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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

440 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 22

Liner in Gale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 8

The Ellermann liner City of Palermo reached Melbourne yesterday after a three days' tussle with southerly gales and cyclones. They…

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Draining a Flooded Mine What It Means

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 6

It is remarkable how quickly a great mine can be flooded, but it takes a lot of trouble, anxiety, labor and expense to drain the water…

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Extensive Damage. Cyclone at Trangie

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

Trangle was struck by a cyclone late on Tuesday afternoon. The storm was accompanied by heavy rain and vivid ligthtning…

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Trangle Cyclone. Houses Flattened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 3

A survey of the scene of the cyclone at Trangle confirmed the fact that the estimate of damage was not exaggeration. (Houses were…

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The Flood Gates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 4

The engineer to the Tarro Shire Council (Mr. E. F. Stevens) reported at the meeting of the council to-day that the flood gates…

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Another flood message

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 2

Mr. Harold Rigby, of Garden Suburb, Stockton, writes stating that the following note was found in, a bottle on the Stockton beach, near two…

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Liner in Gale

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 3

The Ellermanna liner City of Pa[?]ermo reached Melbourne yesterday after a three days' tussle with southerly gales and [?]lones. They…

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Trangie Cyclone. Houses Flattened

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 5

A survey of the scene of the cyclone at Trangie confirmed the fact that the estimate of damage who not exaggerated. Houses were…

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Extensive Damage. Cyclone at Trangie

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

Trangie was struck by a cyclone late on Tuesday afternoon. The storm was accompanied by heavy rain and vivid lightning…

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A Forged Flood Message

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 6

In this column in. a recent issue reference was made to a flood message picked up on the river bank at Tarro. This message was signed "Eric Spinks"…

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Thunder Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 4

As far as the intensity of the clouds was concerned, it is seldom that a thunderstorm of the character of the one which occurred this…

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Local and General Heavy Rain

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 4

There was one exceptionally heavy storm at Ellalong yesterday afternoon. The rain simply fell down and the low lands were soon…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

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

Unsettled conditions prevailed over the eastern parts of New South Wales yesterday, when some further light to heavy rain was received over the…

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Storm at Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 5

Another heavy thunderstorm passed over Taree-on Monday afternoon and was followed by a steady downpour of rain. The man on the…

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Storm Terrific Rain Hits Singleton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 2

As we were about to go to press last night a heavy rainstorm of cyclonic nature swept across the town which it struck at 5 o'clock…

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The Weather. Heavy Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 5

Shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a heavy thunderstorm broke over the town from the west. It was accompanled by blinding…

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Disastrous Storm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

A report from Tares states that the severest storm known for years struck Jones Island on Wednesday afternoon. The, lighting, was very vivid, and…

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Flood Prevention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

A meeting convened by the Mayor of East Maitland (Alderman Porter) in response to a requisition, will be held in the Literary Institute at 8…

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Flood Damage

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

From Mr. C. King, Railway Station, stating that a dead animal was hung up in the wire adjacent to the pumping station at Kingdon Ponds,…

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Severe Storm. Post Office Struck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 11

The severest storm known for years struck Jones, Island on Thursday afternoon. The lightning was very vivid, and…

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