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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

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Muswellbrook Letter "After the Storm."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 3

Following the departure of the railway officials, legal representatives, pressmen, police officers, and witnesses, present at the railway disaster inquiry…

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Maitland's Flood Dangers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 4

The contemplated visit of two Public Works Department's officials to West Maitland, in order to inspect and report upon the…

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Muswellbrook Letter "After the Storm."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 6

Following the departure of the railway officials, legal representatives, pressmen, police officers, and witnesses present at the railway disaster inquiry…

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French Railways. Storm Causes Disaster. London, July 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 2

A report received from Paris shows that the enginedriver, Sowdach, was killed in the Havre-Paris express derailment but M. Lervux, the Director…

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Third Test. Heavy Storm at Leeds. Ground Under Water. London, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 5

At Leeds, where the third test is to be played, a heavy downpour began shortly after three in the afternoon. By four the ground was under water…

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Boy Killed. Hurled Over Falls. New Zealand Flood Tragedy. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1926 · page 5

A cable from Auckland, reports that heavy rains, have occurred in many parts of the dominion, followed by serious floods…

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The Floodgates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1926 · page 4

Reference to the Wallis Creek floodgates was made in the Worka Committee's report, submitted to the fortnightly meeting of West Maitland…

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Future Possibilities. Flood Mitigation and the Whiloaquascope

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 4

Great indeed were the powers of imagination, capacity for peering into the future, and realising its possibilities by a West…

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Boy Killed. Hurled Over Falls. New Zealand Flood Tragedy. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1926 · page 14

A cable from Auckland reports that heavy rains have occurred in many parts of the dominion, followed by serious floods…

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Hongkong. Severe Storm Visitation. Hongkong, July 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1926 · page 5

A severe and prolonged thunder and rain storm assailed Hongkong last night and this morning. The tramway services are suspended…

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Town Isolated. Serious Floods in West Australia. Rain Squalls and Gales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 6

The heavy rains during the last three months have culminated in flerce rain squalls and gales, which have swept through the…

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Floods in West Australia Trans-continental Train Cancelled

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 3

The heavy rains during the Inst there months have culminated in fierce rain squalls and gales, which have swept through the south-eastern portion of the…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 5

The western central and southern districts reported unsettle conditions yesterday Light to leary rain fell at many places…

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Gale in Victoria People Injured. Thirty Homes Wrecked. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 5

Further particulars of the violent gale, which passed over the western district of Victoria last night, show that 36 people were injured…

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Bridge Collapses. Floods in West Australia. Railways Disorganised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon the bridge across the Swan River at Fremantle which forms the main connection between Fremantle and the rest of the…

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Town Isolated. Serious Floods in West Australia. Rain Squalls and Gales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 7

The heavy rains during the last three months have culminated in fierce rain squalls and gales, which have swept through the…

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Gales in Victoria Child Killed, Three Persons Injured Property Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 6

A terrific storm struck Geelong district, late on Thursday afternoon, with the force of a tornado[?] A child named Norman Manyard. aged six, of Belmont,…

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Hongkong. Severe Storm Visitation. Hongkong, July 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 2

A severe and prolonged thunder and rain storm assailed Hongkong last night and this morning. The tramway services are suspended…

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Terrific Storm. Damage in America. Three Killed and Many. New York, July 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 5

The most devastating wind storm ever known in eastern New York State took several lives and caused enormous damage to property…

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Serious Floods. Damage in West Australia. Immense Inundations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 4

All districts within the area of the influence of the principal waterways of the southern portion of West Australia report floods and…

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