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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

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Terrific Gale Damage at Goulburn. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 16

A terrific gale swept Goulburn last night Fences and trees were levelled and decorations in the streets for the While Train were…

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Heavy Rain 148 Points at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Rain set in yesterday morning, and throughout last night and early this morning heavy showers fell. Up to 9 a.m. to-day 148 points had been…

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain in South-east

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 5

Meteorological Bureau, Tuesday. New South Wales: Cloudy and unsettled generally, with more rain some further heavy fails in the…

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Heavy Rain at Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1926 · page 4

All the water-courses and flats around the Bathurst district are flooded as the result of three inches of rain which have fallen since…

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Narrow Escape. Rescued From Flood Waters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 2

John Ryan, an overseer at Vale Creek, in the Bathurst district, is in the local hospital, in a serious condition, suffering from shock and…

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Disastrous Gale. Damage in New Zealand. Man Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 3

A heavy northerly gale did severe damage in Wellington (N.Z.). The steel [?] carrying the aerial at the wireless station on Tinakori Hill…

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Man's Plight Caught in Flooded Creek

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 2

Caught in a netting fence across the flooded Vale Creek, near Bathurst, with his body submerged in the water to his neck, Jack Ryan, a…

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Narrow Escape. Rescued From Flood Waters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

John Ryan, an overseer at Vale Creek, in the Bathurst district, is in the local hospital, in a serious condition, suffering from shock and…

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Flood Anniversary Singleton's Big Inundation in Review Some Experiences of Thirteen Years Ago

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 8

Thirteen years ago to-day Singleton and the Hunter Valley generally experionced on of the greatest floods in the history of the State…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain Squal[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 4

The weather continues unsettled with occasional light showers. On Sunday, smart showers were experienced with fierce rain squalls from…

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The Forecast. Flood Rains on North Coast. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 May 1926 · page 4

New South Wales: Further rain on the coast, cablelands and parts of the north-east inland districts, heavy and flood fails on the central and…

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Rivers in Flood. Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 4

The cyclonic disturbance operating off the Central Queensland coast during the week-end moved south on Monday, and its centre at nine o'clock…

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Helpless Steamer. Driven Before South-westerly Gale. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

The Wonganella which is helpless with a broken tail shaft, was this morning clear of danger of being washed on Sandy Cape, but was being…

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Flood Warning

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

The following official notification was yesterday received by the Muswellbrook telegraph office from the Commonwealth meteorologist:—…

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Eight Miles Wide. Macquarie River in Flood. Warren

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

The Macquarie River is again in flood for the fifth time this year. The river between Warren and Carinda is eight miles wide in one…

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Heavy Rains in Coastal Areas Floods Probable

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 2

The following is a copy of a telegram from the Commonwealth Meteorologist yesterday to all postmasters concerned: "Commonwealth Meteorologist…

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In Flooded Creek

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 5

Len Ede and W.L. Thomas were driving in a sulky to Wingham on Monday, when, in attempting to ford Diamond's Crossing, on the…

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Mussolini-land. Floods and Avalanches. London, May 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Rome correspondent reports that severe floods have occurred in various parts of Italy. Three bodies were recovered from the Adige. In…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland Rivers in Flood

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 4

The cyclonic disturbance operating off the Central Queensland coast during the week-end moved south on Monday, and its centre at 9 o'clock was…

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Floods in Italy (Reuter Cable.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 2

Severe floods have occurred in various parts of Italy, and several persons have been drowned…

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