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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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Missions Suffer. New Hebrides Gales. Worst for Twenty Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 4

The gales which swept over the New Hebures group on the night of December 29 are described as the worst for twenty years…

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Torrential Rains. Storm at Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 2

A thunderstorm of a torrential nature, accompanied by hail an vivid lightning occurred after 9 o'clock last night…

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Houses Wrecked. Storm on the Clarence. Cattle Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 4

The Coaldale district on the Clarence River, was visited by a violent storm on Thursday. On a strip three miles wide not one homestead escaped…

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Violent Storm. Cook Strait Swept. Damage in New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 8

A wild storm with heavy rain, lashed Cook Strait on Thursday. The effects were felt in nieghboring districts the telegraph service…

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Thunderstorms. Mostly on the Coast. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 2

Although rain is certainly easing oil it is going slowly. Up to 9 o'clock this morning light to heavy falls had been received over…

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The Rains. Heavy Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 2

The district received, the benefit of a heavy storm last evening. The effect of the gathering clouds was wonderfully imposing, the rays of the sun causing…

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The Flood. Fine Story of Origin. Loss of Life Not Great

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 10

Legends do not just originate out of thin air. They all have a sound basis of fact beneath them. The more many of them are studied the…

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Heavy Gale. Damage in New Zealand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 2

North-western Canterbury (N.Z.) has experienced the worst gale for many years. Lyttelton felt the full force of it. Clouds of dust and pebbles as big…

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Violent Gales. Black Sea Swept. American Steamer Founder. London, Dec. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Constantinople correspondent reports, that vicient gales greatly damaged shipping in Turkish waters, particularly in the Black…

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Flood Expected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 2

Stations around Thargomindah (Q.), which are far away from telegraph and telephone communication, now report great rains. The average fall round…

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