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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Storms. Damage in New Zealand. Express Derailed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 4

Storms and floods have caused damaged in New Zealand. Several landslips occurred yesterday, one of the heaviest being on the [?]…

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The Forecast. Showers with Thunderstorms. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 6

New South Wales: Cloudy and unsettle weather in the west and south-west, spreading eastward, with showers and…

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Cyclonic Storm. Damage at Condobolin, Concobolin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 5

The town was struck by a cyclone on Saturday and widespread damage was caused. Hundreds of people congregated…

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Railway Accident Storm Sets Trucks in Motion. Smash Into Motor Car SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1928 · page 5

A railway accident occurred at Nyngan railway crossing last night during a raging windstorm…

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The Flood Gates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 4

At the meeting of the Tarro Shire Council to-day, a letter was received from the town clerk of West Maitland (Mr. C. T. McLean), stating…

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The Hairless Horse Trick of a Thunderstorm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 6

The photograph and letterpress under the above title appearing in our last issue recalls to Mr. James Wilkins, of Muswellbrook, the circumstances by…

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Cyclonic Storm. Damage at Condobolin. Condobolin

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 13

The town was struck by a cyclone on Saturday and widespread damage was caused. Hundreds of people congregated…

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Railway Accident Storm Sets Trucks in Motion. Smash Into Motor Car SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 13

A railway accident occurred at Nyngan railway crossing last night during a raging windstorm…

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Back to Europe Zeppelin's Storm Trip. Flight Occupies Under Three Days. BERLIN, Nov. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 12

The Graf Zeppelin, which left Lakehurst (New Jersey) on Monday, arrived over Friedrichsaven at 4.30 this morning…

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Heavy Rain. Further Queensland Falls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1928 · page 4

Further heavy rains have fallen along the North Queensland coast, [?] registered 6-10 points, making 11 inches for the 48 hours; while…

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The Weather. Storm at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 5

A haevy thuderstorm swept over Cessnock shortly after 6 o'clock last night, 17 points were registered…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 5

A thuderstorm, accomplained by vivid flashes of lightning, burst over the Maitland district, between halfpast six and seven o'clock last eve-…

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Heavy Rain. Further Queensland Falls

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1928 · page 3

Further heavy rains have fallen along the North Queensland coast, Babinda registered 640 points. making 11 3/4 inches for the 48 hours; while…

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London Swept by Great Gale. People Blown Off Their Feet. LONDON, Nov. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1928 · page 7

London was swept by a great gale this afternoon, the wind attaining a velocity of 64 mileB an hour…

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Fierce Gale (Damage in England Twenty Deaths. Shipping Buffeted. London, Nov. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 5

The number of deaths attributed directly and indirectly to Friday's great storm was underestimated in early reports…

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Storm's Havoc Many Killed in England. Shipping Suffers. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 2

Numbers of deaths are attributed, directly and indirectly to Friday's great storm. These were underestimated in the…

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Horses Killed. Fierce Storm at Crookwell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 2

Mr. Ned Alchin, a Crookwell carrier, was seriously injured when one of the horses in the team he was driving was struck dead by lightning…

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Torrential Rain Floods in America, New York. Nov. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 6

To-night the Mississippi is breakage its bunch its banks the border of Illnois and Missouri. Unprecedented rainfall has brought Kentucky and…

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Record Trip. Air Liner in Gale. [?]S Miles an Hour. London, Nov. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 4

Assisted by a gale a Dutch Fokker airliner, driven by two Bristol-Jupiter 500 horse-power engines, flew from London to Rotterdam in 86…

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Horse Killed. Fierce Storm at Crookwell

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 6

Mr. Ned Alchin, a Crookwell carrier, was seriously injured when one of the horses in the team he was driving was struck dead by lightning…

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