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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

261 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 14

Police Court. Thursday, March 11th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M). Cross Summons for Assault

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 6

George Madden and Cecil Ernest Madden, father and son, charged each other with assault at the Freemasons' Anns Hotel. Singleton, on Saturday night…

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Police Court. Thursday March 18th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.) Charge of Stealing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

Alfred Kenny was charged with having at Singleton, on March 16th. stolen a buttonhole punch, valued at 1O/-, the property of James Charles Killalea…

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Police Court. Thursday, March 25. (Before Mr C. IL Gale. P.M.). Drunk and Disorderly

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 3

Frederick White was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Hunterstreet on Wednesday night, March 21th. Senior-sergeant Whitfield stated that…

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Rand Mine Flooded. A Wonderful Rescue. JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 31

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 31 March 1909 · page 4

IN the event of your not having received a more detailed account of the flooding of the Witwatersrand gold mine recently, I should be glad if you…

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Floods in New Zealand

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 April 1909 · page 2

Wild, wintry weather, with gales and heavy rain, is being experienced in Weilington, Canterbury, and other parts of New Zealand. A very heavy sea is [?]…

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Police Court. Thursday, April 8, 1909. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Obscene Language

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 4

Hilda Johnson, a colored woman, pleaded guilty to using obscene language in Gipps-street on March 23rd, and was fined 5/-, with 6/- costs of court; in…

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Severe Storm Near Geelong. Two Men killed and Ten Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 April 1909 · page 2

A terrible accident happened near Geelong (Vic.) on Tuesday afternoon. A huge frame building, two stories in height, which was in course of…

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Severe Storm near Geelong. Two Men Killed and Ten Seriously Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident happened Dear Geelong (Vic.) on Tuesday afternoon. A huge frame building, two stories in height, which was in the course of…

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Police Court. Thursday, April. 15. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 3

Frederick Willis Costello pleaded guilty to being drunk in the yard of the Percy Hotel on Saturday, April 10th, and was fined 5/- or 24 hours' imprisonment…

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The New Hebrides Cyclone Rivers Change Their Course

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1909 · page 2

The French mail steamer Pacitique, which arrived in Sydney from the New Hebrides, via Noumea, on Sunday evening, brought further details,…

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Police Court. Monday, April 19Th, 1909. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1909 · page 2

W. J. Gardner was fined £1 and 6s costs of costs of court, in default 7 days in the lockup, for furious driving in Bridge-street, on Wednesday last…

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Police Court. Thursday, April, 22. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 3

Michael Cahill pleaded guilty to being drunk in John-street the previous day. and was fined 5/- or imprisonment until the rising of the Cuort…

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Police Court. Thursday, April 29th (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Drunkenness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 6

Three inebriates were fined 1/- each, for "looking upou the wine when it was red." Six shillings costs of Court were added in. two cases…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, April 29th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale. P.M, and Dr. Pentland, J.P.). Transfer of License

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 6

A transfer of the license of the Agricultural Hotel from John W. Teddiman to Thomas Irwin Jansen, of Aberdeen, was granted…

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Great Airship in a Gale. Wild Adventures of "Zeppelin. I."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 3

Berlin, April 1. Zeppelin I., the German Government's great aerial cruiser, struggled against the wind in thrilling. fashion for 11 hours…

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Gale in New York. Ladies Fare Badly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 3

A sixty-mile gale struck New York this morning and for a few hours made walking dangerous throughout the city (cabled the "Daily Telegraph's" New…

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Great Airship in a Gale. Wild Adventures of "Zeppelin I." Berlin, April 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 6

Zeppelin I., the German Government's great aerial cruiser, struggled against the wind in thrilling fashion for 11 hours to-day in an attempt to land at Munich after…

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Police Court. Thursday, May 6th. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.). Railway Cases

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 3

Tatha Deen and Ramatalla, Mahommedans, pleaded guilty to travelling on ton railway between Greta, and Singleton without paying default fares, and were…

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Train Rescues by Lifeboat. Flood Adventure

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 4

Passengers in a train on the South of France line between Almargues and Algues-Mortes, in the Gard Department, had a thrilling experience on Saturday night…

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Ballooning in a Thunderstorm. Perilous Trip Across the Channel. Lighthouse Danger

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 5

Lieutenant von Korwin, chief aeronau[?] of the Austrian army, who started from Earl's Court on Saturday afternoon (says the "Express" of June 4) on a ball[?]…

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