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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

220 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 11

The Magnetic Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 3

Parts was isolated during the magnetic storm. Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Norman Lockyer, and Professor Boyd Dawkins attribute the phenomena to fiery storms in the sum…

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Severe Storms. Horses and Dogs Struck by Lightning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 4

AT West Maitland on Wednesday, during a thunderstorm, two dogs were struck by lightning, and while one was paralysed on one side, on which it…

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Floods in India

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1903 · page 5

Floods have occurred in Madras through, the Parlar River overflowing its banks in consequence of a brunch having formed in a tank in Mysore. Half of the municipality of…

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Floods in Russia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 3

Owing to great floods in St. Petersbury, wheeled traffic has been suspended. Boats and rafts are being used in the streets…

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Police Court. This Day (Friday). (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 2

IN the Police Court, this morning, H. L. White proceeded against William Marshall (a shearer) for breach of agreement. Defendant pleaded not…

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Floods in Russia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 3

Parts of St. Petersburg are in darkness, and some of the theatres have been closed owing to the failure of the gas and the electric light in consequence of the floods…

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Flood Prevention and Irrigation

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

Probably no country in the world has been so bountifully endowed by nature as the United States of America. An unsurpassed fertility of soil, a regularity of…

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Accidents "By Flood and Field."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 4

On Thursday evening a boy named Roy Scotton, who could swim a little accompanied by a younger brother, wont to bathe at a place in the Hunter River at…

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A Violent Storm. Newcastle, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1903 · page 5

An exceptionally severe hailstorm, preceded by darkness and thunder, passed over the city and suburbs this afternoon shortly before 2 o'clock. Huge hailstones fell in a dense shower, making…

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Floods in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1903 · page 5

There have been great floods in the Thames Valley and in Essex. Some wrecks have been reported on the British and French coasts, with loss of lives…

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Chapter Xxvi. the Heart of the Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 6

For several days after her last meeting with her sweetheart, Doris Lonsdale lived in quite a new world of her own. To all about her she was Hearcely…

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Flood in Central Asia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 3

Owing to a fluvial displacement, the Syr[?] Russian Turkestan, has submerged northern half of the Orenburg-Tashkent [?]way. Territory for 14 miles along the…

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Storms in the Country

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 December 1903 · page 3

A TERRIFIC thunderstorm and rainstorm, accompanied with hail, occurred at Tilba Tilba on Monday night, 140 points of ruin fell in 30 minutes…

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Cyclone in Kalgoorlie. Collapse of Buildings. Burglars Busy Themselves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 5

The cyclone on Wednesday afternoon, which caused a very awkward interruption in the telegraphic service, and which broke broke down the Kalgoorlie electric lighting…

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The Looms of Destiny. Copyright. Chapter Xxviii. Hen the Storm Had Passed

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 3

A couple of days after that last interview with her false lover, David Blandford chanced to learn that Doris Lonsdale was absent from work through illness…

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Copyright. the Looms of Destiny. Chapter Xxviii. When the Storm Had Passed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 6

A couple of days after that last interview with her false lover, David Blandford chanced to learn that Doris Lonsdale was absent from work through illness,…

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Storage Reservoirs and Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 6

Although the suggestion to use stora[?] dams as a preventive of excessive floods has been carried to somewhat extravagon lengths of late, there is no question the…

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Floods at Orange. Offices Inundated

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 1

FROM an early hour on Sunday night there have been a series of thunderstorms, accompanied by very heavy rain at Orange. On Monday morning…

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Storage Reservoir and Floods

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 9

Although the suggestion to use storage dams as a preventive of excessive floods has been curried to somewhat extravagant lengths of late, there is no question that…

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The Weather. Rain at Many Stations. Storms and Heavy Rains in Queens. land and South Australia

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 December 1903 · page 1

CHRISTMAS week was marked, on the whole, by a delightfully cool atmosphere that rendered the holidays very pleasant for those who remained in…

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