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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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Flooded Farms. Rivers Receding. Weather Fine Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

The weather, is taking up, the sun shining out to-day for the first time for about a week, and the rainstorm which continued so monotonously for…

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Floods in Country Torrential Rains. Heavy Losses Caused

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

Reports from Bellingen on Sunday state that torrential rain, which set in on Thursday night, continued throughout Friday without cessation. The river…

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Storm at Kiama. Kiama

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 2

An exceptionally heavy storm occurred at Albion Park during Monday night which caused the river to overflow its banks and flood the Jow-lying…

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Magnetic Storm. Varied Views. London, May 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 5

Astronomers differ with regard to the causes of the world-wide magnetic disturbances prominent French authorities are of opinion that they…

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Nambucca in Flood. Macksville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 2

This morning broke fine and clear after four days of the most terrific rain that most of the residents of the Nambucca River have known. The…

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The Floodgates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 2

The water on the river side of the Wallin Creek floodgates was about a few inches higher than that on the other side this morning People with…

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Louth Park. Flood Waters Spreading Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 2

The flood waters at Louth Park and Dagworth continued. to rise last night and to-day, and the road to Mulbring at midday was submerged as far as the…

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The Floods. Maclean Partly Inundated. Maclean

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1921 · page 2

The flood readied its highest level about 7 o'clock this morning. All the lower end of the town is mundated, but, so far no serious damage has…

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Heavy Rainfalls a Week's Deluge. 25 Inches at Clarence Heads

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 2

The greatest amount of rain recorded in the period from May 9 to May 16 inclusive was 25.64 inches at Clarence Heads. Bellingen comes next with…

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Flooded Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 5

There was very little change to-day in the local position. The flood waters on the farms at Fishery Creek and near the railway are at the same…

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The Floodgates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 4

The floodgates at Victoria Bridge opened last night, but the flow of water so far is very slow. It will be greater as the river falls, and should…

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North Coast Floods Water for Miles. Loss of Life and Heavy Stock Mortality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1921 · page 2

Eighteen inches of rain fell at Ulmarra between Friday and Tuesday. Enormous damage has resulted, including heavy stock mortality. Three boats…

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Heavy Rainfalls. a Week's Deluge. 25 Inches at Clarence Heads

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 3

The greatest amount of rain recorded in the period from May 9 to May 16 inclusive as 25.64 inches at Clarence Heads. Bellingen comes…

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Flood Waters Slowly Receding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 5

The Hunter River fell two feet during the night and at 9 o'clock this morning was down to 15 feet 6 inches at the Belmore Bridge. this will…

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North Coast Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., stated that it would be quite beyond the resources of the various councils concerned to repair the damage that had…

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Liquor Flooded Into U.S.A. (Published by Arrangement.) Astounding Smuggling Operations

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

A member of the staff of the "New York Herald" says that paper recently completed a study of the torrential flow of liquor from the Bahama Islands into…

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North Coast Floods. Water for Miles. Loss of Life and Heavy Stock ' MORTALITY

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 3

Eighteen inches of rain fell at Ulmarra between Friday and Tuesday. Enormous damage has resulted, including heavy stock mortality…

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Heavy Rain at Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 14

Showery weather continues. The sky was heavily overcast this afternoon and the downpour was heavy. There is every appearance of the rain last [?]…

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Heavy Rain at Dorrigo. Dorrigo

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 14

A series of four thunderstorms culminated in a heavy downpour, 639 points being recorded for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. For the year…

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Gale at 'Ballina. Ballina

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 14

One of the worst ga[?] experienced here sprang up about 9 a.m. today, accompanied by heavy, thick rain, falling in torrents…

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