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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

397 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 20

Flood at Forbes All Business Suspended. Water Still Rising. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 4

A message from Forbes this morning, stated that the waters was 33ft 7in deep, and still rising. Eighteen families, whose homes were…

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Devastating Floods Windsor District Inundated. Bogan River Rising

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 2

During the early days of this week floods were experienced in many portions of the State, and the Windsor district in particular has been subjected…

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Gales and Floods. Damage in New Zealand. Many People Marooned. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 5

News coming to mind shows that gales and floods in the North Island have been responsible for almost incalculable damage…

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Lachlan Flood Forbes Under Water. Many Homes Submerged. Families Destitute. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 5

A message from Forbes this morning stated that the water was 33 feet seven inches deep, and that it is still rising…

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Flood Warnings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 6

Sir,—In the reports of the disastrous floods in the south, complaints were made by farmers that they did not receive timely warning of the…

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The Floods. Position at Forbes. River Falling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 4

The flood at Forbes is receding somewhat, having reached a height or 33ft Sin, which is 11 inches lower than the 1916 visitation, and 6ft above…

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The Floods Widespread Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 7

The flood waters have struck Forbes, and a number of houses have been flooded out. Most of the telephone lines are…

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Floods of Old. 0Hawkesbury and Nepean. a Parson's Ride

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 5

The extraordinary rainfall revives interest in the floods along the Nepean and Hawkesbury in the long ago, and also the query whether…

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Gales and Floods Damage in New Zealand. (By Cable.) Auckland

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 6

News coming to hand shows that gales and floods in the North Island have been responsible for almost incalculable damage. Many townships…

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The Floods Families Homeless at Forbes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 7

The river at Forbes on Thursday was 33ft. 7in. deep, and was still rising. The town is completely encircled by the flood waters, and the only…

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Heavy Floods. New Zealand Settlers Leave Home. Auckland (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 5

As a result of heavy floods, over twenty acres of farm land near Whakatane are under water to a depth of six feet…

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Man Overboard Exciting Rescue in a Gale

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 10

A sensational story was told by the officers and Crew of the Danish steamer Sierra Nevada, which arrived in Brisbane. While in the teeth of a gale…

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The Flood of '93 Experiences in Muswellbrook. Premier Ma Rooned Here

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 1

It was in the summer of 1893, or March 7. to be exact, that the great est flood on record took place in the Upper Hunter. It was perhaps the…

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Floods in Poland. Thousands Homeless. London July 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent in warsaw says that Poland especially in the south east is in the throes of dangerous floods following an abnormal…

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£5,000,000 Earthquake Flood of Gasoline, Inconceivable Disaster Escaped

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

Great as was the damage done by the earthquake at Santa Barbara, the predominant impression appears to be that the loss of life and…

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Gales and Floods. Damage in New Zealand. Many People Marooned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 9

News coming to hand shows that gales and floods in the North Island have been responsible for almost incalculable damage…

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Heavy Floods. New Zealand Settlers Leave Home. Auckland (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 5

As a result of heavy floods, over twenty acres, of farm land near Whakatane are under water to a depth of six feet…

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Precautions Against Floods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 8

At the last meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council a letter reficer asked the Council to take parment asked the council to take…

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Flood Damaged Roads Board Grants Assistance. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 5

Mr. Garlick, Chairman of the Main Roads Board, stated to-day that many applications for assistance had been received from councils whose…

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Floods and Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 3

Mr. J. Nelson, formerly of Wingen and Buchanan, and now following up the teaching profession at South Gundagai, writes of his watery…

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