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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Heavy Rain Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 4

The State Meteorologist (Mr. D. J. Mares) said last night that the sultry conditions which had prevailed over the State during the last few…

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Cyclone at Pine Creek. Railway Buildings Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 7

A cyclone, with heavy, rain, struck Pile Creek last, night, and blow the railway shed and other Buildings down. The storm came in an…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 November 1925 · page 5

During the week-end, unsettled conditions prevailed. Light to heavy rain was recorded fairly generally between the slopes and the River Darling but…

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Manning's Heavy Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 November 1925 · page 4

The Manning district has just experienced several severe thunderstorms, One that occurred the other day carried with it huge hailstones…

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Storm at Pokolbin

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 4

There was a heavy storm in the Pokolbin district yesterday afternoon. The farm dams were well filled and Blind Creek came down…

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Heavy Storm Rains. Over Two Inches in Parts of District

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 2

The steamy conditions at the week-end resulted in a heavy downpour of rain In different parts of the district, a number of places…

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The Forecast. Rain and Thunderstorms. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 4

New South Wales: Unsettled generally, with further rain and thunderstorms; many heavy falls in the eastern and northern districts, extending…

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Heavy Rain at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1925 · page 4

Heavy rain fell during last evening. The gage at the post office this morning registered 117 points. The fall was opportune and will greatly benefit the…

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The Week's Rain Cloudbursts Near Bell's Mountain and Scone. Something Like a Deluge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 4

The storms on Sunday and Monday last were featured by many unusual occurrences. On Sunday something approaching a deluge occurred as a…

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Flood Warning. Danger in South

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 7

The weather bureau yesterday issued the following warning: "Further heavy rain is expected on the South Coast and Southern…

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Cyclone at Pine Creek. Railway Buildings Wrecked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 14

A cyclone, with heavy rain, struck Pine Creek last night, and blew the railway goods shed and other buildings down. The storm came in an…

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The Weather. Storms in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 November 1925 · page 4

Stormy conditions have prevailed in Brisbane. Shortly before midnight on Sunday a severe storm, accompanied by strong wind and hail passed ever…

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Gale in Sydney. Damage in the Suburbs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 4

Extremely disagreeable conditions were experienced in Sydney, when the temperature reached 97 degrees, the highst this summ[?]…

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Floods in Italy. Town Wiped Out. London, Nov. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 5

The sea has invaded land for several hundreds of yards in Calabris, the peninsula in Southern Italy, between the Gulf of Taranto and the Tyrrhenian…

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Boisterous Weather. Gales Sweep Channel. London, Nov. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 12

There have been severe northeasterly gales on the east coast, accompanied by heavy falls of snow. A Scottish drifter foundered off…

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Floods in Italy. Town Wiped Out. London, Nov. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 2

The sea has invaded land for several hundreds of yards in Calabrie, the peninsula in Southern Italy, between the Gulf of Taranto and the Tyrrhenian…

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Violent Storm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 4

Cessnock and district suffered in common with other parts of the country, from the heat wave which had been making its unwelcome…

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Cessnock Storm. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 5

One of the most violent thunderstorms over witnessed in the district passed over Cessnock last evening. The lightning was vivid and…

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Flooded River. Week-end Settlement Endangered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 3

The flooded Waimkariri River (N.Z.) seriously threatened the Kaianga week-end settlement at Stewart's Gully owing to a groin being washed…

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Further Rain. Result of Thunderstorms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1925 · page 5

Further rain fell yesterday afternoon as a result of thunderstorms. The rain was mostly light in character, but will do much good. There were further…

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