Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

739 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 37

Flood Damage. Roads in Stroud Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 3

A special, meeting of the Stroud Shire Council was held to consider the damage caused throughout the Shire by the recent flood, rams…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Letter to the Editor. Floods and Local Apathy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 8

Sir,—Your recent leader on flood mitigation is very timely. What appears the greatest difficulty is the apathy of those mostly concerned…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Flood Damage. Kearsley Shire Estimates. Cessnock

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

An estimate of flood damages in Kcarsley Shire was given at £2000 by the new engineer, Mr. J. F Shine, at a meeting last night…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Farmers and Floods. Position in Hunter Valley. (To The Editor.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 5

Sir.—Information supplied by the Agricultural Departments and its offices is generally hold to be authentic and reliable. In the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Flood Rains. Bulahdelah Again Deluged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 8

Flood rains have fallen, at Bulahdelah, and low-lying parts arc under water. The flood waters from the rains,…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

U.S.A. Floods Still Spreading. Serious Break in Levees. More Disasters Reported. New Orleans, May 1

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

The flood waters have swept over many more thousands of acres of new territory, and made more thousands of persons homeless…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bolwarra Flood Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 5

At a meeting of the Bolwarra Shire on Thursday, the assistant engineer and shire clerk reported that the recent heavy rains had…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

American Floods Fresh Inundations. (By Cable.) New Orleans

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 4

Fresh inundations will bring the total flooded area. to 18,000 square miles and swell the number of homeless to half a million. In the meantime the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Floods. Vast Area Inundated. Fears for New Orleans. New York, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 8

Approximately 12,000 square miles are inundated in the flood area South of Vicksburg, and 330,000 have either left their homes or are marooned,…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

America's Woes. Ravages of Cyclonic Storms. Fifty Persons Killed. New York. May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 5

Cyclonic winds and rainstorms did much damage in sections of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Lowa, and Clorado, taking fifty lives and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mississippi Floods. Crisis Expected. New Orleans. May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 5

A crisis in the Mississippi floods is expected on Wednesday, when the engineers expect levee breaks at Brigend, They are doing everything to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mississippi Floods. Widespread Damage and Suffering. Washington

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 2

President Coolidge announces that various plans are being formed to aid the Mississippi sufferers, including financial arrangements between the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

U.s.a. Floods Earthquakes Add to Terrors

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 4

Anxiety has been increased by the news of earthquake shocks and tornadoes experienced in five of the Mississippi States, and that two towns in the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Still Flooded

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 2

The Kurri Kurri to West Maitland motor bus services which were interrupted by the recent flood were resumed on Saturday afternoon, though buses…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Easter Flood Shire Engineer's Report on Damage. Council Applying for £2000 GRANT

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 5

Reports submitted at the Kearsley shire Council meeting on Friday night included one by the recently appointed engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Cyclone in U.S.A. 200 Persons Killed. Vancouver (B.c.) May 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 4

Latest reports from Kansas City state that over 200 people were killed and many hundreds injured, with damage estimated at 2,000,000…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cyclone's Toll Over 1000 Dead and Injured. Scenes of Desolation. Large Missouri Town Wrecked New York, May 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1927 · page 5

Latest figures is regard to the cyclone show that, besides the 200 known dead, it is estimated Unit over 800 were injured. Relief work has…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Violent Storm at Gundagai

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 2

A terrific storm swept over Gundagai on Tuesday night, and caused considerable damage to property. Houses in the high portion of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Flood Damage. £1500 to Cessnock Streets. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 4

The amount of flood damage in Cessnock municipality has been estimated at £1592 by the Town Engineer (Mr. J. R. Bathgate)…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Flood Mitigation Removing Green Rocks. Minister to Visit D.s[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 3

Mr. W. f. O'Hearn, M.L.A., had a further interview with the Minister for Works, (the hon. M. M. Flannery) on Wednesday in connection with…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →