Town Flooded. Cloudburst at Young
A cloudburst over Young on Thursday, and resulted in the flooding of a large portion of the business section of the town, Main-street and…
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Floods & storms, 1927
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Devastating Floods in Cessnock and Surrounding District. Homes Inundated with Water. Bridges and Public Works Destroyed. Departmental Officers to Visit District
The Xmas of 1926 was an historic one for Cessnock and will long be remembered as the period of the most disasterous flood in the history of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Babies
In years to come, when babies of to-day can listen to stories, doubtness a couple of "[?]ood babies" of Cessnock will hbe ha[?]kening to how…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Once Bitten People in Low Lying Areas Precautions Against Future Floods. important Meeting Next Wednesday Night
People residing in the low-lying parts of Cessnock had such an unenviable experience during the recent flood, that they are determined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grant Wanted To Cover Flood Damage Deputation to Government
Yesterday the Mayor (Ald. J. Brown) accompanied by the Acting Town Clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieve) proceeded to Sydney, to wait as a deputation on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Souvenirs
The flood waters left souveniers behind in the shape of fish. The fish had been suffocated by the muddy Water and were found high and dry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Damage a Congewai
The people of Congewai [?] to the music of heavy rain on Tuesday morning, December 28, when in a short time, all gullies were filled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drought, Fire & FLOOD Australia's Climatic Extremes
New South Wales has recently passed through three periods of vicissitude which are characteristic of the peculiar extremes to which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Flood (To the Editor)
Sir,—Will you allow me to say a word of appreciation. We have witnessed a scene of disaster right in our midst through the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Sidelights
Now that the flood of Cessnock is something of past history, some incidents that may now appear as amusing, but were really, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Flooded Cessnock The Biggest Flood in Recent Years
Ten inches of rain in a few days is an experience that Cessnock has soldom participated in, but in the holiday week, from Sunday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hail Storm. Damage at Quirindi Houses Unroofed
A cyclonic storm struck Quirindi on Friday. Hail as large as hens eggs, which piled on the ground to a depth of a foot to eighteen inches,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Storm in Goulburn Portion of House Torn Away
A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, swept over the Goulburn district on Wednesday night, and caused considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Flood Damage
A deputation representing the Cessnock Shire Council waited upon the UnderSecretary to the Local Government Department (Mr. Walker)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Branxton. Flood Damage at Black Creek
At a recent meeting of the School of Arts committee the programme for the present year was decided upon. It is the intention to organise and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Damage. Relief for Cessnock. Cessnock
Alderman J. Brown (Mayor of Cessnock) speaking to-day regarding his visit to Sydney in connection with flood damages, said the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damaged Roads. North Coast Deluge. Sydney
In the Legislative Asembly, Mr. Gillies asked the Minister for Local Government whether he would be prepared to make some money available…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lakes in City. Newcastle Flood. Cloudburst Effects
A cloudburst over Newcastle on Saturday provided the city with another little flood. About 3 a.m. half-an-inch of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The '52 Gundagai Flood. a Whole Township Swept Completely Away. Terrible Suffering and Ultimate Rescue of the Turnbull Family
A full and authentic account of the devastating "rising of the waters" which swept away the little town of Gundagai in June, 1852, has never…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Losses. Meeting at Cessnock. Raising Funds. Cessnock
At a largely attended public meeting convened by the Mayor (Ald. J. Brown), In the Cessnock Shire Chambers last night, many practical…
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