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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Floods in Wales. Swansea Valley Inaudated. London, Dec. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 5

The tinplate works at Pontardawe have been inundated, and 500 rendered idle. Several railway bridges have been swept away, and the train services suspended in…

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Floods in Swansea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 5

The Swanson Valley floods have subsided. The damage done is estimated at £80,000…

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Gales and Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 3

Terrific gales have occurred in France, Foreign telephones have been out off, and several aeroplanes at Etampes destroyed. Fifteen persons were drowned from a fishing…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, December 21st. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M., and Dr. Pentland and Mr R. Faulkner, Js.P.). Billiard "Licenses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 3

Renewals of billiard licenses were granted to Messrs Hugh Bourke, A, J. Hosic H J. Miner, A. M. Southon, and J. J. Tracey…

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Floods in Wales. Swansea Valley Inundated. London, Dec. 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 2

The tinplate works at Pontardawe have been inundated, and 500 men rendered idle. Several railway bridges have been swept away and the train services suspended in…

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The Recent Gales. Paris, Dec. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 5

Fifty-four fishermen, were drowned during the recent gales. Twenty wives the widowed and 75 children are father less…

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A Severe Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 5

A severe storm occurred at Hopefield on Christmas day. The Presbyterian Church was completely demolished, and the roof of the school carried away, and lodged on a…

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Storms at Sea. Recent Happenings. London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 5

The steamer Lincairn has arrived at the Clyde, having picked up seven of the crew of the British steamer Gullmot, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay, and from which sixteen…

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Barque Damaged-terrific Gales Crew Demanded a Return to Port

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 5

One of the worst experiences, without actual loss of life, which could happen to a sailing vessel, overtook the Norwegian barque Stromsbo, 1581 tons, which returned to…

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A Terrific Storm. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 2

A terrific "storm is reported from Hopefield, near Corowa. During the disturbance a newly-orected Presbyterian Church was completely demolished, while the…

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Canadian Snow Storms. Einnipe[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 5

The thermometer has register belong zero on the prairics [?] Mountains have…

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Barque Damaged.-Terrific Gales. Crew Return to Port

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 4

One of the worst experiences, without actual loss of life, which could happen to a sailing vessel, overtook tho Norwegian barque Stromsbo, 1581 tons, which returned to…

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Storms at Sea. Recent Happenings. London, Friday night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 2

If is feared that the steamer White Cross of Liverpool has been lost off Plymouth with eleven hands. Other wrecks are reported from the North Sea…

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The Corowa Storm. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 4

Later particulars of the storm near Corowa show that a four-roomed cottage at Burrangong station was carried across the crook, a distance of 50 yards, and…

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