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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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Heavy Floods in England Rescuers Have to Swim London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 July 1923 · page 2

The heat wave in England has been followed by torrential rains and floods, particularly near Birmingham, where the water is six feet deep. In the…

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Storm-tossed. Barquentine in Terrific Weather

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 2

The 300-lon barquentine Alexa, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from the Gilbert Islands, reported she encountered terrific weather when three weeks…

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The Weather. Floods Near Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 4

Heavy rains have again resulted in floods at Reedbeds, near Adelaide, where the roads, gardens, and houses are inundated. The river Torrens…

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The Weather. Floods in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1923 · page 5

The heavy rains which have fallen in Victoria during the week particularly in Gippsland are indicated in reports of river flooding received at the…

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Snow Waters. Floods on Murrumbidgee Feared. Burrinjuck Filling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1923 · page 2

There are fears that the Lower Murrumbidgee will experience a heavy flood before the winter os over. Burrinjuck dam is practically up to…

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Weather in England. Floods Succeed Heat Wave. London, July 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1923 · page 2

The abnormal heat wave in England has been followed by torrential rains and floods, particularly in Birmingham, where the water is six…

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Perilous Passage. Through Seas of Ice. Buffeted by Gales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1923 · page 2

Through Holds of lee on approaching Montreal, and three weeks of successive gales in the Pacific Ocean the steamer Waimate, which arrived…

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Steamer on Fire. the Bunkers Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1923 · page 3

A private cable message received in Sydney during the wee-end conveyed the news that a fire had broken out on the British-India Steam Navigation…

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Breaking Me Drought (Published by Arrangement). with Floods of Liquor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1923 · page 6

Mora than 500,00 counterfeit prescriptions, each calling for a pint of whisky, wore filled by New York City drug stores in the past…

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Breaking the Drought with Floods of Liquor

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 July 1923 · page 3

More than 500,000 counterfeit prescriptions, each calling for a pint of whiskey, were filled by New York City drug stores in the past five…

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Perilous Passage. Through Seas of Ice. Buffeted by Gales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 14

Through fields of ice on approaching Montreal, and three weeks of successive gales in the Pacific Ocean, the steamer Waimate, which arrived…

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In Distress. Steamer in a Gale. Stearing Gear Carries Away. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 5

The steel screw vessel Monadnock, of 4275 tons, bound from Nauru to Newcastle, wirelessed late last night that she was in difficulties owing to…

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Floods in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 4

The condition of several Victorian rivers, as the result of heavy rains over the watershed areas during the week-end, is disquieting…

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Floods in Victoria. Further Heavy Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 4

The high levels of the Victorian rivers were not accentuated on Tuesday, with the exception that there is serious flooding at the Avoca…

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In Howling Gale. French Steamer's Narrow Escape. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 5

While the French steamer La Marseillese was near East Cape of the New Zealand coast the steering gean broke down and some rivets in the…

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Steamer in a Storm a Time of Great Peril. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 2

The steamer Monadnock, which arrived at Sydney this morninig from Nauru, encountered terrific weather during, the voyage. The steering gear…

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Record Rains. Flood Falls in South Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

From May 25, when the drought broke, until the end of July (67 days) rain, has fallen on 66 days, says an Adelaide message. The…

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Floods in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 4

The country around Echuen is in a bad way owing to floods, but the Campaspe has falle. Houses in Campaspe West are still marooned…

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Floods in Victoria. Further Heavy Rain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 7

The high levels of the Victorian rivers were not accentuated on Tuesday, with the exception that there in serious flooding, at the Avoca…

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In Howling Gale. French Steamer's Narrow Escape. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 7

1While the French steamer La Marseillese was near East Cape, off the New Zealand coast, the steering gear broke down and some rivets in the…

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