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Floods & storms, 1921

1,026 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 52

North-west Floods Railway Traffic Disturbed

The Sun · Wednesday 13 July 1921 · page 9

Flood waters continue to cut off railway, communication with each of the following termini in the northwest division:--Mungindi, Pokataroo,…

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Fodder by Air Feeding Sheep in Floods Aeroplane's New Service Waters Slowly Receding Mungindi

The Sun · Wednesday 13 July 1921 · page 7

For the conveyance of sheep fodder by aeroplane, one of the Avro Company's machines piloted by Captain Wilson, and Mechanic Paul, reached…

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Flooded. Water in Walgett Streets. Buildings Banked Up. Railway Cut Off. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1921 · page 13

The flood waters continue to rise, and the town is now threatened from all sides. The water is now in the main street gutters opposite the courthouse, on the eastern side,…

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Party Politics. Lure of the Jazz. Serious Floods in New South Wales. Features of This Week's "Mail."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1921 · page 12

The dancing boom which is now in evidence is brightly treated in a special article in this week's mail, the illustrations for which have been cleverly done by Barbara Macdonald…

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The Pacific. Possible Future Storm Centre. Way Out of Difficulty. London, July 11

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 5

A special meeting of the Empire Conference, was held to-day to discuss President Harding's memorandum in regard to the Disarmament Conference…

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Still Rising Floods at Walgett

Evening News · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 7

Mr. J. Mitchell, Inspector-General of Police, to-day received the following telegram from the police at Walgett:—"River road five inches yesterday…

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Floods at Mungindi 4000 Sheep Stranged Feed Conveyed by Air MUNDINDI

Evening News · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 12

The flood waters here have fallen very little. The water is still in the town to a depth of two and three feet is pinces. Many miles of country are still…

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Walgett's Floods. Streets Under Water. Railway Damaged. Further Rise Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 6

WALGETT, Wednesday.--All the streets are under water, and only a small area round the centre of the town is dry. The waters are still rising. The railway line near Eurie Siding is…

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A Stockman Drowned. Thrown from Horse in Flooded River

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 4

A stockman named Nell T[?] was drowned in the Belyando River, on the Subiton Station, between Pine Hill and Alpha, on Wednesday. Thorne…

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The Floods Rivers Rising and Falling

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 14

Higher up, the rivers are slowly beginning to fall. A wire from a station in the North-West yesterday said that the floods had gone down two…

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Record Floods. Federal Meteorologist's Prediction. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 10

Floods of record heights in the southern half of Queensland and northern portions of Now South Wales are predicted by the Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr. Hunt) in a…

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Corn by Aeroplane to Save Starving Sheep. Novel Incidsnt of the Floods. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 10

News was received to-day that Mr. W. Mace had up to this morning lost over 800 out of 4400 valuable sheep, which for about three weeks had been isolated on a small…

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The Floods. Looking Ahead. Warning Affected Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1921 · page 6

MELBOURNE. Thursday.--The Common wealth Meteorological Bureau reports that during June, and up to July 2. as a result of monsoonal influences, over 214,944 square miles…

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A Few Showers Gales in South-East Districts

Evening News · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 6

Only [?] towns in New South Wales have e[?] a shower during the 24 hours ended [?] this morning. The registrations were—Ada[?] points,…

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Hurricane Gale Heavy Damage at Goulburn GOULBURN

Evening News · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 4

Much damage was done to big property last night by a gale which commenced yesterday afternoon and reached hurricane force last night…

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Fierce Gales Giant Trees Levelled Goulburn's Night of Terror GOULBURN

The Sun · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 4

Fierce gales swept the southern highlands from noon yesterday. After dark the wind increased to hurricane force, and most of the Goulburn citizens, in…

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Gale in Melbourne Woman's Narrow Escape Damage to Buildings MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 6

A strong northerly gale swept over Melbourne yesterday and last night, causing considerable damage to fences and buildings, [?] making the position very…

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The Flooding Rivers Forecasting the Heights

Evening News · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 4

Referring in the recently-published revised list of the flood or critical heights, of the various [?] of New South Wales by Mr. H. A. [?]…

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The Floods. River Heights. Official Forecasts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 11

Mr. D. J. Mares, State Meteorologist, writes:— "Recently published in the Press, was a revised list of the flood, or critical, heights of…

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Is Drought Breaking? Thunderstorms in England LONDON, July 14

The Sun · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 1

Many scattered thunderstorms are hailed as the breaking of the drought. They have been heavy on the west coast, but meteorologists sceptically…

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