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Floods & storms, 1921

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Violent Storm. Transcontinental Line Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 9

MELBOURNE. Friday.--Passengers by the express on the transcontinental railway caught by the recent unprecedented storm are still held up at Tarcoola. Five repair trains are…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 9

Beneficial rains have fallen over the greater portion of Southern and Central Queensland during the past 48 hours. Reports from Charleville show that the Bulloo, Warrego,…

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Rains May Cause Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 9

COONAMBLE, Saturday.--Rain commenced to fall heavily shortly after midnight, and has continued steadily ever since, 175 points being registered. There has been a general fall throughout the district, the average being about…

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Queensland Floods. Railways Inundated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Commissioner for Railways has been advised that, owing to heavy rains in the Blackall district, the working of the Blackall and Jericho extension has been…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast. 138 Points at Lismore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 10

Further rain was recorded yesterday over coastal areas, on the Blue Mountains, and on the northern tablelands. The falls were mostly light, but some…

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Sydney Steamers in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The steamers Cooma and Bunlnyong, which both arrived from Sydney yesterday, experienced stormy conditions all the way from the south…

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Storm at Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 15

Owing to the boisterous conditions of the weither at Byron Bay, the coastal steamers Tintenbar, Boambee, and Orara have been obliged to take shelter there. The latter vessel yesterday broke away from…

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Cricket Terrors "Hot Gales and Mosquitoes" Conditions in Australia

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1921 · page 10

By way of a New Year's resolution "Pearson's Weekly" decided to give its readers some popular geography. Its first effort is the following impressive…

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A Long Trail. Over Broken Railway on a Trolley. Motoring Through Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 7

Brigadier-General E. A. Wisdom, Administrator of New Guinea, who was one of the passengers "marooned" at Tarcoola on the Great Western Railway during the recent…

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Gale on North Coast. Showery Conditions Continue

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 9

Further showers have been recorded along the coast and on the northern tablelands. Apart from 194 points at Murwillumbah, the fails were only light, and along the central…

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A Dust Storm

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 13

A long spell of dry weather. Day after day the thermometer has been standing at over 100 degrees. Over the Darling River, winding its tortuous way through…

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Anti-clerical Storm Signals. When Imperialism Is Adopted

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 12

It needs no minute observation to discover that Imperialism adopted by Catholics, often develops into anti-clencalism, fanatical in proportion to…

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Mr. Dooley's Attitude Calm Before Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 8

The Acting-Premier, Mr. Dooley, was asked yesterday if he would moke a statement regarding the prospects of the coming conference…

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Severe Storm. Off Northern Territory. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 8

News of a severe storm in the Sir Edward Pellew group ot islands off the Northern Territory has been received in a message from the Administrator (Mr. Urquhart) to…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday, March 24. (Before Mr. Gale, S.m.) Under the Influence

The Propeller · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 2

Constable Gillies charged John Phillip Sparkes for being under the influence of liquor at Tom Ugly's Point on March 18. Defendant was fined…

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Heavy Rain at Darwin. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 7

Five and a half inches of rain fell to-day in four hours. There was no wind or thunder, and it is the heaviest rain of the kind recorded here. There have been 63 inches of…

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Beer Bottle Storm German Communist Rising—Police in Control Momentary Flare-up

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The United Press Agency's correspondent at Halle reports that the German Communists and police have renewed fighting at Eisleblen…

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Pleasant Day Cool in the City Tweed Heads' Heavy Rain

The Sun · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 5

A good day for pleasure-hunters seemed assured in Sydney this morning, for as It wore on the canopy of clouds was dispersed somewhat. It…

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Tropical Dips. Heavy Rain at Tweed Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 3

The interaction of the coolness with the southerly winds on the eastern side of a high-pressure and the tropical influences alone the coast have been responsible for…

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