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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Violent Storm at Cryon. Great- Damage Done. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 November 1911 · page 2

A violent storm struck the town of Cryon, near Walgett, last night, with the violence of a tornado, doing considerable damage…

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Violent Storm at Cryon

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 3

A violent storm struck the town or Cryon. near Walgett, on Tuesday last, with the violence of a tornado, doing considerable damage…

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A Vicious Gale. Aeroplanes Wrecked. London, Nov. 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 3

A gale swept over Britain on Sunday, the wind reaching the velocity of eighty miles and hour. Tremendous seas ran on the coast, with…

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Police Court. Tuesday, November 7, 1911. (Before Mr. C. H Gale, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 1

Sarah Myers v, Mrs, Boiarry, Angelina Boiarry, and Louisa Boiarry Defendants were charged with having assaulted complainant on the 23rd September last. Mrs Boiarry…

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Storms in America. Nine Persons Killed Springfield (Iii.), Nov. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 5

A disastrous cyclone has swept Rock county, doing great damage Nine persons were killed, and many hurt All the members of one family named…

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Storms in America. Death-Dealing Tornado. New York

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 1

Terrific weather has been experienced on the Great Lakes in America, and steamers are reaching port sheathed in ice. The temperature is 14deg. below…

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Aeronautics. Balloon in a Gale. St. Petersburg Nov. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 5

Two French areouants, M.M. Blename and rumpelmaber, attempted to travel by baloon for Compoigne, in France. to St. Petersburg but a gale drove them over the…

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General Cables. London, Thursday afternoon. Drowned in a Gale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

Commander Brine was washed off the decks of the St. Vincent in a gale in the channel and drowned…

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Storms in America. Nine Persons Killed. Springfield (Iii.), Nov. 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

A disastrous cyclone has swept Rock County doing great damage. Nine persons were killed and many hurt. All the members of one family named…

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Lost in a Gale. British Commander Drowned London, Nov. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 5

Two of the battleship st. vincont's life boats made gallant efforts to rescne commander Brine. Although there was a tremendous sea running at the time, the whole of the crew…

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Police Court. Thursday, November 16th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 7

Several defendants, who pleaded guilty to drunkenness, were fined in amounts tanging from 1/- to 10/-, and ordered to pay costs of Court…

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American Flood Disaster. Lake Bursts Through Dam. Hundreds of Lives Lost

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 13

A disaster which destroyed the two towns of Austin and Costello, Pennsylvania, and almost equalled the Johannesburg flood of 1889, occurred recently and was responsible…

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Clclonic Storm.. Coach Blown Off the Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 November 1911 · page 5

A severe thunderstorm is reported to have occurred at Kynuna. Queensland, The wind was of a cyclouic nature. Two buildings were stripped of nearly all their…

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Yesterday's Storm

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 2

Yesterday stormy conditions prevailed along the northern line, pretty well up to Tamworth. As a consequence, yesterday afternoon, the lines were…

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Floods in France. Railway Calamities. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 5

Floods weakened the buttresses of a railway bridge over the Thouart River, and a train crashed into the river, all but three of the carriages being engulphed in a…

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Gyclonic Storm. Coach Blown Off the Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 7

A severe thunderstorm is reported to have occurred at Kynuna, Queensland. The wind was of a cyclonic, nature. Two buildings were stripped of a nearly all their…

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Lost in a Gale. British Commander Drowned. London, Nov. 17

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 3

Commander Brine was washed off the decks of the St. Vincent in a gale in the channel and drowned. Two of the battleship St Vincent's…

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Police Court. Thursday, November 23rd. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 8

Sun Wah Sing was proceeded against under the Early Closing Act for trading after hours on the 11th inst. The defendant, who had, it appeared, sold a…

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Police Court. Wednesday, November, 22, 1911. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

Harold Clements was charged that on the 18th Nov. he did steal a purse containing 14/6 the property of Reginald Robert Hobbs, employed by Mr…

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Massacre at Tripoli. Floodgates of Arab Blood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 3

A special telegram from Fremantle, dated London, November 3, says:-"The grim story of vengeance on the Arabs who made the rear attack on the defenders of Tripoli…

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