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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Floods Feared. New Zealand Lake Rising. Auckland (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 5

Lake [?] is steadily rising. It is feared that if this continues the water may burst ito Tarawera. This would cause the river draining…

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Violent Storm. Damage at Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 3

Three men, two boys, and a horse were buried beneath debris when a blacksmith's shop collapsed during a heavy storm at Dungog on Tuesday…

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Girl Succumbs. Injured During Storm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 15

A Message from Chincilla (Q.) states that Miss Gertrude Tennyson, who was pinned beneath the debris when the Roman Catholic Church was…

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Disastrous Storm. Damage Near Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 5

A violent storm occurred at Mount Olive on Tuesday afternoon, and in the space or two or three minutes it did a great amount of…

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Cyclonic Storm. Damage at Moonee Ponds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

A cyclonic storm burst over Moonee Ponds (Vic.), doing considerable damage. In one case the walls of a shop…

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Torrential Rain. Flood at Innisfail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 3

A heavy storm has fallen at Innis[?] and the water is three feet over the Bank Bridge. During the 24 hours eu[?] 9 a.m on Sunday, 7¼ inches of…

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A Flood Anniversary

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5
Also in Singleton Argus

Monday was the annriiversay of one of the Singleton floods, thai of 1875. The year opened with a few weeks of dry weather, followed by a light…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

Cloudy to overcast and unsettled conditions developed generally over New South Wales yesterday, and resulted in light to heavy rain being…

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Queensland Floods. Railway Line Submerged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

Long stretches of the Innisfail-Tully section of the great northern coast line are under flood. Advices received by the Railway…

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The Weather. Shipping Warned. Cyclone Off the Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

The State Weather Divisional Officer last night stated that he had wirelessed vessels, warning them of a cyclone now centred about Lord…

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Blocking the Hunter River Will Cause Floods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

Farmers on the Lower Hunter are greatly perturbed by the preliminary survey by the Harbours and Rivers Board to block the back channel in…

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The Weather. Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

Unsettled conditions prevailed along the coast and tablelands yesterday, and resulted in light to heavy rain being recorded on the central and…

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Blocking the Hunter River. Will Cause Floods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 8

Farmers on the Lower Hunter are greatly perturbed (by the preliminary survey by the Harbours and Rivers Board to block the back channel is…

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The Weather Heavy Rain on North Coast

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 6

Conditions were temporarily fine over the western-half of the State oil Thursday. But on the coast and tablelands light to heavy rain was experienced,…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain on the Coast. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

Cloudy to overcast and unsettled conditions prevailed in the coastal and tableland districts yesterday. Heavy falls of rain were recorded generally…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast Precautions Against Flood

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 2

As the result of heavy rain in the Lismore district the Richmond River rose to 14 feet above normal level at the week-end, and overflowed its banks…

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Terrific Blow. Cyclone at Cloncurry. Church Carried Thirty Feet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 3

A cyclone swept over Cloncurry (Q.) on Saturday night. It lasted only five minutes, but in that short period a great deal of damage was done,…

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Heavy Rain. on the North Coast. Flood Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

Rain continued at Murwillumbah all Tuesday night, and on Wednesday morning there was no sign of the weather clearing. Though the river rose…

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Steamer Stranded in Snow Storm Nine More Rescued. (Reuter Cable.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 3

A message from the Hook of Holland states that nine more persons have been rescued from the steamer Soerkarta, which was stranded near the…

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