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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Atlantic Gale. Extensive Damage. Washington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 5

Terrine gales have been experienced on the Atlantic and the East Coast of the United States. An unknown warship grounded on the…

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Gales in Atlantic. Great Damage Done. Washington, Dec 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 7

A New York message states that the storm continues with unexampled violence. Vessels are prevented from entering the harbour Coney Island is and house have been…

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Gales in Atlantic. Great Damage Done. Washington

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 5

Terrific gales have been experienced on the Atlantic and the East Coast of the United States. An unknown warship grounded on the…

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Mary Pickford in "Tess of the Storm Country."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 2

At the Muswellbrook Picture Coy's Theatre and Upper Hunter Picture Palace to night (Saturday) the star picture of the programme will be a dramatic subject of exceptional…

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Country to Be Flooded. Geneva. Dec. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 13

The well-informed newspaper, "La Suisse," states that guns have been mounted at Colmar and parts of Mulhausen mined. Preparations are being made at Strasburg…

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Flooding the Invader

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 13

A come-[?] of [?] against [?]in the Low Country. The flooding of the land by the opening of the dykes, has proved a serious impediment to Cermany's vaunted military science. 'The picture shows German artillery in a flooded area in difficulties and dangers, such as have frequently been reported recently from…

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Sensational Voyage. Battle Against a Cyclone. Seaman's Miraculous Escape. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 5

A thrilling story of the sea is told by Captain Scott Lavina, master of the Italian ship Caterina F, which returned to Newcastle this morning, in a damaged condition, after having…

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Floods in New Zealand

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 2

Advices from Greymouth state that one of the heaviest floods on record deluged the town on Sunday. By night time a considerable portion of…

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Storm in Parliament. a Wild Scene

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

A storm occurred at midnight in the House of Representatives wile the Commonwealth Banking Bill was being debated on the second reading…

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Sensational Voyage. Battle Against a Cyclone. Seaman's Miraculous Escape

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 15

A thrilling story of the sea told by Captain Scott Lavina, master of the Italian ship Caterina F, which returned to Newcastle on Tuesday, in a damaged condition, after having…

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Naval Battle. Off the Chilian Coast. Fought in Raging Storm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 10

Details of the naval battle which took place off the coast of Chili on Sunday, November 1, resulting in a German victory, are given in the San Francisco "Chronicle,"…

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West Maitland Police Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Monday, Dec. 21. a Solitary Week-ender

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 December 1914 · page 2

One, week-end inobriate appeared at muster-roll this morning, and the record was not a stainless one a fine of 10/, in default 48 hours imprisonment, was imposed…

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Severe Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

During a storm which passed over the coalfield district yesterday afternoon hallstones of unusual size fell for several minutes. Several house windows were broken…

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Flooded Trenches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 5

As a result of a recent bayonet charge by the Allies seven of the enemy's trenches were captured. The trenches were flooded, and the Allies, waist deep in water, repelled…

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Disastrous Storm. Damage at Dungowan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 4

News has been received in Tamworth of a most disastrous hailstorm at Dungowan, about 20 miles out. The hailstorm, which lasted for about 25…

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West Maitland Police Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Thursday, December 24. Christmas Celebrants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 7

Three men who had started their celebrations of the festive season with a too liberal libation to Bacchus, had to pay penalties ranging from 20/ and costs, in default seven…

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News by Wire. Gale at Fiji., Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1914 · page 5

A severe gale raged through Fiji Islands on Christmas live. Considerable damage was done…

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Floods in America. Bridges Destroyed. Tucson (Arizona), Dec. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1914 · page 8

Three portions are dead through floods resulting from a week's unprecedented rainfall There has been an enormous loss of cattle and crops. Train and highway traffic is…

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Hurricane at Fiji. Damage by Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 December 1914 · page 4

Tho steamer Canada Cape, which drifted ashore during a gale, which has been raging among the Fiji Islands, in afloat again, and has not been damaged…

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A Heavy Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 December 1914 · page 2

The weather on Saturday evening and Sunday was stormy, and about 11 o'clock on Sunday there was a torrential downpour, which lasted for about 15 minutes. The…

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