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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

530 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 27

General Cable News. Collision During Gale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 5

During a gale at Portland the Mary Park came into collision with H.M.S. Hercules. The former vessel was much damaged, but no serious damage was sustained by the battleship…

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Gale in the Channel. Sea Does Much Damage. London, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 5

Fifteen housen were demolished by the sennear Lancing, 8½ miles west of Brighton. Many houses were flooded at Hythe, in Kent. The sea invaded Hastings, the famous…

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Held in Bondage a Realistic Romance. Chapter Xxvi. After the Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 3

Nature had ransacked her treasure house that beautiful June day when Margaret and Dolly were driven in a fly from Leatherhead station to the picturesque village…

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Lost in Snow Storm

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 2

A party of tourists ascended Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand, on Monday, and became divided owing to a mist. Several reached safety, but one named…

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Gale in English Channel. Watering Places Damaged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 2

London, Monday.—A violent gale is blowing in the English Channel. At Worthing the pier has been demolished by the sea, which invaded the…

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Floods in Ohio Extensive Damage. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 2

Disastrous Hoods have occurred in Ohio, U.S.A., caused by the bursting of the Miami Power Dam. Hundreds of homes have been washed…

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Disastrous Floods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Latest particulars of the floods at Idaho, United States, state that the water has now broke over the banks and 60,000 acres of farm lands are…

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Flood and Fire. America's Disaster, Dayton, March 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

The fire at Dayton has destroyed 21 city buildings. One hundred persons took refuge in the workhouse. They became semi-hysterical when the flames threatened them…

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American Disasters. By Flood and Fire. Much Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 3

London, Thursday.—The whole of the area bounded by Lake Erie, the Ohio River, the boundary of Indiana, and the boundary of Pennsylvania, is suffering,…

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Disastrous Floods in America. Great Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Vancouver, Wednesday.—Further details are available of the cloudburst which-turned the Ohio Rirer tributaries into racing torrents…

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The American Floods Dreadful Calamities. Country Inundated (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 5

The latest particulars of the floods in the United States show that 60,000 acres of farming land have been inundated…

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Storms in the Scillies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 2

For a study of storm and sea [?] is. Says "Country Life," [?] Britain equal to that of the Silly [?] Situated at the extreme w[?]…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, PM., and Elias Bowden, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 2

A billiard license was granted to Lilian Pauline Beatty, of the Belmore Hotel. Henry L Winkleman, licensee of the Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock was…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 5

The Sou[?]land (N.Z.) floods are the most serious that have occurred for 30 years, Miles of railway are submerged, and large losses of stock are reported…

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Floods in New Zealand. Many Families Destitute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 5

The flood at Gore, N.Z., is described as the most disastrous ever experienced in that district. Thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle and horses have been lost, and…

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Floods in New Zealand. Southland Under Water

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 4

Nothing has been recorded for 30 years to equal the flood conditions now prevailing in the Southland province. Railway communications have…

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American Floods. Waters Subsiding

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 4

Vancouver, Saturday.—It is reported from Dayton that the floods have now receded. A thousand militiamen are engaged…

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Floods in New Zealand. Many Families Destitute

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 4

The flood at Gore (N.Z.) is described as the most disastrous ever experienced in that district. Thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle and horses have…

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Floods in America

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

Dayton, Tuesday.—The situation is now normal after the floods. Mr Orville Wright, the well-known airman, and the members of his family…

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Big Storm at Howe's Valley

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

A heavy fall of rain occurred at Howe's Valley on Tuesday evening, which caused all the gullies and creeks to come down, and was something in the nature…

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