Cyclonic Storm. Terrific Wind and Heavy Rain. Considerable Damage
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 September 1917 · page 5
After a prolonged period of dry weather, which was causing much uneasiness to pastoralists and agriculturists throughout the district, the weather was broken on…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 September 1917 · page 5
Rain set in shortly before seven o'clock last evening continuing without intermission throughout the night. One hundred and forty points were registered up till nine…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 4
Heavy showers fell throughout yesterday and last night, registering 31 Si points. The river is 12 feet 9 inches and falling paterson wharf is four feet under water. The…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 2
Wilmington, a northern town in South Australia, has been visited by a storm of a sensational character. Within an hour 1 inch and 65 points fell; further…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 7
A storm from the south-west, which broke over the town about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, was one of the severest experienced for a long time. The rain, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Telegrams Effect of the Gale Wires Down
Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 2
Owing to the damage caused to the telegraph, wires by yesterday's storm, our usual telegrams were prevented from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Gale. Widespread Damage in Sydney and Suburbs Wild Night at Sea
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 4
The gale that swept over Sydney on Wednesday was the worst that has been experienced for many years. The storm struck the coast shortly after midnight,…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 7
The gale that swept over Sydney on Wednesday was the worst that has been experienced for many years. The storm struck the coast shortly…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 4
Anxiety continues to be regard[?] the Murray flood. The river rose m[?] than an inch at Mannum, near to Mur[?] Bridge, during the night, and the water [?]…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 4
The Peel River rose to a banker at mi[?]night, and later overflowed in the lower [?] of Peel-street, near the viaduct. Early this morning there was a slight [?]…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 5
After a prolonged period of dry weather, which was causing much uneasiness to pastoralists and agriculturists throughout the district, the weather was broken on…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 5
Rain set in shortly before seven o'clock last evening, continuing without intermis-sion throughout the night. One hundred and forty points Were registered up till nine…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 5
During the storm on Wednesday, Mrs Margaret Roberts, aged 66, was killed by the fall of a chimney at her residence at Dora Creek. Deceased was…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 4
Apart from the damage done to fruit and flower gardens, Singleton appears to have escaped pretty lightly in the storm of Wednesday last, which played…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 7
A territic gale swept over Sydney and suburbs early on Wednesday morning, accompanied by a torrential downpour. The wind reached a velocity of 50…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 4
A message, placed, in a bottle and thrown into the Hunter River at Singleton, during the recent rise has been found by Mr. J. Styman, at the Bottom of his property, at…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1917 · page 2
A storm of extraordinary violence was experienced at Newcastle at 8.15 last night the wind reaching a velocity of 90 miles an hour. The storm broke with alarming…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 8
A storm of extraordinary violence was experienced at Newcastle on Tuesday night, the wind reaching a velocity of 90 miles an hour. The storm broke with alarming…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 October 1917 · page 5
The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd correspondent states that the week of the Democratic Conference has resulted in floods of useless ocatory, with no concrete decision and an…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 6
The flood in the Murray at Albury reached 15ft, 7in above summer level late on Sunday night. This is the greatest height registered for 40 years. At 9 o'clock on Monday…
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