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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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Floods in England. Thousands Homeless

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 3

London, Wednesday.—Telegrams despatched from Norwich arrived last night. They supplied the information that rain had fallen incessantly for…

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Presentation to Mr, C. H. Gale, P.M.

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 4

ON Thursday evening (says the Singleton Argus) Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., who was recently promoted from this district to Maitland, was…

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Norwich Flood

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 2

London, Saturday.—The waters at Norwich are now receding rapidly, and the flood gauge is again visible. This was the first time it had been hidden…

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Presentation to Mr. C. H. Gale. P.M.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 1

On Thursday evening Mr. G. H. Gale, P.M., who was recently promoted from this dist[?]uc to Maitland was entertained at the Royal Hotel,…

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Floods in Pennsylvania. Pittsburg (U.s.a.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 5

Cloudbursts bursts throughout Pennsylvania have caused the Ohio to overflow its banks, and 30 poisons are reported missing. Houses have been flooded, and in some…

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General Cable News. London, Sept. 3. the Floods in Norwich

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 5

A number of buildings which had been rendered unsafe in Norwich, owing to the recent floods have been pulled down and 100 others have been condemned as unfit for human…

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General Cable News. Norwich Flood Relief Fund. London, Sept. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 September 1912 · page 5

The Nowich flood relief fund now totals £13,000. The president of the Chamber of Commerce estimates that the loss to tradesmen through the flood amounts to…

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Floods in Pennsylvania. Pittsburg (U.s.a.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

Cloudbursts throughout Pennsylvania have caused tho Ohio to overflow its banks, and 30 persons are reported missing. Houses have been flooded, and in some…

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Floods in England Disasters at Norwich, London, August 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

There has been another 12 hours' rain in [?]folk. The relief fund in connectiion with the [?] at Norwich now amounts to £3000…

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A New Comet. Mr. Gale's' Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 7

The discovery of an unexpected comet of the 6th magnitude, just, visible to the trained naked eye, was made by Mr. Walter F. Gale, of Waratah, on the evening of Sunday…

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Tremendous Floods in China. Appalling Loss of Life. Shanghai, Sept. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 5

Letters from Wenchow state that the floods which occurred there on the 29th ult., caused such a rise in the river as to suggest a tidal wave…

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Floods in China. Loss of 30,000 Lives

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 September 1912 · page 2

Shanghai, Tuesday.—Letters from Wenechow (Cho Kiang Province) state that floods on August 29 reached the proportions of a tidal wave at Chuchow,…

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A New Comet. Mr. Gale's Discovery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 10

The discovery of an unexpected comet of the 6th magnitude, just visible to the trained naked eye, was made by Mr. Walter F. Gale, of Waratah, on the evening of Sunday…

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Tremendous Floods in China. Appalling Loss of Life. Shanghai, Sept. 10

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 3

Letters from Wenchow state that the floods which occurred there on the 29th ult., caused such a rise in the river as to suggest a tidal wave…

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The Westerly Gale Damage on Land am So

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 September 1912 · page 2

Dry weather gales of considerable force have swept the whole extent of the southern end of the continent [?] Saturday, and already reports are [?]…

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The Victorian Floods. Several Lives Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 5

A Melbourne message sates that from all over the Sate report have been received of cases of discomfort and hardship, caused by the floods…

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Victorian Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 5

News from Melbourne is to the effect that the floods are subsiding, and that all danger is now over. Two more deaths from drowning are reported…

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Floods in Victoria. Unprecedented Destruction. Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 3

Reports of disastrous Hoods, attended in two eases by loss of life, and, generally, by widespread destruction of stock and other property come from Victoria…

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Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

A severe thunderstorm passed ever Dungog on Wednesday afternoon last accompanied by vivid lightning and a very welcome downpour of rain. In some localities the…

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The Victorian Floods. Several Lives Lost

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 6

A Melbourne message states that from all over the State reports have been received of cases of discomfort and hardship, caused by…

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