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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1920

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Queensland Storms. Heavy Rain and Hail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 3

A message from Toogooloowah (Q.) states that thunderstorms occured on Thursday afternoon and evening. Yielding 151 points. Other falls were,. Biarra 155 points, Eskdale…

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Europe's Winter. Gales and Floods. London, December 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 2

All parts of Europe report the severest winter for years. The weather is interrupting transport, and intensifying the widespread poverty arid the depression…

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Remarkable Storm. Cloudburst at Tamworth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 14

A cloudburst occurred at Tamworth over the hills near the town, and extending right out to Moonbi. Although only 31 points fell in the town several inches fell…

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Storm at Orange. Serious Damage Occasioned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 10

What is described as one of the most disastrous hailstorms on record passed over the Orange district on Christmas afternoon. Considerable destruction was…

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Europe After the Storm. a Manchester Without Machinery Struggling Back to Industrial Life. Lille a Year After the Liberation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 16

Philip Gibbs writes in the London "Daily Chronicle":-It is a year less a month ago since a morning when, with two other officers, I…

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Heavy Thunderstorms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 5

Heavy thunder showers have, fallen at scattered places in the eastern half of the State…

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Cyclonic Storm at Boggabri. Heavy Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 5

A cyclonic dust storm visited Boggabri early on Sunday afternoon, lasting half an hour. During the height of the storm, the surroundings became as dark as night. A…

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Storms in Queensland. Damage at Bundaberg

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

A cyclonic storm, accompanied by torrential rain, broke over Bundaberg on Friday evening. Sheets of iron were lifted from houses and blown through…

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The Weather. Heavy Coastal Rains. Deluge at Bateman's Bay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 5

Heavy rains on the coast are reported. Many places inland have also been plessed with copious falls. Bateman's Bay, on the South Coast, had a…

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Flood at Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 5

Reports continue to reach Coulburn of heavy losses as the result of the recent heavy rains. The flood in the Mulwaree Rive is considered to be the biggest since 1900…

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Flood Rains at Barraba

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

A Barraba wire to the Tamworth "Observer" despatched yesterday, reads:— It can now be safely said that the…

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Floods in Paris

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

Paris, Saturday.—The Seine has risen 19 inches in 48 hours, and the lower part of the city is at the mercy of the flood, Auteuil being submerged Pumps every…

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Cyclone Off Queensland Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 5

Special that a [?] disturbance is the cause of the rainy south-[?] conditions which have prov[?] the south coast division and eastern…

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Storm at Young

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 5

A heavy storm, [?] Young. Kingsville soldier set[?] Young prune trees were broken down. Hail was piled up 2ft…

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Heavy Coastal Rains. Deluge at Bateman's Bay

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 2

Heavy rains on the coast are reported. Many places inland have also been blessed with copious falls. Bateman's Bay, on the South Coast,…

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A Family's Sad Plight. Peril in Fire and Flood

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 3

A fire destroyed a house at Sawpit Gully, Young, occupied by Mr and Mrs Charles Masters, on Saturday afternoon. Mr Masters was working in a field…

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Queensland Storms Heavy Rain and Hail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 10

A message from Toogooloowah (Q.) states that thunderstorms occurred on Thursday afternoon and evening yielding 151 points Other falls were Biarra 155 points, Eskdale…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

Further heavy rainfalls were registered in Queensland on Wednesday, the most notable being: Oxenford 676 pts., Tallebudgera 650 pts., Ernest Junction…

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Storm at Young

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 6

A heavy storm, accompanied by hail. occurred at Young. Kingsville soldier settlement suffered severely. Young prune trees were broken down. Hail was piled up 2ft…

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Cyclonic-storm at Boggabri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 6

A cyclonic dust storm visited Boggabri early on Sunday afternoon, lasting half an hour. During the height of the storm the surroundings became as dark as night. A…

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