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Floods & storms, 1921

1,026 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 52

Flooded Town Has No Water Rocks Smash the Mains MURWILUMBAH

Evening News · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 8

Great rocks [?] down upon the[?] which convey water from Mount Warning to the Murwillumbah reservoir have caused serious smasher. The server…

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Over Flood Level at Louth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 10

The Weather Bureau reported yesterday that the flood waters on the Darling were still rising at Bourke and Louth, the level at the latter place being…

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Floods and Debris

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 6

The recent floods have drawn attention to the danger to bridges from allowing logs and debris to accumulate in river beds. In reporting on flood damage to the last meeting…

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The Floods. Vast Stretches of Water. Encircling Bourke. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 10

It is still doubttul whether the township of Bourke will be flooded out. The waters are rising slowly, and the speed of the river has increased slightly. The western billabong…

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Flooded Lismore

The Sun · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 1

1. Rescued party in Keen-street. 2. Looking east, with the Methodist Church in the foreground. 3. The Metropole Hotel…

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Lismore Floods No Government Aid Sought

The Sun · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 8

Mr. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has received word from the Mayor of Lismore to the effect that the Flood Relief Committee had decided not to ask for…

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Floods in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 8

ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL STREETS AT LISMORE, SHOWING THE POST OFFICE IN THE FOREGROUND…

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The North Coast Deluge. 25 Inches in Two Days. Experience in the Ranges. Dorrigo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 11

Communication with the outer world having been cut off, it has been impossible to communicate earlier concerning the violent storm which swept over the district last week-end…

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Disastrous Effects of the Clarence River Floods

Evening News · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 1

Tic town of Manless partly submerged. View from top at Woodford Quarry Residents rescued and landed at Government office at Woodford Quarry…

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Adding Millions to Australia's Wealth. The Rhythm of Drought and Flood. (For "The World's News.")

The World's News · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 12

IT seems only the other day that appeals for the relief of drought-stricken Australian settlers were pouring in to the heads of our respective State Governments. Such relief as…

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The Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 10
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Australia continues to justify her reputation as a land of violent contrasts. Not long ago the country was in the grip of one of the most severe droughts we have…

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Butter Supplies Floods Affect Output Victoria Nearly Self-supporting

The Sun · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 3

"The disastrous floods on the North Coast are responsible for a very heavy falling off in the supplies of butter reaching Sydney," say Prescott, Ltd.,…

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Floods and Engineers

The Sun · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 4

The city workers, as they come in to their dally work, have been glancing hurriedly over the stories of floods in the country. Beyond a vague feeling that it must be uncomfortable to live in a town subject to periodic invasion by flood waters, they are not impressed…

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Floods in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 10

GENERAL VIEW, SHOWING THE BRIDGE OVER THE TWEED AT MURWILLUMBAH…

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Black Friday Gales Affect Trawling £1500 Revenue Lost

The Sun · Sunday 31 July 1921 · page 4

The cyclonic gales on the coast, states Mr. Summergreene, manager of the State trawling industry, yesterday, were responsible for an unprecedented…

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Pageant of Spring Silhouettes that are Capricious Veritable Deluge of Organdie

The Sun · Sunday 31 July 1921 · page 17

Much controversy has raged round the question of spring and summer fashions, but the models for the new displays are here, and in some houses…

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Shortage of Fish Gales on the Coast Interfere with Work

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 July 1921 · page 2

Mr. Summergreene, manager of the State trawling industry, stated yesterday that the recent cyclonic gales on the coast were responsible for an…

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Sin the Great Northern Deluge Thrilling Tales from the State's Flooded Zone Desolation, Loss and Destruction at Lismore Valleys and Plains Swept by Swollen Rivers

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 July 1921 · page 10

LISMORE, Saturday.-Llsmore has been battered by tempest and deluged by rain, and local people wil not readily forget the stupefying events they have…

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Gales in England Twelve Men Injured Seaside Resorts Suffer LONDON, July 29

The Sun · Sunday 31 July 1921 · page 1

A break has occurred in the drought, accompanied by fierce gales in the English Channel. At Folkestone a mountainous wave…

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