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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

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Thunderstorm in the City. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

BEAUTIFUL weather prevailed in the city to-day till about 5 p.m., when a thunderstorm occurred with heavy rain for about an hour…

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Serious Floods in America. London, Sunday

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 3

THE damage by floods in northwestern and northern Ohio exceeds 2,000,000 dollars. Twenty towns are deprived of their gas supply. Every…

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Severe Storm at Windsor. Several Men Struck By Lightning

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

DURING a heavy thunderstorm at Windsor on Monday afternoon a party of men engaged cleaning the Bardnarang Creek, at Pitt Town, took…

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Police Court. Wednesday, April 6. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 2

Andrew Steware was charged with unlawfully assaulting Constable Haigh, on the night of Wednesday, March 30; also with being drunk and disorderly on the same…

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Small Debts Court. Wednesday, April 6. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 2

I. J. Minch v. Charley Froy, claim £7 28 6d, for board and lodging. Mr. M'Intyre appeared for the defendent. After hearing the evidence of plaintiff…

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Flood in the Hunter. Many Farms Covered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 7

The heavy and continuous rains of last week brought about another flood in the Hunter, the river rising to a height of 27 feet, overflowing its banks and inundating…

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Stewarts Brook Police Court. Tuesday, 29Th March. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Mr. E. G. Eagar, J.P.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

JESSIE CARTER was charged with shooting at Walter Lynch with intent to commit grievous bodily harm…

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Police Court. Thursday, 7th April, 1904. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and R. C. McAdam, and E. R. Hall, J's.P.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 3

The Court was crowded, much interest being taken in the proceedings, the first 3 cases evoking much public interest, as the turn of events…

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Police Court. Thursday, 7th April, 1904. (Before Messrs. C. H Gale, P.M., R C. M'Adam and E. R. Hall, J's P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 4

The Court was crowded, much in terest being taken in the proceedings the first three cases evoking much public interest, as the turn of events…

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The Cradle of the Storm

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 4

THE pleasures of an ascent of the higher Alps are sometimes enhanced, sometimes marred, by an immersion in a dense cloud, which, gendered in a…

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Police Court. Friday, April 15Th, 1904. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

IN a case, Jas. Maloney v. H. Knight, Mr J. A. K. Shaw appeared for plaintiff. The charge was one of trespassing on Turanville, but on…

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Any Port in a Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 4

Miss Flora Ford was on her way from Boston to her home in Philadelphia. Some people whom she knew had come with her on far as New York and had…

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Heavy Rain. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 3

RAIN has continued in the city for several days past, and it was very heavy to-day…

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Heavy Rain and Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 3

The rainstorm now affecting the eastern portion of the State has caused heavy precipitation on the coast south of Newcastle, and also at Dungog. Floods have occurred…

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Floods at Windsor and Camden. Rivers Still Rising. Crops Destroyed. Windsor, Friday morning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 3

The worst fears are being realised, and there is every indication of a big flood. One hundred and forty-three points of rain fell during the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock this…

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Big Floods on the Hawkesbury. Serious Situation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

A wire from Windsor this morning reports that there is every indication of a big flood. The river is rising a foot an hour, and communication with many…

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The Hawkesbory in Flood. Business Suspended. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 5

LATEST accounts from Windsor show that a great flood is feared. Live stock are being removed to the highlands, and every preparation is being…

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A Flood at Richmond. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 4

BAD weather continues. The Hawkesbury River has risen 13 feet within the last 12 hours and the bridge is submerged with water which is six…

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The War. Explosions at Port Arthur. a Transport Sunk. A Gale Delays Disembarkation. Cossacks Repulsed. Projected Russo-German Alliance. German Intrigue. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

EXPLOSIONS heard at Port Arthur were due, probably, to attempts to clear the fairway of the harbour. A mine transport, while laying…

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Police Court. THURSDAY, 19th MAY, '04. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.) Alleged Larceny

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 2

RICHARD ALLEN and Chas. Mitchell were charged with the larceny as bailees of a horse find sulky, and valued at £25, the property of Thos. Bellamy,…

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