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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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The Floodgates

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

Matters in connection with the repairs to the wallis creek floodgates are not proceeding as satisfactorily as might be hoped. The work is…

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Violent Gale at Wollombi. Severe Damage to Court House

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 11

During Monday afternoon last a violent gale and rain storm struck Wollombi, and as a result severe damage was done to the fruit crops. At parts…

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Scattered Thunderstorms at Scone. Buildings Unroofed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 6

Our own district (says the "Advocate"), like other parts of the State, has been experiencing thunderstorm rains of a patchy scattered character…

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Repairing the Floodgates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

The work of repairing the floodgates is proceeding. The coffer dam has been finished, and the work of pumping the water will be again…

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Heavy Rainstorms. Dripstone Deluge. Wellington

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 6

Further particular of the cloudburst at Dripstone, whore 9in of rain fell in hour, show that the Water poured over the railway embankinem at a…

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Heavy Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

Heavy rain fell yesterday afternoon and last night. It was most welcome…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 4

A thunderstorm occurred about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and very heavy rain fell for half an hour, drenching the streets and…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 4

Heavy rain fell in Sydney during the night, over 140 points being registered…

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A Welcome Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

After another intensely warm day and threatening at intervals during the past fortnight a thunderstorm was experienced last evening and with it a…

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Welcome Storms

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 6

Hot weather at Singleton on Thursday, with a humid atmosphere and a maximum temperature of 92 degrees, culminated during the afternoon in a…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Friday. Heavy Rain in City

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 7

Heavy rain fell in Sydney during last night, over 140 points being registered…

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The House of Storm. Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright in the United States and Canada by Edward J. Clode, New York, 1911). Chapter I.—the Man on the Scar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 3

William Hewins, coastguard, once chief boatman and gunlayer of the "Arrogant," stood looking seaward with a fixed gaze. From that height, on a fine day, he could survey a…

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The House of Storm. Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright in the United States and Canada by Edward J. Clode, New York, 1911). CHAPTER I.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 3

I have a confession to make, Mr. Storm," she began, collectedly enough, though not without a slight nervousness and heightened colour…

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In a Gale. Battle with the Waves. Launch Crew's Awful Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 3

"They say miracles don't happen nowadays, but there was one last Thursday night." So said Mr. Erie N. Rowley, solicitor, in telling the…

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The House of Storm Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright in the United States and Canada by Edward J. Clode, New York, 1911). CHAPTER I.—(Continued.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 3

By this time Robert Storm had reached her state. She turned to him, with the clasped hands of despair…

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The House of Storm Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright in the United States and Canada by Edward J. Clode, New York, 1911). CHAPTER II.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 3

And anew Bunted went forward on her adventurous, way; and now even from the distance of the bench it could be seen that her whole being was labouring in the deathly…

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The Flood-gates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 4

The work of repairing the flood-gates is progressing rapidly. The new front uprights have been placed in position, and are being bolted…

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The House of Storm Published by Special, Arrangement. (Copyright in the United States and Canada by Edward J, Clode, New York, 1911). Chapter Ii. (Continued)

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

But the doctor was jocund and breezy on the subject of tho old man. Buying twit ho was "going on splendidly," though Eunice, with her habit of…

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In a Gale. Battle with the Waves. Launch Crew's Awful Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 7

"They say miracles don't happen nowadays, but there, was one last. Thursday night." So said Mr, Eric N. Rowley, solicitor, in telling the…

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The House of Storm Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright in the United States and Canada by Edward J. Clode, New York, 1911). CHAPTER XI—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 3

Meantime, in the dining-room, Jessop and Eunice did little more than nibble at dinner, for the interest of their meeting was not…

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