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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Floods in South Africa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 5

The Vaal River is in flood, and Standerton is inundated. Two hotels and other buildings have been swept away. The damage is estimated at £30.000…

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Floods in Queensland

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

Floods continue In Queensland. Heavy losses In sheep and cattle are reported through the Darling Downs country, which is a veritable ocean. Many bridges and…

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Snow Storms in Spain. Great Destruction. Trains Hold Up. Madrid

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

Terrific snow storms have occurred in various parts of the Spanish Peninsula. A train full of pasesngers has been snowed up near Segovia. The…

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Missing Steamer Arrives. Delayed by a Cyclone. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

The steamship Hymettus, of the Archibald Currie line, which sailed from Calcutta to Sydney some time ago, and concerning which some anxiety was felt…

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Damage by Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 5

Further details of the [?] wrought by the floods in the Windsor district show that the damage exceeds £15,000…

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Storm in Melbourne. Streets Under Water

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 5

A heavy storm was experienced in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon, and in a few minutes the low-lying streets were under water. Seventy-seven points of rain fell…

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Tuesday Night's Storm

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

Lsst night's storm, which deluged the 30,000 people at the Smith-Clabby fight, at the Sydney stadium, registered 88 points in 15 minutes. This is regarded…

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Remarkable Storm in Sydney. Blue Lightning

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

A rainstorm which passed over Sydney on Tuesday night, was preceded by a brilliant disphay of lightning. Unlike most summer lightning, the majority of…

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Big Storm in Melbourne Streets Under Water

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

A heavy storm was experienced in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon, and in a few minutes the low-lying streets were under water. Seventy-seven points of…

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Heavy Rains and Floods. Vancouver. Jan. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 3

Heavy rains are causing disastrous floods in the State of Oregon…

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Toll of the Floods. Windsor Crops Ruined

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 1

Now that the flood waters have receded a rough estimate of the damage done in Windsor district can be arrived at. It has been the most disastrous visitation the…

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Floods in Hunter Predicted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

Mr F. H. Kelly makes the following forecast:—"More rain coming. Expect further heavy raias over, the northern districts. Hunter River residents…

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Floods at Murwillumbah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 5

Heavy rain fell at Murwillumbah, over eight inches being registered in 12 hours, and it is still raining heavily. The creeks are up and the river is rising, a big flood being expected…

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Floods in the United States. Portland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 5

The city of Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., with a population of upwards of 90,000, has been isolated by big floods…

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Police Court. Thursday, January 19, 1911. (Before Mr C. H. Gale,. P.m.). Straying Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 6

Several defendants pleaded guilty to allowing cattle to stray on the-streets, and were lined 5/-, 10/6 professional costs, and 3/6, costs of Court in each case…

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Licensing Court. Thursday. January 19, 1911. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.). a License Transferred

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 6

W. J. Campbell applied for the transfer of the license of the Caledonian Hotel from Mrs C. Strain to himself. Mr Cohen, of Newcastle, appeared for…

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Severe Floods

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 12

Not for many years has so much of England been under water as this week. Continues rains have caused disastrous floods in The Thames and Severn valleys, the Fens…

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Floods on North Coast

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 4

There have been some heavy rains in the North Coast district. Over eight inches were registered at Murwillumbah in 12 hours. It is still raining heavily,…

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Flooded Out. Police Help with Boats

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 6

The storm which, between 9 and 10, on Tuesday night inundated Sydney and suburbs, was severely felt in the lowlying parts of Tempe. At this point it…

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Storm in the Caspian. Damage at Batoum. St. Petersrure, Jan. 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 5

Rough weather has been experienced on the Caspian Sea. Lashed by the [?] the sea undermined an embankment at Batoum and flooded a High School. The prison…

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