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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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New Zealand Floods. Township Inundated

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

A heavy storm on Friday, following a fortnight's wet weather, has caused extensive floods in the Bay of Plenty district, New Zealand…

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Floods Expected

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

Warnings have been received from official sources that floods are expected south of Newcastle. Similar warnings have been received by the…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 4

Unsettled weather conditions continued yesterday, and further light to heavy rain fell generally with the exception of the north coast…

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The Forecast. Flood Rains on South Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 4

Meteorological Bureau, Wednesday. New South Wales:—Fine in the north-west quarter; otherwise cloudy and unsettled, with further…

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Storm in Sydney. Terrific Rain. Great Damage Done

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 2

Accompanied by vivid lightning and crashing peals of thunder; terrific rain fell in Sydney and suburbs on Monday evening, causing damage everywhere…

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Shoalhaven in Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

AS The result of torrential rains, the Shoalhaven River on Wednesday. broke over its banks at Numba and Terara. A large area of land is…

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Flood at Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

Reports from Tilba Tilba Gunning Gundagai Bombalr and Goulburn give information of floods and damage to crops and property…

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Southern Floods. Many Towns Threatened. Two Men Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

The Murrumbidgee and Tumut Rivers are in heavy flood and serious damage has been done in some places Two men were drowned at…

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Five Missing Two Motorists Browned. Floods at Queanbeyan. Moruya Surrounded. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

Floods have now surround the town of Moruya, and great damange has been done. Two men were taken from the roofs…

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Storm Wrecks House a Terrible Night. Cyclone at Collaroy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

When a fierce cyclone squall struck Collaroy early on Tuesday morning five houses were wrecked and ten others, in addition to…

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Path of the Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

One of the features of the disturbance was that nobody was injured. The other was the remarkably localised nature of the squall…

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Floods Ravage Queanbeyan District. Many Lives Lost. Raging Torrent Sweeps Buildings to Destruction. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

A terrible flood, the worst in the history of the town, swept Queanbeyan and surrounding districts on Tuesday and yesterday, leaving a trail…

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Flooded Rivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

A great volume of water is coming down the main stream of the Lachlan River. At Wyangala the river rose more…

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Tremendous Hush of Water. Queeanbeyan Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

Great floods are reported in the Queanbeyan and Federal Territory districts. The body of a man was recovered…

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Southern Floods. Body Recovered at Queanbeyan. Two Drowned at Gundagai. Extensive Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

Tremendous damage has been caused on the South Coast by the floods. A large area of country is inundated…

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Flood Losses Heavy at Gunadgai. Serious Position on Murrumbidgee. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 5

The damage by flood at Gundagai is estimated at £100,000. The position on the Murrumbidgee is serious…

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Appalling Floods. in Southern District

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

A terrible flood—the worst in the history of the town—swept Queanbeyan and surrounding districts on Tuesday and Wednesday,…

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Late Telegrams. Murrumbidgee Flood. Alarming Reports. North Pole Expedition. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

A message from Goulburn states that Iris Handley, aged 16, was walking in the back yard of her home when she slipped into a pooi…

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Devastating Floods

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

The heavy rains on the South Coast and southern tablelands have been followed by great floods on the inland and coastal rivers. The…

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Violent Storm Many Houses Unroofed, Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 7

At Collaroy, more than twenty houses were unroofed, some of the roofs being blown 500 yards away. Many suburbs reported great…

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