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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

739 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 37

Flood Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

A special meeting of Stroud Shire Council was held on Friday last to consider the damage caused by the recent flood rains. The Engineer…

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Mississippi Floods. Levee Dynamited Two Parishes Inundated Thousands Marooned. Vancouver, April 29

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

A Now Orleans message says that the State engineers dynamited 1000 feet of the Mississippi levec near Violet, Louisiana, on Friday, inundating…

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December 1926, Flood

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

A bottle containing the following note was picked up by Master Willie Monerieff on the Stockton Beach on April 17th. Dec. 29th, 1926. This…

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Mississippi Floods Appalling Disaster

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 4

New York, Sunday.—A mossage from New Orleans states that the floods, which have hitherto been tragic enough, have now assumed the proportion of an…

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Cyclone's Toll. Deaths in Sydney. Coroner's Verdict. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 5

Inquests were, opened to-day by the City Coroner, Mr. Fletcher, into the deaths of the persons who were killed during the cyclone on Easter…

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Prince of Wales. and Bull Fights. Storm at Animal Welfare Conference. London, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 5

The report, since denied, that the Prince of Wales intended seeing a bull fight, at Seville, provoked a storm at the conference of animal…

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Flood Victims. King George. Expresses His Sympathy. More. Levees Crumbling. Vancouver, May 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 5

King George has cabled President Coolidge expressing his sympathy for the Mississippi, flood sufferers. MONTREAL, May 3…

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"Flood Damage in Stroud Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 4

On Wednesday, Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., introduced a deputation comprising Dr. Kesteven and Mr. Barnes, to the Minister for Local…

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Bolwarra Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 5

[?] a meeting of the Bolwarra Shire this afternoon the assistant engineer and shire clerk reported that the recent heavy rains had…

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U.s.a. Floods New Orleans Threatened. Other Areas Inundated

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 2

New York, Tuesday.—The flood situation in New Orleans is believed to be more serious than is commonly understood. This is due to the tendency to…

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The Weather. Cyclone Off Coast. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5

Mr. Mares, the Government Meteorologist, expects bad weather to continue for another 24 hours. He stated that a cyclone has…

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Gale at Newcastle. Lighter Sinks in Harbour. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5

A fifty-miles gale was blowing to—day. The bar was dangerous, and there were very few movements of vessels. Two put out, but had to…

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The Floods. Fresh Inundations. Half Louisiana Threatened RESCUING 11,000 Marooned. New Orleans, March 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5

The crest of the Mississippi River flood is moving southward at the rate of fifty miles a day, leaving an increasingly large expanse of inundated…

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Stroud Shire Flood Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5

Last Wednesday, Hon. W. Bennett M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Local Government a deputation from Stroud Shire, Council…

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Mississippi Flood

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

Vancouver, Wednesday: The Mississippi waters cover fifteen thousand miles in three States. Two hundred and fifty thousand people are…

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Coalfields Flood Damage

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has had a further interview with the Premier. Mr. J. T. Lang, relative to granting relief to residents who had suffered…

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Flood Relief Fund White City in Support

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5

Cessnock residents have suffered heavily through two flood visitations within a short period. Homes were ruined and generally keen distress…

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Cyclone's Toll. Deaths in Sydney. Coroner's Verdict. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 7

Inquests were opened to-day by the City Coroner. Mr. Fletcher, into the deaths of the persons who were killed during the cyclone on Easter…

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Prince of Wales. and Bull Fights. Storm at Animal Welfare Conference. London, May 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 2

The report, since denied, that the Prince of Wales intended seeing a bull fight at Seville, provoked a storm at the conference of animal…

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