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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Landslide Flood Damage in Tasmania

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 8

North-western Tasmania is again experiencing serious trouble with main roads and railway lines as a resume of the floods…

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Landslide Flood Damage Tn Tasmania

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 5

North-western Tasmania is again experiencing serious trouble with main roads and railways line as a result of the floods…

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'Plane Wrecked. Swept Over by Cyclone. Calcutta, June 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 2

Mr. Van Lear Black's 'plane, which was anchored at the Dum Dum aerodrome, prior to being broken up for shipment to America, was blown over…

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Cyclone. Over Pacific Ocean

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 5

The Queensland Weather Bureau on Friday afternoon reported that there is no room for doubt that a cyclone has formed over the ocean…

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain Likely on North Coast. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 6

New South Wales: Cloudy and unsettled, with further rain in north-east quarter, chiefly on north coast and table-lands,…

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Fierce Gale. Boy Buried Under Wall in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 16

Sydney was swept by a fierce gale on Sunday, and considerable damage was done to gardens and property, in the city, several plate glass windows…

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Heavy Seas. Cyclone Off Queensland Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 2

A cyclonic disturbance has been operating off the Central Queensland Coast for the past few days, and heavy gales have been experienced by…

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Chapter Iv.—mutterings of the Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

Desmond Hale laid aside the "stop press" edition of the "Behmouth Evening Telegraph" and lay back in his chair gazing with unseeing eyes at the…

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Disastrous Flood Loss of Life. Town Practically Destroyed, Bogota (Col.). June. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 7

Forty were drowned and more than 100 injured, and the town of Sevilla. in the Department of Couce was practically destroyed…

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Floods Feared Ominous Rise in Water. New Danger in New Zealand. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 7

Latest news from New Zealand concerning the earthquake states that the backed-up waters are rising ominously…

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Singleton Letter. Flood Relief Fund. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 6

The fund for the relief of sufferers by the flood in Tasmania was finalised at a public meeting on Tuesday night…

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Town Destroyed Flood Follows Earthquake Plight of Refugees. WELLINGTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 5

Latest news regarding the earthquakes show that six people are still missing and the worst is feared…

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Shocks Diminish New Zealand 'Quake. Flood Danger Averted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 6

Shocks are still being felt in parts of New Zealand affected by the earthquake but they are of decreasing violence and…

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Floods Feared. Ominous Rise in Water. New Danger in New Zealand. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

Latest news from New Zealand concerning the earthquake states that the backed-up waters are rising ominously. Hundreds of Westport people left the…

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Heavy Rain. Storm at Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 9

Considerable damage was done by a storm which broke ever Melbourne last night. The effect of the rain was felt most severely south of the…

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Gale Follows. Landslips Block Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 9

A strong southerly gale with heavy rain in the Wellington area, has been raging for the past 12 hours, Landslips have blocked many of the…

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'Plane Wrecked. Swept Over by Cyclone. Calcutta, June 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 13

Mr. Van Lear Black's 'plane, which was anchored at the Dum Dum aerodrome, prior to being broken up for shipment to America, was blown over…

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Singleton Letter. Flood Relief Fund

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 1

The fund for the relief of sufferers by the flood in Tasmania was finalised at a public meeting on Tuesday night…

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Man Drowned. Launch in Heavy Gale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 4

The westerly gale, which swept over Sydney Harbour at a fierce rate, on Sunday was responsible for the death of a man in Botany Bay on…

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Terrific Gale. Shipping Delayed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 5

The terrific gale which swept the coast during the week end and continued to-day, hampered shipping operations considerably, a number of…

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