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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 17

Terrific Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 2

A terrific storm passed over the eastern suburbs last night. At Waverley there was a cloud burst, and the roar of falling ice and water…

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The Weather. Further Light to Heavy Rain

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 2

Since 9 a.m. on Monday, due to monsoonal activity, further light to heavy rainfall has been recorded along the coast and at a few scattered places on…

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Terrific Storms Damage to Property. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 2

Terrific gales have swept over Great Britain, and several men and boys have been killed. A vast amount of damage has been caused to property…

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Gale in Great Britain. Widespread Damage. London, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 5

The gate on the west coast still continues and ten persons have been killed with flying debris. Heavy snowstorms have occurred in Lancashire and North Wales, and…

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Flood. Fire, and Hail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 4

A farmer near Laidley, Queensland, has suffered misfortune for three successive years with a ten-acre plot cultivated for maize. The 1910 crop was ruined by a…

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Terrific Storms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 5

Torrific Kales have swept over Groat Britain, and several men and boys have been killed. A vast amount of damage has been caused…

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Disastrous Cyclone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

A cyclone liars swept. the island of Madagascar, and many native villages have been razed and crops destroyed. A hundred natives were killed. The damage is…

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Storm at Narrandera. Several Houses Unroofed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

A terrifle wind and dust storm pa?ed over Narrandera. and several house were unroofed. A number of trees were uprooted, and many buildings damaged…

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The Recent Gale. Lisbon, Dec. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 5

During the recent gale the fishing fleet was without food or water for five days. Four men became insane, jumped overboard,a nd were drowned…

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Gale Off Spain

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

Lisbon, Saturday.—During a gale a fishing fleet was without food or water for five days. Four men became insane, and jumped overboard and were…

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Destructive Storm. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 5

A terrine storm passed over Melbourne last night, telegraph and telephone lines being brought down, and houses unroofed…

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Big Storm in Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 2

A terrific storm passed over Melbourne on Monday night and spent its fury along the Sydney-road, Brunswick, where telegraph and telephone lines…

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Damage on H.M.A.S. ENCOUNTER. Storm Interferes with Dance

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 2

During a terrific storm at Geelong on Monday night trees were uprooted and outbuildings were unroofed. Very considerable damage was done. At the…

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Big Storm in Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 6

A heavy thunderstorm swept over Sydney on Wednesday evening, the lightning being particularly vivid. During the storm, at about twenty minutes to seven…

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Raymond Terrace Police Court. Friday, 13Th December. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., L. Bishop, and G. H. Pepper, Js.P. ASSAULT

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 2

David Shearman was charged with assaulting George Steinbeck at William Town on November 25, 1912. Mr. Cohen appeared for Steinbeck and…

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Cyclonic Storms. Houses Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 5

A severe eyelonic storm struck Brewarrina on Thursday evening. The Winding dust storm lasted for nine minates, many buildings in the town being…

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Big Storm at Wollombi

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 2

A heavy thusderstorm was experienced at Wollombi yesterday afternoon. Two- inches of rain fell within half an hour…

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A Cyclone at Matong. Buildings Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 5

The very severe heat of last week terminated in a cyclonic windstorm at Matong on Sunday afternoon about 6 o'clock. The wind, which was accompanied by…

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Gales in England. Exciting Aeroplane Adventure. London, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 5

Gales are reported from many districts. At Lincoln a chimney collapsed and crashed into a smithy, injuring tour persons. M. Pecre, while attempting a record…

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Wild Weather. Gales on American Coast. New York, Dec. 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1912 · page 5

Severe gales are raging along the eastern coast, and scores of vessels have been com-pelled to run for shelter. The liner Turrialba ran ashore in a…

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