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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

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Grant for Flood Damages

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 4

Sir. George Booth M L.A., has interviewed the Minister for Local Government relative to a grant for relief on behalf of the Cessnock Municipal…

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Flood Relief Sports Sports Carnival and Concert

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 9

Bad luck has persistently dogged the Flood Relief Committee in their efforts to stage a sports meeting for the benefit of the victims of the…

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German Cyclone Villages Blotted Out. (By, Cable.) Berlin, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 6

A cyclone blotted out the villages of Lingen, Holthaus, and Lindner, causing several fatalities. Hundreds were injured…

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Flood Victims. Estimated at 700,000. Danger of Pestilence. New Orleans. May 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 13

Mr. Hoover (Secretary of Commerce) in a plea to the nation for an additional two milion dollars, declared that the flood's culmination…

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OVER 100 Deaths. Kentucky Storms. Vancouver. June 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 4

A message from Louisville states that the floods were followed by disastrous storms in the mountains of Eastern Kentueky last week-end…

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District Matters. Mr. O'heaen's Representations. Flood Mitigation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 6

Mr. W. P. O'Hearn, M.L.A., yesterday had a long interview with the Premier, Mr. Lang, and the Minister for Works, Mr. Ratcliffe, regarding…

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The Mississippi. Prevention of Floods. Request You Engineers' Conference. Chicago, June [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 4

The flood conference has terminated its session. It has requested President Coolidge to call out the civilian engineers for the purpose of…

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Valuation of Flooded Properties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Logge Acting valuer General has written to Mr. W. F. O Hearn M.L.A acknowledging receipt of Mr.Preter's letter of the 18th…

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Gale Tn New Zealand Damage to Property

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 6

A heavy north-west gale struck Dunedin (N.Z.), damaging roofs and fences, and causing a breakdown in the power service. Launches at Broad…

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Another Flood. Threatens Arkansas Farmers. New York, June 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 5

Little Rock farmers who had been engaged on rehabilitation work were again driven to the hills when a new Hood threatened to devastatc…

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New Comet. Mr. W. F. Gale's Discovery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 8

A new comet was discovered shortly after midnight on Tuesday by Mr. W. F. Gale at his home in Waverley. Following a custom of some years'…

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To Allow Flood Escape Proposed Channel. Dept. Disapproves

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 5

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A. has been informed as follows by the Secretary for Public Works:—Adverting to your recent…

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Flood Relief Big Carnival To-morrow Procession and Sports Meeting

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 10

The sports carnival organised by the Flood Relief Committee will be held at the Showground to-morrow (Saturday…

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New Comet. Mr. W. F. Gale's Discovery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 1

A new comet was discovered shortly after midnight on Tuesday by Mr. W. F. Gale at his home in Waverley…

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OVER 100 Deaths. Kentucky Storms. Vancouver, June 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 12

A message from Louisville states that the floods were followed by disastrous storms in the mountains of Eastern kentucky las week-end…

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The Mississippi. Prevention of Floods. Request for Engineers' Conference. Chicago. June 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 13

The flood conference has terminated its session. It has requested President Coolidge to call out the civilian engineers for the purpose of…

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Another Flood. Threatens Arkansas Farmers. New York, June 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 2

Little Rock farmers who had had been engaged on rehabilitation work were again driven to the hills when a new flood threatened to devastate…

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Flood Relief. Sports at Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 3

The flood relief sports carnival was held on the Cessnock Show Ground on Saturday in glorious weather. Much energy was displayed by the…

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Mississippi Floods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 6

An aerial view of the devastation caused when the river broke its banks and inundated towns and villages in America…

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Flood Relief Sports Carnival Results

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 7

The sports carnival organised by the Cessnock Flood Relief Committee was held at the Showground on Saturday…

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