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Floods & storms, 1921

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Floods, But No Rain. Curious Incident at Mungindi

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 4

Although no rain has fallen at Mungindi, on the Queensland border, for over a fortnight, the district has been visited by one of the largest floods on…

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Across the Atlantic in a Forty-five-foot Boat. Tiny Yacht Weathers Worst of Winter's Heavy Gales

The World's News · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 1

The Typhoon is a forty-five-foot auxiliary ketch, built at Alexander Graham Bell's laboratory in Nova Scotin. She sailed for…

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Unwelcome Rains Fears of More Floods In North-eastern Quarter

Evening News · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 6

Weather indications point to a get week-end over the greater part of New South Wales. Conditions over the State at 9 o'clock…

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Australia's Cycle of Flood and Drought. Value of Nature's Fertilisers. (For "The World's News.")

The World's News · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 13

WHEN our ancestors were simple, unsophisticated savages, alternations of drought and flood were looked upon as the manifestations and acts of certain…

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Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament Flooded Fowlyards Bankstown Diggers Try to Evolve the Water-Proof Hen Results of a Costly Experiment

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 23

"The best site fer a poultry farm, other things being equal," says James Hadlington, poultry expert in his official handbook, "Poultry Farming in N.S.W." "is a slope . . . Flats and hollows are not suitable Positions . . It is highly desirable that the land should have…

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Ruffianly Ferocity. a Husband's Cruel Conduct "I Came to Murder You", Says He. Magistrate Gale Sends a Wife- Beater to Gaol

Truth · Sunday 26 June 1921 · page 12

"Oh, my God, here's Mick!" If Mrs. Ethel Jelbert, the lady who made that exclamation in the kitchen at 40 Raglan-street, Darlington, on the…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast. 451 Points at Manning Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 6

Heavy rain was reported on the North Coast yesterday. Up to 9 a.m. Manning Heads registered 451 points, Forster 330 points, Fort Macquarle 328…

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Stormy Weather. Gale and Rough Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 5

The weather on the coast on Saturday and yesterday was boisterous. During Saturday night the wind reached the force of a gale from the south-east, and the two steamers which…

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Violent Squalls Gales and Rough Seas Torrential Rain on North Coast

Evening News · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 3

A decidedly boisterous week-end has been experienced on the [?] and North Castle. [?] on Saturday [?]…

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Heavy Seas. Rain and Squalls. Maianbar Has Boisterous Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 5

The North Coast Steamship Company's vessel, Maianbar, arrived from the Macleay River last night, after a boisterous trip. The steamer was 14 hours late owing to the…

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Barque Ashore on Rocks at Wellington Gale on N.Z. Coast WELLINGTON

The Sun · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 5

During a strong southerly last night the burque Rona, with 1100 tons of coal from Newcastle, went ashore at 11 o'clock on the rocks inside…

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Gale at Port Macquare

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 5

PORT MACQUARIE, Monday.--A severe South-east gale broke over the town at 11 o'clock on Saturday night. The gale came up accompanied by very heavy rain, which…

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Flood at Armidale. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 6

Further heavy rain fell on Saturday in Armidale, and continued into the night. Another flood has occurred in the Dumaresq River, but it is not as bad as a fortnight…

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The Wrecks Ceaseless Vigils. No Fresh Tidings. Our Jack Smashed To Pieces. Terrific Force of Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 11

The latest details of the shipping disasters off Cape Hawke on Sunday reveal no tidings of any additional survivors. No more bodies have been recovered…

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Carters Score A Drogher's Misadventures Shorter Hours. More Wages Macleay in Flood [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 1

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Macleay in Flood. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 11

As a result of heavy rain, the Macleay is again flooded. The wharves in Kempsoy are under water. The Macleay Co-operative Company's drogher Rescue sank at the wharf this…

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Macleay in Flood. Heavy Rainfall

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 10

KEMPSEY, Tuesday.--As the result of the heavy rain, the Macleay River is again flooded. 281 points of rain falling in the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday. The river at…

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Experts Perturbed Cyclonic Weather Gales and Rough Seas

The Sun · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 8

The central and north coasts have been singled out for a period of cyclonic weather, with its accompanying rough seas, violent gales,…

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