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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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Local and General Wind Storm Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

Alexander Clarke met with a fatal accident at Sunbury Station, in the Garah district on Tuesday. He had been engaged in scrub cutting on…

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Serious Floods Heavy Casualties

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

A Reuter telegram from Rome says: Owing to torrential rain in the province of Bergano (Northern Italy) the dam at Lake Godeno burst. The…

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Cyclone Moves South. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1923 · page 5

The cyclonic conditions reported off the coast on Tuesday have moved south, and yesterday the disturbance was located over Bass Strait and…

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Torrential Rain. Floods in Hobart. Factory and Farms Damaged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 6

Following the fourth wettest November since 1842, rain has continued more or less intermittently since the beginning of December, says a Hobart…

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Floods and Droughts in the Days when Australia was in the Cradle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 5

The observant man and woman will remember in the experience of even a short lifetime how history invariably repeats itself. We have…

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Early Australia. Floods and Droughts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 12

The observant man and woman will remember in the experience of even a short lifetime how history invariably repeats itself. We have droughts to-day…

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Disastrous Floods. Damage in Tasmania. Stock and Crop Losses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 4

Particulars of the great damage on used by the floods in Tasmania on Wednesday are still coming to hand from many country districts…

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Floods in Italy. Heavy Casualties. London, Dec. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1923 · page 12

A Reuter telegram from Rome says:—Owing to torrential rain in the province of Bergano (Northern Italy) the dam at Lake Godeno burst…

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Violent Storm. Heavy Rain and Hail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1923 · page 4

A severe storm, accompanied by hail and vivid lightning passed over most of the townships, sh[?] around Moreton Bay (Q.) between 6 and 7 o'clock…

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Rome Threatened. "Father Tiber" in Flood. London, Dec. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1923 · page 5

The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: Old "Father Tiber" threatens another historic inundation of Rome. the depth of…

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Yesterday's Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 2

A storm, in the nature of a cloud burst, occurred in Muswellbrook yesterday about 5 40 p,m. In less than 40 minutes 145 points of rain fell. The…

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Heavy Thunderstorms. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 4

After a week's intense heat a thunderstorm of exceptional violence occurred here last evening, with a heavy fall of rain. An inch and a half was registered…

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Old Tiber in Flood May Inundate Rome

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 December 1923 · page 2

London, Sunday.—A- message from the "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent states that old Father Tibet threatens Rome with another serious…

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Severe Storms. Men Struck by Lightning. Horses Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 5

When a terrific electrical storm was at its height a number of men working on Mr. J. W. Shepherd's farm at Brucedale, near Wagga, had a…

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Violent Storm. Heavy Rain and Hail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1923 · page 14

A severe storm, accompanied by [?] and vivid lightning, passed over most of the townships situated around More ton Bay (Q.) between 6 and 7 o'clock…

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Rome Threatened. "Father Tiber" in Flood. London, Dec. 8

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1923 · page 13

The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: Old "Father Tiber" threatens another historic inundation of Rome. The depth of…

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Early Australia. Floods and Droughts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1923 · page 13

The observant man and woman will remember in the experience of oven a short lifetime how history invariably repeats itself. We have droughts to-day…

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Torrential Rain. Floods in Hobart. Factory and Farms Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1923 · page 9

Following the fourth wettest November since 1842, rain has continued more or less intermittently since the beginning of December says a Hobart…

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"Possum Gully" a Graphic Description of the Recent Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 2

The storm on Monday afternoon, the 10th inst., will not be forgotten in a hurry. Although the heat wave and high pressure had continued for a…

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Storm at Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1923 · page 4

A violent storm occurred at Taree on Tuesday, and considerable damage was occasioned. A bricks wall at the hospital was flattened and…

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