Gales in NSW
Saturday 22 October 1921, Northern Territory Times and Gazette
Terrific storms passed over Armidale, N.S.W. A violent hurricane was experienced at Aberfoyle, with much damage to buildings. Phone poles were torn from the ground.
Local news from newspaper archives
Saturday 22 October 1921, Northern Territory Times and Gazette
Terrific storms passed over Armidale, N.S.W. A violent hurricane was experienced at Aberfoyle, with much damage to buildings. Phone poles were torn from the ground.
Written by macalba
May 24, 2010 at 6:07 am
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This blog presents local news taken from newspaper archives, recording the minutiae of everyday life in a bygone age.
Newspapers were the main, if not the only, source of news and information for much of that time. For this reason we can get a deeper glimpse into everyday life a century ago, than we might gleen from today's newspapers.
[... and in the process of doing this, I'll learn more about the history of the area in which I live. I'll concentrate on northern New England, at least initially, rather than the entire New England area, as that's the part I'm more familiar with.]
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