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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain in South

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 4

Meteorological Bureau, Friday. New South Wales: Fine in the north-west and west, with…

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The Recent Gale Much Damage Done in Port Stephens

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 4

Early on Thursday morning a storm of terrific violence struck Port Stephens that did considerable damage. The wind at times reached…

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Clarence Town. Damage By GALE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 3

One of the worst gales experienced for many years, raged last weak. Many trees and paling fences were blown down. Mrs…

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Lost Overboard. Barque Battered by Storm. London, June 19

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 2

The barque Archibald Russell, wheat laden from Geelong, arrived. Queenstown after a voyage of 119 days. Terrific weather was experienced in…

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Night Flying French Stunt Ends Tragically Struck By Sudden Storm PARIS, June 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 12

Twenty-one military bombing planes were carrying out a night flying stunt, from Nancy to Le Bourget aerodrome, near Paris…

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Heavy Storm. Deluge in Sydney. Transport Held Up. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 5

One of the heaviest storms in the annuls of Sydney occurred this morning. The rain was accompanied by…

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The Forecast. Heavy Coastal Rain. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

New South Wales : Fine in the south-west, with some frosts and fogs, cloudy and unsettled elsewhere, with some rain;…

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Flood Victim Man Drowned at Tathra. Torrential Rain in the South

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 8

On the Far South Coast rivers and creeks are flooded, as a result of torrential rain. More heavy rain on parts of the…

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Cyclonic Storm Heavy Rain in Sydney. Floods on South Coast SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 5

Heavy rain fell in Sydney throughout the night with every appearance of continuing. The cyclonic depression, which…

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Heavy Rain at Dungog. Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 4

Following the showery conditions of the past few days, steady continuous rain set in last night. A total of 92 points was recorded to 9 a.m…

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Gale Increasing. Later

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 5

The gale is increasing in violence and some squalls are over seventy miles an hour with blinding rain…

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain on Coast. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 4

New South Wales : Further rain on the slopes, tablelands, and south, with some heavy and flood fails on the coast and in…

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Cyclone Off the Coast. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 5

At seven o'clock this morning the wind at Sydney was blowing at the rate of 45 miles an hour, and later increased in velocity to 53 miles…

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Newcastle Drenched. Gale Increasing in Violence. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 5

Drenching rain fell all night and 50 points were registered up to 9 O'clock this morning. There was much more in the suburbs, and at…

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Heavy Storm in Sydney Traffic Disorganised Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

One of the heaviest storms in the annals of Sydney occurred this morning. The rain was accompanied by hail, and within a few all low-lying…

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Floods in the South Man Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 4

Disastrous floods have occurred on the South Coast, and as the Metreorologist predicts further rain the position is likely to become serious…

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The Weather. Lights to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 7

Yesterday light to heavy rain was fairly general in the coastal districts, with light falls on the northern tablelands and north west slopes, Blue…

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The Cyclone. Heavy Rainstorms. No Damage Reported

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 5

Last night the wind dropped a good deal, but the sea was heavy, and the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer Hunter…

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Teaching French Storm at Teacher's Conference. Professor's Criticisms Discussed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 6

The report in yesterday's "Herald" of Professor Nicholson's speech to the members of the Secondary Teachers' Association was referred to…

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Fresh in Hawkesbury. Lower Parts of Township Flooded. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 7

A message from Windsor states that there is a big swell in the Hawkesbury River, which was 14 feet above normal, but is now slowly falling…

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