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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

739 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 37

Flood Damage Deputation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. F. .O'Hearn, M.L.A., has Arranged for the West Maitland Council to meet the Minister for Works on Thursday, July 14, at 3.15…

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Flood Damage. Writ Against Cessnock Council. £6000 Claimed. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 4

A writ for £5000 has been served on Cessnock Municipal Council by Messrs. Woodgste and Waller, s[?]lieltors, on behalf of Arthur Sarroff, Ltd…

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(Published by arrangement.) the Big Flood

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 8

According to a compilation printed in the "Herald-Tribune" (New York), "the net result of national Prohibition has been to increase the annual per…

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Caught in Cyclone. Island Steamer Has Rough Time. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 5

On her last voyage to the New Hebrides, the steamer Makembo was caught by a cyclone during which a considerable quantity of dock cargo…

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Coalfields Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has made arrangements for a deputation comprising representatives of the Kearsley and, Tarro shire Councils to…

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Caught by Cyclone Deck Cargo Washed Overboard. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 2

On her last voyage to the New Hebrides the steamer Makambe was caught by a cyelone, during which a considerable quantity of the deck cargo…

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Grant for Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., interviewed the Mister for Local Government, asking that a apodal grant be made available towards the cost of…

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£450 Grant to Our Municipality. Flood Damage at Cessnock

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 5

Mr. George Booth, M. L. A., interviewed the Minister for Local Government with regard to the above asking that a special grant be made…

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Caught in Cyclone. Island Steamer Has Rough Time. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 14

On her last voyage to the New Hebrides, the steamer Makambo was caught by a cyclone during which a considerable quantity of deck cargo…

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Flood Damage. Writ Against Cessnock Council

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 9

A writ for £5000 has been served on Cessnock Municipal Council by Messrs. Woodgate and Waller, solicitors, on behalf of Arthur Sarroff, Ltd…

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Grant for Flood Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 3

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Department of Local Government:—…

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Latest Cables. Cricket. Saxony Floods. Earthquake—jerusalem Dublin Murder. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 2

The New Zealand cricketers to-day defeated a team representing East ol England counties by eight wickets. The deaths through the cloudburst in…

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Floods in Saxony Great Loss of Life

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 3

Dresden, Sunday.—Great floods have caused much loss of life in Saxony. At least 150 are dead in the Mueglitz Valley,.which is studded with…

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Cessnock Flood Damage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 2

Mr. George Booth, M.L.A. inter­viewed the Minister for Local Government with regard to the above asking that a special grant be made…

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Flood Disaster. Yangtse Tributary. Thousands Drowned and Destitute. Shanghai, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 4

More than one thousand natives of Southern Anhwei were drowned, and many thousands left destitute and homeless, an a result of the…

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Flood Damage. Restoring the Roads. Minister Asked for Grant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 2

A deputation from the West Maitland Municipal Council waited upon Mr. Keegan, Minister for Local Government, yesterday, to ask for…

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A Storm in Winter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 8

A thunderstorm was experienced in Singleton during the forenoon of yesterday. The fall, was light, only 10 points being registered. It was the…

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The Forecast. CyCLONIC Storm Developing. Southern Districts Will Be Affected. Meteorological Bureau, Thursday

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

New South Wales: A eyn[?]a disturbance, which is developing over Inland Victoria, wilt probably move slowly[?] the south coust of N.S.W.,…

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Flood Damage. Restoring the Roads. Minister Asked for Grant

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 9

A deputation from the West Maitland Municipal Council waited upon Mr. Keegan, Minister for Local Government, to ask for…

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Severe Cyclone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 5

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares), said that a cyclonic disturbance now affecting the whole of the Tasman Sea, causing rough seas on…

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