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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Mesopotamia. Erratic Turkish Report. Heavy Floods Experienced. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

The War Office, in reference to the Turkish communique, that three thousand British dead were collected, states that General Sir, Percy Lake reports that our total casualties…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, April 10. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Stealing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 8

Ernest George Harvey, alias George Roper, was charged with having at Ruther-lord on April 5 stolen a boy's coat, a boy's s[?]rt, a book, and a paper, valued at 7/6,…

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A Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 5

After a very hot and sultry morning a thunderstorm occurred yesterday afternoon. accompanied by violent gusts of wind and some lightining flashes, The sky become…

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Mesopotamia. Fighting the Floods. London. April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 6

Mr. Edmund Candler, writing from the Mesopotamia front, says: We are flighting the Tigris floods us well as the Turks. Much labour, is spent building bunds to save the…

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Mesopotamia. Erratic Turkish Report. Heavy Floods Experienced. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 12

The War Office, in reference to the Turkish communique, that three thousand British dead were collected states that General Sir Percy Lake reports that our total casualties…

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Mesopotamia. British Reports. Serious Flood Handicap. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1916 · page 5

General Sir Percy Lake cables that the attack, on the northern bank at the Sannaiyat position on the 23rd failed, though it had been regularly bombed since the 20th…

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A Storm of Shells. New Record Established at Verdun. the Critical Position. Verdun, March 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 5

Verdun is French to-day, as it always will be, despite the menace of the German army and the threats of the Crown Prince. As we came into the town—the first civilians…

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Floods in Tasmania. Extensive Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 7

The Huon River is still in high flood Several residents were driven from their homes by the flood waters, and some had to seek shelter in the Songregational…

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Fighting the Floods. London April 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 12

Mr. Edmund Candler, writing from the Mesopotamian front says: We are fighting the Tigris floods as well as the Turks. Much labour is spent building bunds to save the…

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Floods in Tasmania. Orchards Under Water. (By Cable.) Hobart

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 6

There have been heavy rains in Tasmania for three days. The Huon River is in flood, and orchards are under water. Road traffic is blocked in…

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Capture in Flood Times

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 5

The foat cabled on 22nd April was carried out with great gallantry and endurance in torrents of rain. The land between the trenches was…

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Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 2

On Wednesday night and Thursday morning rain fell in Dungog. While the storm was in progress on Thursday a flash of lightning…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 3

A heavy thunderstorm though of short duration passed over Cessnock on Thursday morning The lighting was extremely vivid and the thunder so heavy as to cause alarm…

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Floods in Tasmania. Extensive Damage. Hobart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

The Huon River is still in high flood. Several residents were driven from their homes by the flood waters, and some had to seek shelter in the Songregational…

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Capture in Flood Times

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 12

The feat cabled on 22nd April was carried out with great gallantry and endurance in torrents of rain. The land between the trenches was…

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Heavy Rain at St. Clair

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

As is generally the case, St. Clair was a large participant in the recent rainfall. From Friday afternoon till Saturday night 118 points were…

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South Africa. Disastrous Floods. Capetown, May 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 6

The disastrous drought in the Midland districts has broken up. It was followed by floods. Railways, homesteads, dams and live stock were swept away. it is reported that…

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Floods in Dorrigo District

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 5

Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been done by [?]oods in the Derrigo district. Heavy rainstorms pased over the plateau last week-end,…

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Floods in South Africa

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 6

Capetown, Thursday.—The disastrous drought in the midland districts has broken up, and has been followed by floods. Railways, homesteads, dams…

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Stirring Drama of the Sea. 17 Storm Tossed Men Adrift for 6 Days. Submarine Victims Attacked by Arabs on Reaching Land

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 2

A document recently issued by the British Press Bureau, bearing the matter of fact title, report on the sinking of the s.s. Coquet, and Subsequent Adventures of her Crew," proves to be a sea story of real life…

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