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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

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Floods Feared in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 2

Heavy rains, have fallen throughout Victoria, and floods are occurring in some parts. It is feared that more rain is coming and, the farmers are…

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Serious Washouts. Floods in New Zealand. Railways Suffer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 16

Flood rains hive caused serious washouts on the Wairarapa Road, says a Wellington, (N.Z.) message, and the railway over the Remutaka…

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Wheat Crops. Damaged by Rain and Wind. Floods Feared

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 November 1924 · page 2

Very heavy damage to wheat and other crops has been caused in many parts of the State, but mostly in the Riverina and western districts by…

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Floods in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 November 1924 · page 4

The flood waters in the south-west are falling, but the mail services remain disorganised. Messages state that reports from all over the St…

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Heavy Rains. Sensation All Week-end Storms

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 2

The sultry conditions of last week portended further rain. On Friday evening, showery conditions, were followed early on Saturday…

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Mersey Valley Flooded. Launcbston

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 4

Thousands of acres have been submerged in the Mersey Valley and along the Meander River near Doloraine. Several towns were inundated,…

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Floods. wIDESPREAD of Damage to Crops. Exciting Experiences

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 4

As the result of torrential rains in New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria over to week-end, much damage is reported. Rivers are…

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Floods at Tumut

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 4

At Tumut the river is in flood, and at Gulgong the crops have been damaged. In the Coolamon district a severe…

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Floods Havoc in Tasmania

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 2

Terrific, storms have wrought havoc in Tasmania. The northern ' rivers overflowed their banks on Friday, and trains were held up owing to…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 4

Cloudy to overcast and unsettled conditions which developed over the State yesterday again resulted in light to heavy and general rain. At…

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Heavy Storm. Rain in North-west. Upper Hunter Shares

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 4

Another weather change occurred last evening, which resulted in heavy rain during the night. Following upon a muggy day, a…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 4

Further [?]ght to heavy rain has fallen over New South Wales, more particularly in the north-east, where there were some heavy registrations…

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Heavy Storm at Denman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 4

From a storm which fell on Friday night 185 points of rain were registered, this making inches for the week (writes our Denman…

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Flood at Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 4

Heavy storms have occurred over Tamworth and other parts of the district. Tamworth's principal business thoroughfare is on low-lying…

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Flood Feared at Gunnedah

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 4

Further heavy rains have fallen in the Gunnedah district, and according to registrations towards the head of the Namoi, the river should break its…

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Storms at Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 4

The sultry weather conditions experience during the last week have culminated in very heavy storms (writes our Lochinvar correspondent)…

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Wheat Crops. Damaged by Rain and Wind. Floods Feared

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 16

Very heavy damage to wheat 'and other crops has been caused in many parts of the State, but mostly in the Riverina and western districts, by…

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U.S.A. Troubles Heavy Gales, Succeed Long Droughts. New York, Nov. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 November 1924 · page 5

A sudden cold wave accompanied by 70-mile gales has followed a deaths periods of drought. Already eight deaths from exposure—six of them in…

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News by Wireless Terrific Hail Storm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 3

A terrific hail storm occurred in the Peak Hill district yesterday, fell piled np from 3 to 6 indies. Oat fell plied a pfrom 3 to 5 inches. Oat…

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A Heavy Storm Trams Derailed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1924 · page 8

Heavy rain on Thursday morning caused four trams to be derailed in Sydney, through the lines having become filled with silt…

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