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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

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Floods in New Zealand. Heavy Damags

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

Heavy floods, causing considerable damage, are reported from the Greymouth (N.Z.) district. Several slips occurred on the railway, and Otira Gorge…

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Heavy Snow Storms. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 12

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The artillery has been active northward of Saint Quentin, in the neighbourhood of Arras, and eastward of Ypres…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

Heavy floods, causing considerable damage, are reported from the Greymouth district. The railway line has been damaged, and the Otira Gorge…

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Drenching Rain in Sydney. Nepean in Flood. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

Heavy, drenching rain continued throughout the night, and all the morning, with no prospect of clearing. Up to 9 o'clock this morning six and a half inches had fallen in…

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Record Storm. Racing in United States. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 5

The greatest storm for 20 years is sweeping over the control western States from Memphis in the south through the cotton States. It is the coldest weather in history. Scores…

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Heavy Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

There was very heavy rain, in the Cessnock district on Friday and Saturday, the total registration being 295 Points. Owing ti wet weather the Cessnock bowing gveen was not…

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Cyolonic Storm in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 5

A cyclonic storm, accompanied by very heavy rain and exceptionally vivid lightning, broke over Esk on Sunday afternoon, causing considersbale damage throughout the…

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Emperor Carl's Escape. Caried Away in a Flooded Stream

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 7

A telegram from Gorizia describes an incident in the visit of the Austrian Emperor and the King of Bulgaria to Gorizin and Palmanova. While the Emperor Carl was…

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Queensland Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 5

The district traffic manager at Toowoomba advises that at 7 o'clock on Sunday evening the Warrego river was 17th above summer level, and rising slowly, Later in the evening…

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Floods in Queensland

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 4

Floods have caused serious losses in northern parts of Queensland, and at Charleville at the week end Cooper's Greek was in high flood, in parts 12…

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Storm at Bathurst. Sensational Incidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 7

A destructive wind storm, accompanied by several dramtic incidents, passed over the Bathurst district on Monday evening. Trees were uprooted, or broken off, in all parts, and…

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Monday Night's Storm

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

Several parts of the district have lately reported sudden and violent rainstorms, of short duration, and one of the visitations was experienced here on…

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Cyclone at Bathurst. Houses and Crops Damaged

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 4

A cyclonic storm swept through Bathurst on Monday, doing considerable damage to buildings, crops, orchards, and fences, uprooting avenues…

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Queensland Floods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

Flood conditions prevail in various parts of Queensland, a message from Charleville stating that general rain had fallen over the district. General floods…

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Cyclonic Storm in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 6

A cyclonic storm accompanied by very heavy rain and exceptionally, vivid lightning, broke over Esk on Sunday afternoon, causing considerable damage throughput the…

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Destroyers Wrecked. in Gale Off Scotland. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

The [?] destroyers on the night of January 12 were totally wrecked on the coast of Scotland in a violent gale…

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Queensland Floods

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 6

The district traffic manager at Toowoomba advises that at 7 o'clock on Sunday evening the Warrego River was 17ft above summer level, and rising slowly. Latter in the evening…

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Cyclonic Storm. Queensland Towns Flooded. Record at Rockhampton. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

Definite news concerning the late of Mackay is anxiously awaited. It is now certain the town received the full force of the. cyclone which struck the Queensland coast…

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Floods in Queensland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

Torrential rain has fallen in Central Queensland, some of the falls for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on Tuesday being as follows :- Stanwell 1170 points…

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Illness of Mrs. C. H. Gale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

The many friends of Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., will regret to learn that he was urgently called home to Bondi last night. The illness of Mrs. Gale, who suffered from a…

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