Immigrant Drowned Swept Away on Flood Water
An Atherton (Q.) message states that John Draper, an immigrant, aged 171 years was Swept off his horse on Sunday while attempting to cross the…
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Floods & storms, 1929
678 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 34
Flood Losses
It is peculiar how fur articles lost in the flood travelled before finding a testing place. Gloucester is said to be 40 miles from Tarec, but by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Dangers Position at Cessnook. Deputations to Minister. Cessnock
Several deputations waited upon the Hon. J. C. Ryan, M.L.C., when he visited Cessnock to-day to officially open the show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body Recovered Victim of Lismore Floods
The body of Walter Robert King, who was drowned in a flooded c[?] at Gundurimba, on the Lismore-Coraki road, was recovered on Monday. King…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flood Dangers Position at Cessnock. Deputations to Minister. Cessnock
Several deputations waited upon the Hon. J. C. Ryan, M.L.C., when he visited Cessnock to-day to officially open the show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Immigrant Drowned Swept Away on Flood Water
An Atherton (Q.) message states that John Draper, an immigrant, aged 17 years was swept off his horse on Sunday while attempting to cross the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Reservoir Bursts Flood at Auckland, Auckland
The underground reservoir at Mt. Eden burst early this morning, releasing one million and a quarter gallons of water, which submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heavy Rain. Rivers Rising in Queensland
Heavy rain has fallen in Queens-land and the rivers are rising. Cardwell had 330 points, Tuly 741, Ingham 473, Elarish 376, Silkwood 560…
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At a meeting of Belwarra Shire Council this afternoon letter was received from, the Department of Local Government stating that in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Memorial. Lighting to be Improved. with Floodlights
The council, at its last meeting, decided to vote a sum of £50 for the purpose of improving the lighting of the Soldiers' Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain. Rivers Rising in Queensland
Heavy rain has fallen in Queensland and the rivers are rising. Cardwell had 330 points, Tuly 741, Ingham 473, Elarish 376, Silkwood 560…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rivers Break, Banks Floods Feared in United States
Prophesies of widespread Mississippi floods are man[?] in the West where people fear that the great flood of 1927 may be repeated this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in Alabama. Hundreds Refuge on Rooftops. Many Drowned. Fire Adds to Terrors
Troy, Alabama is marooned and facing possible death from rapidly rising waters. Four thousand persons, constituting the entire population of Elba, 32 miles south of here, now await rescuers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stanhope Refreshing Storms
Two thunderstorms on Sunday gave light falls of rain, which will greatly benefit farm and pasture. After the heat of the past few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Floods Thousands Homeless. Fifteen Lives Lost. New York, March 17
Twenty thousand persons are homeless to-night in Alabama and Florida as the result of the floods, which are reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dunedin Floods. Boulders Swept Into Streets
Practically all the flood waters in Dunedin, N.Z., have receded. Miles of the city streets are seriously damaged, and there are hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stanhope Refreshing Storms
Two thunderstorms on Sunday gave light fails of vain, which will greatly benefit farm and pasture, After the heat of the past few weeks,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flood Damage
The engineer to the Port Stephens Shire Council, reported at the last meeting of council, that since the recent flood rains, he had been over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Damages at Cessnock
The notes of a deputation which waited upon Mr. Ryan, hon. Minister, at Cessnock in regard to the question of assistance for the repair of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Alabama. Hundreds Refuge on Rooftops. Many Drowned. Fire Adds to Terrors
Troy, Alabama, is marooned and facing possible death from the rapidly rising waters. Four thousand persons, constituting the entire population of Elba, 32 miles south of here, now await rescuers…
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