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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Heavy Storm Raging. Copenhagen, May 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 7

A heavy storm is raging at King's Bay to-night. It is stated that Count Nobile sent a message that the Italia is not using all her propellers. The…

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State Mine Closes. Legacy of Queensland Floods

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 4

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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Auckland Floods Gale Sweeps Over Country

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 2

An easterly gale at Auckland has resulted in floods in the country districts, where the rivers are still rising. Some stock has been lost…

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Dam Bursts. Floods in Quebec. Vancouver, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 May 1928 · page 5

The big dam at Chicoutimi, Quchee, holding back millions of logs for ten days against the heavy pressure of flood waters from Lake St…

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Auckland Floods Gale Sweeps Over Country

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 14

An easterly gale at Auckland has resulted in floods in the country districts, where the rivers are still rising. Some stock has been [?]ost…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Property Gale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 6

Bacon and Company, Gunnedah, report having sold Pine Glen, Gunnedah district, consisting of 2420 acres, s.l…

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Cruelty to Fox Storm in Victoria

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 5

In connection with the cruelty shown a fox by Melbourne Hunt Club at Berwick on Monday,, ministers have written to the newspapers condemning the…

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Lawn Tennis Hawkes V Brugnon. Thunderstorm Robs Him of Vict0ry. Paris, June 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 7

In the tennis singles third round in the Hawkes v Brugnon match the scores were 4-6, 3-6, 0-3, 6-3, 3-1, when a terrific thunderstorm stopped play…

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Dam Bursts. Floods in Quebec. Vancouver, May 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 2

The big dam at Chicoutimi, Qu[?]bec holding back millions of logs for ten days against the heavy pressure of flood waters from Lake St…

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Earlier Messages. Dodging Storm Clouds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 5

6 p.m. (2.10 p.m. Monday, sydney time); Now at an altitude of 2500 fact, at 169 meridan. Have made good 1225 knots, giving an average of over…

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Southern Cross. Safe Landing at Suva. After Speeding Through Tropical Storms. Kingsford Smith Makes History. Stupendous Feat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 5

Captain Kingsford Smith and the gallant crew of the Southern Cross have conquered the most difficult and hazardous portion of their epic flight across, the Pacific…

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Through Terrific Storm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 2

Seen after they had had a bath, and while they were busy reading cables of congratulation, and dictating replies, Captain Kingsford Smith…

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Great Flight Ends. Southern Cross at Brisbane. Kingsford Smith and His Gallant Crew. Terrific Battle with Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 7

Captain Kingsford Smith and his gallant crew aboard the Southern Cross landed at Eagle Farm Aerodrome, Brisbane, at 10.10 this morning, after their epic flight across the Pacific…

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Hawkes V Brugnon. Thunderstorm Robs Him of Victory. Paris, June 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 12

In the tennis singles third round in the Hawkrs v Brugnon match the scores were 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-1, when a terrific thunderstorm slopped play…

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Heavy Rain at Dungog. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 4

Steady rain fell yesterday, followed by a heavy and persistent fall during the night, accompanied by a rough south-westery gale, which caused…

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Gale at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 4

The wind blew a steady gale during the night, and reached its highest velocity about 6 o'clock this morning. One of the iron chimneys…

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Storm at Loohinvar. Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 4

Rain continued incessantly through out Wednesday night, 145 points being registered here to 9 a.m. to-day…

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Gale at Newcastle. White Bay a Total Wreck. Man Electrocuted. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 4

The fiercest gale for more than twenty years broke along the coast at three o'clock this morning, and is still raging with…

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Howling Gale Coaster Driven Ashore Heavy Damage in Sydney Wind at Eighty Miles an Hour. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 4

The fierce storm last night caused tremendous damage all along the coast, and in the city and suburbs…

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Italia Crippled in a Storm Meagre Tidings of Disaster Eight of Crew Fall From Ship

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 1

The reports of the disaster which overtook the "Italia" are, at present, brief. It is now definitely known that the gondola of the…

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