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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1921

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Cloudbursts in America. Destructive Floods. Vancouver, June 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 5

Three Colorado towns and many farms have been flooded by cloudbursts. Six persons are known to be dead. The rivers are overflowing…

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Cloudbursts in America. Destructive Floods. Vancouver, June 4

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

Three Colorado towns and many farms have been flooded by cloud bursts. Six persons are known to be dead. The rivers are…

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Cloudbursts in Colorado Flooded Cities

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 2

New York, Saturday.—Cloudbursts throughout Colorado forced the rivers to overflow, flooding soveral cities, and resulting in great damage to property and…

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Rain in Queensland. Floods Feared

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

Heavy rain has fallon in the south-west of Queensland and continues. A message from Mitchell states that up to 8 inches have been…

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Colorado Flood Damage. Vancouver, June 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

A Denver message says the Pucblo flood damage is officially estimated at £1,000,000…

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The Colorado Floods Enormous Damage

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 4

Montreal, Monday.—A message from Pueblo, Colorado, says that the best estimates place the toll of the flood at 250 lives; and the property damage at…

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Further Rain. Flood at Gulargambone. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

Rains, light to moderate in character are again, reported. New South Wales rivers are still rising. A flood is reported at…

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Flooding "Dry" Market. (Published by Arrangement.) Spirit Trade Between Britian and U.S.A.

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 4

The New York Herald declares that since America went dry the export of English and Irish spirits has grown to be one of the greatest branches of…

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"The Colorado Floods." Enormous Damage

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 1

Montreal, Monday.—A message from Pueblo, Colorado, says that the best estimates place the toll of the flood at 250 lives; and the…

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Heavy Damage. Storm at Glen Innes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 9

Details from outlying parts regarding Monday's terrific storm in the Hen Innes district, which was responsible for the railway dislocation…

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Awful Flood Disaster in Colorado. Impossible to Estimate Deaths and Damage. New York

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 4

Additional particulars have been received of the enormous damage caused by the cloudbursts and consequent floods in Colorado…

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Cloudbursts in America. Destructive Floods. Vancouver, June 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 13

Three Colorado towns and many farms have been flooded by cloudbursts. Six persons are known to be dead. The rivers are overflowing,…

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Roads and Floods. Request by Northern Shires

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 14

Representatives of the North Coast waited upon Mr. Mutch, Minister for Local Government, and asked for a grant to repair the damage done to…

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Car Overwhelmed. Caught in Flood Waters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 9

A motor-car proceeding to Carwell Park, in the Mudgee district, was caught in the swollen waters of Tonbong Creek, which the driver…

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Colorado Floods 3000 MISSING

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 1

New York, Wednesday.—The flood is subsiding at Pueblo, revealing, tragic devastation. The affected area is covered with several feet of mud, in which motor…

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A Flood Missive

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 4

Mr Roy Hindle, of Homeville, via West Maitland informs us that while out shooting on 6th June he found the attached message in a bottle among some…

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Gcondiwindi Flooded. Train Service Suspended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 5

Serious floods have occurred at Goondinwindi. The M'Intyre River broke its banks on Saturday night, and the whole town, with the exception of one…

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Repair of Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A. has been advised by the Local Government Department in regard to representations urging a special grant…

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Fear of Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 5

Fears are still entertained for the safety of towns in the extreme northern parts of the State an the various border rivers are in flood, and have…

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Queensland Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 5

The flood waters at Goondiwindi, which covered the town two to six feet, deep, are receding though on Monday afternoon the river was still a banker…

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