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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

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Awful Flood in Europe

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 3

A thousand people were drowned in Rioumania by sudden floods sweeping away factories and bridges…

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Flood Damage at Junee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 6

Further investigations concerning the Junee flood indicate that considerable damge has resulted. In the streets of the town are heaps…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

For about a quarter of an hour yesterday afternoon commencing at four o'clock, heavy rain fell in the immediate district. The rain was…

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Devastating Floods. Holland and Germany Swept London, January 6

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent reports that the floods are subsiding everywhere except in northern Limburg and Deventer, where…

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Queensland Floods. Three Deaths

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 8

Reports of torrential rainfaiis in various parts of Southern and South-western Queensland continue to be received…

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Natives Killed. Storm in Samoa

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 16

A radio message received by the New Zealand Minister for External Affairs states that a tremendous storm, which struck Samoa on New…

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Storm and Flood Devastation in Europe Samoa Also Damaged. LONDON, Jan. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 12

Telegrams from Amsterdam say that the floods in districts watered by the Meuse, Waal, Rhine, and Lek have assumed the character of a great…

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Intense Storms. Damage in London. Man Killed Seven Injured. London, Dec. 31

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 13

Yesterday's gale was followed at night by an 85-mile an hour hurricane, and intense thunderstorms. In London and elsewhere much…

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Big Floods. Junee's Experience. Damage in the South

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 5

Junee experienced the biggest flood in its history on Wednesday, and railway washaways seriously dislocated traffic on the main southern…

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Floods in Europe Extensive Damages Reported. Railway Train Abandoned. LONDON, Jan. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 2

News comes from Amsterdam that the water has fallen a yard below yesterday's highest level in the Maestricht district, so that trains to…

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Wicket Soft and Outfield Flooded. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 6

A message from Melbourne states that it is extremely doubtful Whether play in the match between South Australia and Victoria will bo resumed…

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Flood-swept Europe. Seine Still Rising. London, Jan. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 5

A message from Paris says that the Seine is still rising, and that water, is penetrating the underground railway stations. The river is also infiltrating…

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Storm in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 4

Sydney was deliged shortly after 8 o'clock last night, when a tropical storm broke. A total of 180 points was registered between 7 and…

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Deluge in Sydney Shops Flooded

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 2

Shortly after 8 o'clock on Tuesday night Sydney received a tropical deluge, and houses and shops were flooded. The rainfall to 9 p.m. was 180 points,-and…

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The Weather Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 4

Further heavy rain has fallen in Queensland. Falls were fairly general in the coastal districts north of Townsville, and some of the highest…

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Eccleston Storm. Devastates District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 2

On Tuesday the 19th instant, a portion of the district from Massie's Creek across to Mr. S. Hopson's on the Allyn road to Ec[?]ston as far as…

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Boxing. Collins Beats McGALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

The fight between Harry Collins, 10.9¼, and Frisco M'Gale, 10.8, the American negro, who was having his first contest in Australia, at the…

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Town Flooded. Damage in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 5

A terrible flood has overtaken Takaka, in Nelson Province. Most of the town is under water, which has reached The window of [?]…

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Eccleston Storm Devastates District

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

On Tuesday, the 19th instant, a portion of the district from Massie's Creek across to Mr. S. Hopson's on the Allyn road to Eccleston as far…

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Terrific Storm Damage at Kempsey. Heavy Fall of Hail. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

A terrific storm passed over Kempsey yesterday afternoon, and many houses were unroofed. The storm was accompanied by…

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