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Floods & storms, 1921

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Grenfell's Harvest. Depreciated by Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 9

GRENFELL.--Now that much of the wheat has been garnered, It is possible to give an idea as to the yield in the Grenfell district, in which upwards of 45,000 acres were sown for…

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Severe Storms. Damage by Hail at Bathurst. Flood at Cooma. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 9

Phenomenal hall, accompan[?]d by an inch and a half of rain within half an hour, fell in Bathurst this afternoon. Lumps of ice as big as hen eggs fell on the…

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Destructive Storm Damage to Fruit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

BATHURST, Sunday.--The heaviest and most destructive hailstorm for about 30 years was experienced in Bathurst between 3 and 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The storm, which…

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Bathurst Storm Survey of Damage Heavy Fruit Losses Bathurst

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 8

A survey of the damage caused by Saturday's phenomenal hailstorm shows that many thousands of pounds of fruit and vegetables were destroyed…

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Storm-shattered Plots at Lockhart. Up to 60 Per Cent Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 7

Lockhart is one of the comparatively few places where really serious losses occurred as the result of the bad harvest weather in December; in some cases this loss was…

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A Warm Week-end. Scattered Thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

Further light to moderate, but rather scattered, rain, with some thunderstorms, was recorded during the week-ond over the central and southern tablelands and slopes and…

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Severe Storms. Damage by Hail at Bathurst Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 8

The damage resulting from Saturday's hail storm was most extensive. All the cultivated areas on the Sydney side of the town and Mr. C. Crago's erchard at Kelso, suffered badly…

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Harvesting Storm-tangled Wheat Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 8

PICKING UP A 14 BAG CROP ON MR. O. PERKETT'S FARM AT KELVIN. MR. B. SHAW'S FLATTENED CROP AT KELVIN-- GOING 12 BAGS TO THE ACRE. By the use of the modern reaper-thresher and false comb attachment wheat crops that appeared to be hopelessly beaten down and tangled by the December storms have been successfully harvested…

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A Destructive Storm. Heavy Losses in Bathurst District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last the most severe storm that has been experienced for about thirty years occurred at Bathurst (N.S.W.). Hailstones as large…

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Wheat Damaged by Storm Forbes Farmers Suffer FORBES

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 7

Sixty-five points of rain fell in half-an-hour last evening in a storm which was accompanied by hall. A number of ungarnered wheat crops had the…

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Sudan Crass for Flood and Drought

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 8

Enthusiastic testimony to the value of Sudan grass as fodder plant was made at the monthly meeting of the Hunter River Agricultural and…

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The Political Flood

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 6

Lord Reading, a groat Britisher, who is forsaking law for polities—he becomes Viceroy of India—remarked in London last week:—"I leave the [?]dicial bench without forsaking or abandoning the pursuit of justice, but rather pursuing it in larger fields—on a load not so certain or Well laid…

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Storm at Bourke Bourke

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

One of the most terrific thunderstroms that has occurred in Bourke for many years struck the town yesterday. The storm came up from the south at 2.30 in…

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Uralla Storm Torrential Downpour ARMIDALE

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 3

A phenomenal storm occurred in the Uralla part of the Armidaie district. There was a deluge of rain, and water swept down the creek to Maitland…

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Extremes at Bourke Storm Follows Heat BOURKE

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 8

A terrific thunderstorm--one of the worst for many years--struck Bourke yesterday. The storm came up from the south at 2.30 p.m.. and for the first five…

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Sudan Grass in Drought and Flood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 6

Interesting statements with reference to the value of Sudan grass as a fodder plant were made at the monthly meeting of the Hunter River Agricultural…

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Coastal Thunderstorms Warmer in the West

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 6

Yesterday the [?] and stormy conditions [?] chiefly in the N.E. quarter of the State, and some light to heavy falls were exper[?] there. Thunderstorms of…

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The Heat Wave "Severest for Some Time" Flood at Kelso

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 3

"A heat wave," says Mr. Tim[?]ke. assistant State meteorologist, in his weekly review of the weather, "the most severe for some time, was experienced over New South…

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Cyclonic Storm, Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 9

The Weather Bureau reported to-night that a cyclonic disturbance, previously reported off the sub-tropical coast on Saturday, appears from to-night's observations to have receded…

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Tropical Gale. Centre at Cape Capricorn

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Weather Bureau reports the existence of a tropical disturbance. The centre at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning was north-east from Cape Capricorn. The…

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