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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

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Flood Mitigation East Maitland Council's Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 2

Sir,—Having noticed the letter in this evening's edition of your paper re flood mitigation in East Maitland, and the proposed bank that would…

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Flood Waters. Damage in New Zelands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 4

A great rainstorm washed away 60 yards of railway embankment at Lawrence (N.Z.). Waters from a creek broke through, and flooded the…

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Heavy Rain. Lowlands Flooded in Sydney. Coastal Parts Benefit. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 16

Heavy rain fell in the city during the forenoon. All the lowlying parts were quickly flooded and traffic in some instances was held up…

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Fierce Gale. Narrow Escape of School Children

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 14

A fierce gale swept the metropolitan area, Melbourne, on Sunday afternoon, and caused extensive damage…

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Across Atlantic Westward Flights. Gale Delays Aviators. LONDON, Sept. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 2

There has been no abatement of the bad weather which prevailed on the North Atlantic yesterday. This morning's reports show that westerly…

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Glacial Floods. Disasters in Europe. London, Sept. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 2

The British United Press Assocations's Berlin correspondent says that 150 deaths are reported as the result of glacial floods. The bridges across…

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Flood Waters. Damage in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 5

A great rainstorm washed away 60 yards of railway embankment at (N.Z.). Waters from a creek broke through, and flooded the…

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New Zealand Town Flooded Streets Strewn with Furniture

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 4

During the phenomenal rains in Otago, the township of Lawrence suffered severely from a washout, caused by flood waters from two streams…

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Heavy Rain. Extreme North Coast Benefits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 3

During the 48 hours ended On Monday useful rain was recorded on the central and North Coast of New South Wales…

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Stricken Japan. Storms and Floods. Many Lives Lost. Tokio, Sept. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 September 1927 · page 2

Official reports from various prefectural headquarters throughout the Eastern section of the Island of Kyushyu give particulars of…

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Struck by Gale. Boating Parties Have Narrow Escapes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 3

Three men had a narrow escape from drowning near Perkin's Beach, Port Kembla, during tho height of the gale…

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Grant for Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 4

Recently the west Maitland Municipal Council applied to the Local Government Departure for a special grant for expenditure on the…

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Flood Embankment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 4

It is expected that a start will be made next week by the West Maitland Municipal Council with the important work of re-building the…

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Heavy Storm. Tamworth District. Flooded Creeks

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Sunday 18 September 1927 · page 9

A thunderstorm which was of short duration but of a particularly violent nature passed over Tamworth district early yesterday afternoon…

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Ellis Cup Soccer. Cessnock Again Trounces Aberdare Fast Football in Southerly Gale

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

Cessnosk, who have played with such marked success in Ellis Cup matches this season, added another triumph to their credit fast Week-end, whon they again accounted for their old rivals, Aberdare. In the first half, Cessnock, playing with a strong southerly…

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Floods in England. Heavy Rains. Sheep and Cattle Drowned. London. Sept. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

For the fifth day in succession very heavy rain fell yesterday over Central and Southern England. Flooding occurred in several places…

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Rebuilding Flood Embankment

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 2

The West Maitland Municipal Council hopes to make a start next week with the rebuilding of the flood, embankment protecting the lower end of…

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Heavy Rain. Floods in West Australia. Albany Isolated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 7

Three and a half inches of rain fell in the Albany district in 48 hours and caused several Wash-aways on the railways Settlers were…

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Storm at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 4

Nineteen points of rain were recorded at Cessnock post-office up to 9 a.m. to-day…

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A Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 4

Following sultry conditions yesterday, a thunderstorm broke over the town about 11 o'clock last night. Rain fell heavily for a few minutes…

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