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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 17

A Heavy Rainfall. Hunter in Flood

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 7

The rain which set in so steadily on Saturday morning continued almost without cessation during the day and night. In the early hours of Sunday morning the showers were…

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Valedictory. MR. C. H. GALE, P.M., ENTERTAINED

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 2

On the occasion, a few weeks back, of the promotion of Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., from Scone to Maitland, after a residence here of between…

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Race for Life. Floods From Burst Dam. Aramatu (West Virginia)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 5

A number of clerks working in quarries two miles distant were warned by telephone that a great flood was coming down, a town water supply having burst. A clerk…

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Flooded Mines. Distressing Scenes. Uniontown (Ponnsyl.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 5

Sixty persons are dead through floods in small towns. A reservoir burst, and flooded a mine, drowning 14 men, who were drowned like rats in a trap. when the flood…

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Heavy Rain. Floods and Heavy Seas. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 5

Reports received this morning show that a number of districts have had heavy falls of rain, especially on the coast and highlands. Rain is also…

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Another Gale. Coastal Mishaps

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

The New South Wales coast was a tacked by another gale on Thursday The wind blew in fierce squalls, [?] at times a velocity of 50 miles an [?]…

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Fury of the Recent Storm. Sea Walls Swept Away

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 12

Mr. W. A. Lee. district works officer, visited Harrington on Thursday, to inspect the damage caused by the recent storm, which is considered to have been more severe than…

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The Weather. Many Farms Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 4

Unsettled weather, with occasional [?] showers continued to-day, though there [?] a marked improvement compared with [?] decidedly moist conditions of yesterday…

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Hawkesbury in Flood. Large Area Inundated. Houses Invaded

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

As the result of the heavy rains the Hawkesbury River is in flood. Luckily for the agriculturalists, this is the season of the year when the cultivable…

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Flood and Fire. Disasters in America and Canada

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 4

Union Town (Pennsylvania), Saturday.—Sixty persons have lost their lives through floods in the small towns stricken by the cloud burst and through…

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Floods in Maitland District. Farms Under Water. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

the continued rainfall has caused floods in the Maitland district. All the low-lying farms are submerged, and many of the roads are under…

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Flooded Mines. Attempts to Recover Bodies. Union Town (P.a.), July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 5

After [?] hours conti[?]nous labour a gang of workmen cut into the Lamont mines, but did not find any three of John Scan[?]on and John Bolchek, the miners who were…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticism

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 6

No utterance by the Emperor William for many years past has raised such a storm of universal criticism as the remarks which he is reported to have…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticism

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 4

No utterance by the Emperor William for many years past has raised such a storm of universal criticism as the remarks which he is reported to have…

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Floods in Western Nevada. Bene Vada

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 5

Traffic and telephonic communication have been interrupted in Western Nevada through floods, attributed to cloud bursts. Several washouts have occurred on railways, but no…

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Race for Life. Floods From Burst Dam. Aramatu (West Virginia). Th[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2

A number of miners working [?]ries two miles distant were warned [?] phone that a great flood was coming a town water supply having burst…

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The Weather. Many Farms Flooded

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 5

Unsettled weather, with smart showers continued on Tuesday, though there was a marked improvement compared with the decidedly moist conditions of Monday. The…

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Fatal Flood. Baker (Oregon), Aug. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

A cloudburst caused a freshet in Bragg Creek, as a result of which Mrs. John Powell and her three children were drowned. The rain fell continuously for 36 hours,…

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Unseasonable Weather. Cold and Floods in Britain London, Aug. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 5

The present is the coldest August that has been experienced for half a century. The Grampian Mountains, in Scotland, are covered with snow and a party of haymakers…

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Floods in America

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 2

Reno (Nevada), Saturday.-Tra[?] and telegraphic communication is [?] rupted by floods in Western [?] The visitation is attributed to [?]…

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