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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

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Argentine Floods. Seventy Deaths. Buenos Ayres, March 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 4

Floods in the juy-juy province, in the extreme north-west of the Argentine, have resulted in our 70 deaths…

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Stewart Beats McGALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 7

Alf Stewart (11.6½, a former Australian middleweight champion, defeated "Frisco" McGale (10.12½), at the Melbourne Stadium on Saturday…

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Flood Relief Claims

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 5

The flood relief committee held a further meeting last evening, when the question of claims submitted by the victims of the deluge was…

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Drowned in Flood. Fatality in W.A. PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 6

A message from Perenjori states that's man named Whearn whose camp was 18 miles from Wunarra station, was washed away by flood…

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Stewart Beats McGALE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 15

Alf Stewart (11.6½), a former Australian middleweight champion, defeated "Frisco" McGale (10.12½), at the Melbourne Stadium on Saturday…

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Storms in America. Heavy Flood Damage. Kansas City. April 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 7

Storms brought two to five inches of rain in the south-west, flooding hundreds of small streams in Missousi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Thousands…

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Argentine Floods. Seventy Deaths. Buenos Ayres, March 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 12

Floods in the Juy-Juy province, in the extreme north-west of the Argentine, have resulted in over 70 deaths…

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Refuge From Flood Became Exhausted and Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1927 · page 1

In connection with floods in the Murchison (W.A.) area, a station hand, after clinging to the branches of a tree for several days, fell exhausted and was…

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The Weather. Heavy Coastal Rain, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 5

Exceptionally heavy rain was recorded in the central coastal districts during the week-end, many falls being over three inches,…

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Cyclonic Storm. the North Coast Deluged. Rivers Swollen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 10

A severe cyclonic disturbance, which has extended southward along the New South Wales coast from Queensland' is causing southerly…

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Streets Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1927 · page 10

It rained all last week at Coff's Harbour, and during the past four days 689 points have been recorded. As a result the streets were flooded…

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Cyclonic Disturbance Floods Feared on the Coast

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

Due to tropical disturbances further heavy rains have fallen on the North Coast, and the possibility of Hoods north of the Hunter River is increasing…

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Flood Relief Meeting of Committee

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 5

At a meeting of the Cessnock Flood Relief Committee, held in the Municipal Chambers last night, presided over by Mr. H. Brown, matters…

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Destructive Cyclone Two Towns Wrecked. Heavy Death Roll. MONTREAL, April 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

A San Antonio message says the town of Rock Springs was wrecked by cylonic winds while the Inhabitants slept. Sixty-eight bodies have…

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False Alarm. Bank Vaults Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 3

The vaults of the Savings Bank at the corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Lane were flooded by water early this morning…

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Flood Relief Fund

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

Mr. H. Brown presided over a meeting of the Cessnock Flood Relief Committee [?] the Municipal C[?] on Monday night…

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Lower Hunter Deluge. Over Ten Inches of Rain. Rivers and Greeks Rise. Low-lying Lands Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 4

The lower Hunter districts have again been deluged, the rain in parts being the heaviest for many years. West Maitland recorded the phenomenal fall of 1068 points, and Mulbring ten inches…

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Violent Gales. on Moroccan Coast. Many Vessels Lost. London, April 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 5

News comes from Madrid that violent gales are reported for Melilla, Morooco. Numbers of vessels grounded and Bank, rescue being…

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Record Floods. Damage at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 4

The greatest flood in its History swept over Newcastle yesterday and last night. The Glebe, Merewether, and…

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Flood at Dungog. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 4

Heavy and continuous rain fell in Dungog and district yesterday and last night, resulting in one or the biggest floods for many years…

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