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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

155 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 8

Sensational Coaching. Coach Capsizes in a Flooded Creek

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 4

THE mail coach which left [?] at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon, duo at Broken Hill on Tuesday evening, only arrived on Wednesday evening,…

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Police Court. Tuesday, January 5th, 1904. (Before C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 8

David George Burton on remand was brought up and charged with having obtained money and goods to the value of £12 10s…

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The Weather. Fine Locally. Rain and Storms in the Country

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 3

THE weather has contiaued line since our last issue, though electrical disturbances have been visible, occasionally, at a distance. Storms have…

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The Bloemfontein Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 5

It is feared that 60 persons have been drowned in the calamitous flood at Bloemfontein…

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Great Storm in Coulburn. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 3

The greatest storm ever experienced occurred in Groulburn this morning. Considerable damage was done to property, and owing to the storm…

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A Heavy Storm. Considerable Damage Done

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

The weather yesterday and to-day was very muggy in Maitland. This morning storm-clouds gathered in the west and south-west, and about two o'clock a thunderstorm broke over the town. Rain…

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Police Court. WEDNESDAY, 20th JANUARY. (Before Mr. C. H, Gale, P.M.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

IN the police Court, on Wednesday, Henry B. Goodworth (on remand) was charged with abducting of Emily Elizabeth Hayward, a girl under the…

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Severe Snow Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

Eleven trains, carrying 300 passengers, have been snowbound between Rome and Watertown in the State of New York. Some of the Passengers escaped on snow-shoes. Many were…

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Sharp Storms. Interrupted Communication

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

OWING to the storms on the line yesterday afternoon, telegraphic information was interrupted in many parts of the line, and particularly in…

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Yesterday's Storm. Further Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 5

Inquires prosecuted this morning elicited the information that considerable damage was occasioned yesterday afternoon by the violent rain and wind storm which passed over the district in…

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Flood in the United States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 3

The Alleghany River, Pennsylvania, has risen 28 feet above its usual level, and is gaining in volume hourly. The flood has destroyed several bridges. Buildings have been…

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Friday's Storm. Disaster and Ruin

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

Friday morning in Dungog was hot. Not that fierce burning heat of the blazing sun, that is usually present, but an all pervading mugginess, a heat…

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Floods at Pennsylvania. Bridges Destroyed and Buildings Flooded. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

THE Alleghanny River, in Pennsylvania (U.S.A ), has risen 28 feet, and is gaining in volume hourly. Several bridges have been destroyed,…

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The Storm at Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 2

The storm which raged in Maitland on Friday, was of exceptional violence, for the peals of thunder were extremely loud, the lightning of great…

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The Storm at Maitland. Destruction of Property

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—The storm which raged in Maitland, yesterday, was of exceptional violence, for the peals of thunder were extremely…

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Floods at Pennsylvania. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 2

The Alleghanny River, in Pennsylvania (U.S.A), has risen 28 feet, and is gaining in volume hourly. Several bridges have been destroyed,…

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The Flood in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

The rivers in Pittsburg district are subsiding…

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Destructive Storm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 13

Inquiries prosecuted on Saturday elicited tho information that considerable damage was occasioned , by the violent rain and wind storm which passed over the district the previous afternoon…

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Denman Police Court, Tuesday, January 26. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Edward White, J.P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 4

J. Dane pleaded, guilty to being drunk and disorderly in the bar-room of the Federal Hotel at Gungal on December 26 last. He was fied 1s…

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The Bloemfontein Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 3

The fund initiated in Bloemfontein to [?] distress caused by the flooding of the [?] due to the bursting of a service [?] has been closed at £25,000…

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