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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Floods in United States Damage Totals Millions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 2

Atlanta, Tuesday.— Latest estimates of the southern flood disasters place the dead at eight, and the homeless at 8000, while the material damage is reckoned…

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Flood Experiences Snakes Take Shelter

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 4

Describing his experiences during the recent flood in the Rockhampton district, Mr G. Rainoy, who had been cotton-picking on the farm of Mr D…

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Floods in United States. Damage Totals Millions. Atlanta

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 8

Latest estimates of the southern flood disasters place the dead at eight, and the homeless at 8000, while the material damage is reckoned around…

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Terrific Gale. Damage in New Zealand. Business Houses Flooded. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 16

A terrific train swept over parts of New Zealand last night. The damage is estimated at [?]10,000. Along the Auckland waterfront a…

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Polar Flight. Mobile at Spitzbergen. Violent Storms Raging. Vadsoe, May 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 7

A violent blizzard drove over Spitzbergen, damaging the hanger. Colonel Nobile has advised by…

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Appalling Losses. Rockhampton Floods. Cattle Suspended in Trees. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 16

A message from Rockhampton states that as the flood waters begin to recede the appalling losses are being realised…

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Rockhampton Floods Cotton-pickers Safe

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 11

A message from Rockhampton (Q.) states that the police have received advice that the nine cotton-pickers feared to have been drowned in the…

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Bodies Recovered Victims of Queensland Floods State Coal Mine Damaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 9

Two more bodies, believed to be those of Mrs. Williams, junior, and the remaining child of the family who disappeared when…

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Refuge in Trees. Rockhampton Flood Stories. Heavy Live Stock Losses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 13

Describing his experiences during the recent flood, Mr. G. Rainey, who had been cotton-picking on the farm of Mr. D. Thomas, on the Dun River…

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Atlanta Floods. Damage to Cotton Crops. Blizzard in Pennsylvania. Montreal, April 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 2

A message from Atlanta states that the latest estimates of the southern flood disasters arc 12 dead and 8000 temporarily homeless…

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Atlanta Floods Seven Lives Claimed. Hundreds Rendered Homeless. Montreal, April 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 12

The Atlanta floods, caused by torrential rains, have taken seven lives, while hundreds are suffering from exposure, in…

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The Weather. Moderate to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 4

Moderate to heavy rain was experienced yesterday in the metropolitan area, while light rain fell on the North Coast, Hastings, Hunter and…

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The Weather. Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 5

Yesterday light to heavy rain was recorded on the coast north from Seal Rocks. Light falls were recorded in the metropolitan area and at…

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Launch Adrift in Gale a Timely Rescue

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 3

Adrift in a speed launch for three hours, in huge soaa, was the predicament in which two men and a woman found themselves on Saturday. They…

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Steamer Nautilus Adrift in Gale on Queensland Coast. Rockhampton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 2

The steamer Canobar returned to Gladstone last night and reported that while towing the steamer Nautilus to Brisbane the tow-line snapped and the…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Monthly Meeting. Adult Franchise—floods and Fences—argument with Main Roads Board

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held on Friday last, when there were present:—Crs. D. M. Bell (president), J. Lonergan,…

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Polar Flight. Nobile at Spitzbergen. Violent Storms Raging. Vadsoe. May 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 13

A violent blizzard drove over Spitzbergen, damaging the hangar. Colonel Nobile has advised by…

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Canadian Floods. Many Workmen Affected. Ottawa, May 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 3

Over 1000 men are out of work as the result of floods in the Gatinau River. The sawmills along the river are being closed…

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State Mine Closes. Legacy of Queensland Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 3

During the recent floods in Central Queensland there was a big subsidence at the State coal mine at Baralaba, where the mine office and…

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North Pole. Count Nobile's Flight. Gale Interferes with Plans King's Bay, May 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 5

A gale prevented Count Nobile, in the airship Italia from carrying out his full plans at the North Pole. It was impossible to land because…

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