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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Wollongong Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 6

Wollongong, which received over sixteen inches of rain during the storm, was flooded the water in some of the streets being six feet…

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Floods at Bureagorang

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 6

Floods are also reported in the Burragorang Valley. The Wollondilly River is 6ft over the bridge at Upper Burragorang, and the Nattai River is…

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Reclaiming the Desert Great Dam in the Soudan. Engineers's Race with Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 10

A spectacular and daring piece of engineering will be the effort to complete the Sennar dam in the Soudan by next July, before the coming of…

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Flood Scenes. Cottages Carried Away. People Camp on Furniture SYDNEY. Tuesday '

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 5

At a meeting of St. Peter's Council last night, it was stated that the Woronora River rose nine feet in an hour during the heavy rains on…

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Flood at Port Kembla. Wome N and Children Moved

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 2

Heavy rain set in at Port Kembla on Saturday night, and continued throughout the night. At 9 a.m. on Sunday 520 points had been…

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Rain and Floods

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 5

Very heavy rainfalls, ranging up to 16 inches in places, have followed the recent cyclonic disturbance. Floods are reported from the South…

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Two Men Drowned. Victims of Bega Flood. Swagman Rescued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 6

Cut off by the rising flood waters, in the Boga district. henry Dunoan, junior, and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned…

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The Rainstorm Wollongong Flooded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 2

Wollongong, which received over 16 inches of rain during the storm, was flooded, the water in some of the streets being six feet deep, while the…

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Hawkesbury in Flood

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 2

Messages received from Richmond and other towns on the Hawesbury River report that an alarming rise has taken place in the level of the river…

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Victims of the Flood. Two Men Drowned. Heroic Rescue Effort Fails. BEGA

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

Cut off by the rising flood waters, Henry Duncan, junior, and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned before the eyes…

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Moving Mountain. Flood Causes Landslide. Lismore

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 9

The northern end of Budrim mountain, which has been moving slowly for the last fifteen years, has now started to move rapidly in…

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Victims of the Flood. Two Men Drowned. Bega

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 1

Cut off by the rising flood waters, Henry Duncan, junr., and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned before the eyes…

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Flood Scenes. Cottages Carried Away. People Camp on Furniture SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 16

At a meeting of St. Peter's Council last night, it was stated that the Woronora River rose nine feet in an hour during the heavy rains on…

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Two Men Drowned. Victims of Bega Flood. Swagman Rescued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 3

Cut off by the rising flood waters, in the Bega district, Hen. v. Duncan, junior, and Edward Walker, both married, were swept away and drowned…

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The Weather. Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 4

Cloudy to overcast and unsettled, conditions prevailed over the State during the week-end, resulting in light to heavy rain being recorded…

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Violent Storm. Lifeboatsmen's Perils. London, May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

Two lifeboats which went to tho assistance of two small vessels in a violent storm near Quimpers (France) were smashed by great…

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Floods in Suva. Three Indians Drowned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 5

A message from Suva states that torrential rain which recently fell there was responsible for heavy floods, during which three Indians…

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Storm in Sydney. Heavy Damage by Flood Rains. Trams Derailed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 6

Sydney experienced another terrific storm yesterday afternoon, stated to be the most intensive for 10 years…

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Violent Storm Many Houses Unroofed Mr. Mares Warns Shipping SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 5

Last night's storm, to which reference is made elsewhere, was followed by another of even greater severity at about 4.30 this morning…

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Heavy Floods in Suva. Plantations Washed Away. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

A message from Suva, states that torrential rains which recently fell there Were responsible for heavy floods, during which three Indians were drowned…

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