during the period consequently fell through…

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The Ship of Rugby League Are Storms Brewing, or Is It Just a Passing Cloud ?

Referee · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 1

The old and palmy days of the Rugby Union saw it affluent. And in some degree suffering from the ills that affluence often brings to men or bodies…

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Flood at Mungindi Buildings Suffer Quest for Safety Mungindi

The Sun · Wednesday 22 June 1921 · page 7

Although no rain has fallen for a fortnight the flood waters which submerged Goondiwindi ten days ago reached Mungindi last night, after…

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200 Dead Floods in Japan Vancouver, June 21

The Sun · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 1

A message from Tokio states that there have been terrific floods in Japan. The list of dead numbers 200…

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A Wandering Flood. Mungindi Excitement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1921 · page 7

MUNGINDI, "Wednesday.--Although no rain has fallen bore for a fortnight, the flood waters which submerged Goondinwindi ten days ago reached Mungindi last night, after travelling…

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