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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain on the Coast. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 4

New South Wales: Cloudy and unsettled, with further showers and snow on the slopes and tablelands, and more…

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Seas Rising. Moderate Gale Blowing. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 5

The acting signalman at South Head reported to-day that the seas were rising and a moderate gale was blowing…

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Severe Cyclone Operating Over Tasman Sea. Shipping Warned. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1929 · page 5

The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, issued a special ocean forecast this morning: "A severe cyclone is operating over the…

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Cyclone Moves Away. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1929 · page 4

The Sydney Weather Bureau reports: "The cyclone has moved steadily eastward during the past twenty-four hours, and conditions…

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The Weather Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1929 · page 4

Light to heavy rain was recorded yesterday along the coast north from Sydney, with light rain on the Northern Tablelands, on the north slopes, and…

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Atlantic Storms, May Delay Graf Zepoelin Flight. Friederichshafen July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 6

Atlantic storms may delay the departure of the Graf Zeppelin fixed for to-morrow morning. It seems certain that the southern…

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Electricity's Vagaries. Storm at Lake Macquarie. Toronto

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 8

During the violent thunderstorm, which raged over lake Macquarie on Sunday night, a large tree near the Taronto reservoir was struck and…

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Electricity's Vagaries. Storm at Lake Macquarie. Toronto

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 1

During the violent thuderstorm, which raged over Lake Macquarle on Sunday night, a large t[?] near the Toronto reservoir was struck and…

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain Likely in N.E. QUARTER. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 6

Cloudy with further variable rains and some thunderstorms, heavy falls likely in the N.E. quarter, including the coast;…

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Flood Rains. Chinese Catasteophe. Half a Million Destitute. Shanghai, Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 7

Floods in the, vicinity of Poking caused the overflowing of the Yellow River a few days ago…

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Heavy Rain. on South Coast. Flood Warnings Issued. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 5

Flood warnings have been sent to several centres on the South Coast, where very heavy rain has fallen. No less than 716 points were…

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Flood Relief

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 5

Cr. Turner asked what, information was there about the flood relief grant? The Clerk said that the last…

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Flood Rains. Chinese Catastrophe. Half a Million Destitute. Shanghai, Aug. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1929 · page 13

Floods in the vicinity of Peking caused the overflowing of the Yellow River a few days ago…

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain in Eastern Half. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 4

Now South Wales; Cloudy and unsettle, with further rain and thunder some heavy falls likely, chiefly in the…

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Floods and Cholera Then Plague of Locusts (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Calcutta

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 2

The Sind, which has been devastated by floods and ravaged, by cholera, is now faced with a new peril. Swarms of locusts are appearing and…

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Flood Horror Cyclone Sweeps Town. Vienna, Aug. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 6

At least fifty were drowned, in a sudden flood at Skoplje JugoSlavin, A cyclone whirled through…

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain Likely on South Coast Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 6

New South Wales: cold, with frosts generally, chiefly fine in western districts, but elsewhere cloudy, unsettled…

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Cyclone Sweeps Town Deluge Follows

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 4

Vienna, Saturday.—At least fifty were drowned, in a sudden flood at Skoplje, Jugo-Slavia. A cyclone whirled through the town…

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Moderate to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 4

Moderate to heavy rain was recorded during the weekend on the coast and Blue Mountains, There was light to moderate rain on the…

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Cyclone. Then Cloud Burst 800 Buildings Destroyed. 700 Families Homeless. Vienna

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 6

At least fifty were drowned in a sudden flood at Skoplje, Jugoslavia. A cyclone whirled through the town at midnight, ripping up trees and…

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