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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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LOCAL & General News Gale at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 4

Terrific heat experienced at Cessnock on Saturday culminated in a storm, which was accompanied by a gale of wind. The parapet of a shop…

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Violent Cyclone. [?] Damage at Taroom

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 7

A storm of cyclonic violence passed Over Taroom (Queensland) on thursday and lasted for 70 minutes. The disturbance was accompanied by terrific…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

Tropical [?] was responsible for light [?] falls of rain in the [?] districts. on the northern [?] and part of the north—west…

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Losses Through Cyclone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

Bathurst orchardists extimate their losses, due to the recent cyclone, at £5000…

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Repairs to Floodgates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

A commencement has been made with the work of repairing the floodgates at Wallis Creek. A gang of men from the Public Works…

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Cyclone at Warwick

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 6

A cyclonic storm swept over Warwick (Q.) on Thursday. Several buildings were unroofed, and hail stones, as large as duck eggs, in some places, fell…

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Violent Cyclone. Extensive Damage at Taroom

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

A storm of cyclonic violence passed over Taroom (Queensland) on Tuesday and lasted for 70 minutes. The disturbance was accompanied by terrific…

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Six Inches of Rain. Storm at Casino

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

A terrific storm broke over Casino district. The lightning was most vivid and there was a continuous roll of thunder. Punctuated with…

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A Heavy Thunderstorm. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

Yesterday was, intensely warm and a change occurred about half-past 5, when a heavy storm, with loud crashes of thunder and vivid…

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The Floodgates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

The men engaged on the repairing of the Wallis Creek floogates have been proceeding with the construction of the coffer dam. This is…

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A Thunderstorm

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 2

Sultry conditions on Friday culminated in thundery change and a heavy storm passed over the town shortly before 6 p.m. The rain, which fell in…

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Monsoon. Heavy Rain at Thursday Island

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

The full force of the north-west monsoon was experienced at Thursday Island on Thursday morning. Up to 9 a. m. almost six inches of rain…

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American Prohibition. Flood of Court Cases

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 1

New, York Wednesday.—The Department of Justice has announced that the violators of the prohibition laws brought to the Federal courts since July, 1921…

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Heavy Rainstorms. Dripstone Deluge. Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 4

Further [?] of the cloudburst at Dripstone, where 9in of rain fell in an hour, show that the water poured over the railway embankment at a…

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Storm at Wollombi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 5

A storm experienced at [?] yesterday afternoon was accompanfed by strong wind. part of the Courthouse building was unroofed…

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The Weather. Scattered Thunderstorms. Buildings Unroofed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

Our own district, like other parts of the State, has been experiencing thunderstorm rains of a patchy scattered character. Last Sunday…

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Heavy Storms. Lithgow Inundated

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

The most severe "hail storm experienced for many years occurred at Lithgow on Sunday afternoon. A remarkable feature of the storm, was its limited…

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Storm at Scone

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

Sixty-two points of rain fell in a, storm ati Scone on Tuesday afternoon., The wind which accompanied the storm, howover, was responsible for a deal of…

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Storm Blocks Coal Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

The hall storm of sunday week did so much damage at the curlewis coal mine that no coal has since been got from the tunnel. Being in…

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Wind Storm'in Sydney. Collapse of a Wall

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

During a terrific northerly wind storm in Sydney on Monday afternoon, a wall belonging to three new shops which are being built in Lane Cove-road, North…

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