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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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Floods in Spain

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 4

London, Sunday.-The Guadalquiver River has risen 28ft. above its normal level. The flood is within six inches of the top of the embankment for the…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 3

There was an exceptionally violent hailstorm at Congewal on Sunday, which broke over the district at about 1 p.m. The stork appears to have been heaviest…

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Floods in Europe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 5

Heavy rains have fallen in all parts of Switzerland. The lakes have overflowed, damaging the quays and railways…

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Police Court. Thursday, December 22, 1910. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.). Minor Offences

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 8

A defendant who pleaded guilty to a charge at being found drunk in the bar of an hotel was lined 1- and costs, this being his first offence…

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Floods in England. English Countryside Under Water. London, [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 2

[?] Dec, 1[?] Violent gales continue throughout England Wales, and Ireland. The Dover to Calais and the Ostend mail services are suspended…

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A Destructive Storm. Birds Killed by Hail

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 4

A hailstorm that passed over the Hall, and Jeir districts, near Yass, did a great deal of damage. The track of the storm was only a few hundred feet wide, but in…

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The Result of Floods. (By Cable). Paris

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 2

The recent floods in France have caused a considerable amount of loss in stock throughout the country, and now a disease, due to the flooded and swampy…

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