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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Messages Through the Gale

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

After her unexpected trip across the North Sea, which was lashed by a furious gale, the R33, which was filled with inflammable gas, was…

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Airship in a Storm. Drift Over North Sea. Thrilling Voyage in Heavy Gale. Safe Return to Moorings

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 1

Swept from her moorings at Pulham on Thursday morning the airship R33 kept in wireless communication with the shore. The young…

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Running Before the Gale. London, April 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 12

Early in the afternoon the R33 which had been swept from her moorings at Pulham in the morning, was sighted off the Dutch coast,…

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Severe Storm. Snow in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 16

Canterbury was swept by a great southerly storm on Thursday. Reports from country districts indicate that in some places the position is serious…

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I Blown Off the Rails Storm Wrecks Train Four Passengers Killed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 3

Two men and two women were killed and nine people Injured through a train being blown off the rails while crossing a 200ft. viaduct In a wild…

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Heavy Rain at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

Heavy rain fell during the night, for points being recorded up to 9 o'clock this morning. Further heavy showers have fallen since then, with every sign…

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Welcome Change. Heavy Coastal Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 5

A welcome break in the spell of dry weather occurred last evening when a disturbance swept in from the south, resulting in beneficial showers…

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Storm Tossed. Barque Hamburg Reaches Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 6

Leaving Melbourne a fortnight ago with a cargo of wheat for Continental ports the German barque Hamburg, 1985 tons was towed into Sydney…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

Further light to heavy rain was recorded along the coast and the Blue Mountains during the past 24 hours…

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Showery Weather. Heavy Rain on Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

Showery weather has continued since Friday evening last, and conditions are still very unsettled. Light rain has fallen inland, and the State…

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The Forecast Heavy Coastal Rain Expected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 5

Meteorological Bureau, Wednesday. New South Wales: Cloudy generally, with more rain on the coast and tablelands, and in the…

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Heavy Rain at Miller's Forest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

During the past few days our district has been blessed with an excellent fall of rain, resulting in five inches having fallen up till…

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Heavy Coastal Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

Since Saturday 634 points of rain have been received in the Wyong district, and the ground is soaked. No harm has resulted to the citrus…

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The Weather. Heavy Coastal Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

The weather was brighter to-day that on any other day during the past week At times the sun shone brightly and at others rain threatened but there…

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Tweed River in Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

After a space of about seven weeks the Tweed is again faced with the danger of flood Rain commenced on Saturday last and has continued ever…

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Torrential Rain in Sydney. Large Areas Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 4

Sydney was drenched on Sunday, The weather cleared for an hour or two on Saturday afternoon, but shortly before 11 o'clock at night…

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Extensive Damage. Flood Rains in Sydney. Water Supply Now Assured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 5

It now transpires that the torrential rains which fell in the metropolitan area during the week-end were responsible for widespread…

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Local and General Some Heavy Rain

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 4

A table of rainfall in Queensland during April snows some very heavy registrations. In the Peninsula 3988 points were registered at Cape York…

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Coastal Deluge Remarkable Falls in Sydney. Floods Expected on Central and North Coast

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 2

A severe cyclone operated off the coast of New South Wales during the week-end and was responsible for torrential coastal rains and boisterous…

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Heavy Rain Railways Washed Away. Sydney Receives 1423 Points for Week. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 2

As the result of 24 hours' continuous rain which has fallen about Sydney, serious dislocation, of the railway traffic has been caused…

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