Police Court. Friday, November 28. (Before Mr C..H. Gale, P.m.). Wrongfully Using Water
John Rowlands pleaded guilty to having wrongfully used water on land in York-street. Mr w.J. Cragg, for the Municipal…
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Floods & storms, 1919
219 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 11
Europe After the Storm. Ghosts and Memories and Dreams. and Life in the Gate of Death
Phillip Gibbs writes in the London "Daily Chronicle":— THE REVIVAL OF ARRAS. There is a surprise awaiting anybody who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm at Paterson. Paterson
Heavy rain fell here this afternoon as the result of a thunderstorm. 58 points were registered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Storm at Singleton. Singleton
A very heavy thunderstorm was experienced in parts of the district last evening. At Abbey Green, about three miles from town, rain fell as from a waterspout, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deluge on Landing. London, December 1
The Prince of Wales landed at Portsmouth. The ships in port greeted the Renown with a salute of 21 guns. It is raining heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Useful Rainfalls North and North-west Benefits Heavy Thunderstorms in Parts
Monsoonal conditions on Monday operated over the eastern half of the State, and useful falls of rain resulted. In some parts thunderstorms resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Waters at Young Debris Banked High. (By Telegraph.) Young
The flood waters have invaded the town of Young and banked debris several feet high against the fences in several places. Reports are being made of damage by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Gale. Britain and North France. London, December 2
A terrific gale has swept over Britain and North France wrecking telephones and telegraphs, blowing over London at the rate of sixty-seventh miles per hour. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential Rain. Cootamundra Partly Flooded. Water Rushes Through the Town. Southern Link Affected
Messages received in Sydney from Cootnmundra early last evening reported that many people had been placed in a Serious plight, through the flooding of Jindalee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thunderstorms in the West. Sydney
Although thunderstorms have further at several places in the western in the western district, this morning's reports indicted that the monsoonal conditions were rapidly contracting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Storm at Singleton. Singleton
A very heavy thunderstorm was experienced in parts of the district last evening. At Abbey Green, about three miles from town, rain fell as from a waterspout, it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegraph Lines Restored, After Cootamundra Storm. Sydney
The telegraph lines, which were interrupted by the Cootamundra storm, were cleared for traffic at 9 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cootamundra Flood. Extensive Damage
The flood waters at Cootamundra reached within a foot of the disastrous visitation nearly seventeen years ago. Several narrow escapes and timely rescues are reported. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain at Cessnock. Cessnock
Over an inch and a half of rain fell in forty minutes yesterday. The creoks overflowed, low-lying land was flooded, and in several cases water flowed through houses on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. a Heavy Thunderstorm
Another fine rainfall was recorded over the Hunter and northern districts as the results of a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon. Locally the rain was light, only 27…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further Welcome Storms
The dense banking of clouds on Sunday last, together with humid, yet disagreeably warm atmospheric conditions, indicated the approach of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunday's Storm
The heavy storm at Cessnock on Sunday covered only a limited area. It did not extend to Pokolbin or Branxton, nor was there any rain in the Congewai district, the test well. It proved quiet capable of carrying the storm water, and the creek got a much needed cleaning out. The rain registration at Cessnock from Thursday to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Gale Promoted
Mr. C. H. Gale, police magistrate, has been promoted to stipendiary magistrate at Parramatta. Mr. Gale was unquestionably one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farewell to Mr. Gale
Before the Court rose, Mr. Shaw referred to the approaching transfer of Mr. Gale to Parramatta, and said he wished to express his deep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poulet in a Storm. London, December 9
While crossing the Gulf of Martaban, on the way to Moulmein. Poulet was caught in an equatorial storm, and almost overwhelmed…
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