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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

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Ten Deaths. the Cyclone in Sydney. Extensive Damage in Suburbs. Bulahdelah's Record Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

Ten deaths have been reported in Sydney as a result of the cyclone in Sydney on Monday night and yesterday. Three of these were killed by live electric wires brought down by the storm…

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Royal Show. Heavy Losses Through Storm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 5

The losses of the Royal Agricultural Society, as a result of the rain is unofficially estimated at more than £25,000. The ring events were…

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Storm Passing. Heavy Seas Moderating. Restoring Telegraphic Communications. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 5

The State Meteorologist stated to-day that the storm was easing, off, the centre of the cyclone being now about Lord Howe Island, and moving…

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Mississippi River. Destructive Floods. New York, April 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 5

Floods have now inundated extensive fertile areas bordering the Mississippi River, and 22,000 inhabitants are refugees. Rall traffic in many…

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Wollombi Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 5

Only light rain fell last night and this morning over the big Cockfighter watershed. It was raining lightly till about 10 a.m. at Wollombi…

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Lowlands Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 5

The low lands from Bolwarra to Largs are practically Inundated. Damage to crops and pastures Is extensive…

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Dungog Flooded. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 5

Dungog is experiencing another flood to-day as a result of the incessant rain yesterday and last night. All low-lying lands is submerged…

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Storm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

A terrific storm struck Sydney on Monday night. Fives lives were lost, house and shops unroofed signboards wrecked, houses flooded and vachts swamped. The wind…

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The Easter Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

After many days of torrential rains and heavy gales, which blew with hurricane force at times, reaching a velocity of more than a mile…

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The Easter Cyclone Floods and Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

Commencing on Thursday with heavy rain on the coast, and light falls in the north-western districts, the storm which caused such damage during Easter…

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Storm Easing Off

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

The State Meteorologist stated today that the storm was easing off, the centre of the cyclone being now about Lord Howe Island and moving steadily…

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Gale Moderating. Fine Weather Returns. Floods on South Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

Rough seas were reported on many parts of the coast yesterday, but they were rapidly moderating…

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Storms and Floods. Desolation in U.S.A. Over 100 Lives Lost. New York. April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

The toll of life and destruction of property by storms and floods in the Mississippi Basin and the south and central portion of the United States…

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Launch Disaster Wrecked in Cyclone. Eight Bodies Recovered; Three Missing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 6

The fatalities in Sydney and suburbs attributable to the storm now number 16. The bodies of eight persons who were drowned in a launch disaster in Botany Bay have been recovered. Three…

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Damage by Flood. Water Board's Works, Between £4000 and £6000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 3

The chief engineer of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board reported at tho weekly meeting that the water supply had not…

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River Falling. Flood Waters Stationary. Brighter Weather Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

To-day there was a most welcome return to fine weather, the day being bright and warm. A period of such conditions will give the flood waters…

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Floods in America. Red Cross Appeal Washington, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

The Red Cross is issuing an appeal for aid to victims of the floods, comparing the steady encroachment of the flood waters to armed invasion…

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Flood at Vacy. Several Narrow Escapes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

On Saturday morning the river at Vacy rose rapidly, and reached 40 feet, covering all the low lands. Fortunately, all the house are above…

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Wollombi Flood Recedes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

The Wollombi flood waters have made a rapid getaway, and towards lunch times to-day the creek was at the 20 feet mark and falling,…

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Tornado and Floods. (By Cable.) Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

A message from Kansas City states that as a result of further tornadoes and cloudbursts on Tuesday evening and Wednesday, 20 deaths have been added…

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