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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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300 Drowned. Floods in India. Calcutta, Aug. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

Three hundred inhabitants of Dora Ismall Khan, a town on the north-west frontier of India, are believed to have been drowned by…

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Flood Horror Cyclone Sweeps Town. Deluge Follows. Vienna, Aug. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 12

At lease fifty were drowned, in a sudden flood at Skopljo, Jugo-Slavia. A cyclone whirled through…

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Sunday's Dust Storm

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

Throughout yesterday Singleton was enveloped in a thick fog of dust. Blown from inland plains by a wind which veered from west to west-north-west;…

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Flooded Hotel Case Against Shire

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 1

Before Judge White and a jury of four, H. F. Rowe, hotel proprietor, of Gosford, sued Erina Shire Council ror damages to his premises and furniture…

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The Forecast. Scattered Thunderstorms. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 4

New South Wales: Tendency for scattered thunder showers, chiefly in the north-west quarter, otherwise fine and warm,…

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300 Drowned. Floods in India. Calcutta, Aug. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1929 · page 12

Three hundred inhabitants of Dera Ismall Khan, a town on the north-west frontier of India, are be[?]eved to have been drowned by…

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Menangle Races Menangle Races were postponed to-day owing to heavy rain

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 6

A landholder, named Alfred Barwick, whose property is overrun with Kangaroos, was fined £67 at Nyngan recently for shooting 67 'roos (and for…

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Flood Warnings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 6

Flood warnings are issued for Mainland and Newcastle areas and on the North and South Coasts. Bookmakers O'Dea, back in Sydney…

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Heavy Rain in Singleton District' Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 5

Vary heavy rain fell throughout tho district last night , Bowman's Creek heading the list with 600 points, Glendon Brook recorded 633…

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Southerly Cyclone Driving Rain and Falls of Snow

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 2

The southerly cyclone which struck the State yesterday was one of the most boisterous since winter began, and for September was remarkably…

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A Wild Night Maitland Lashed by Fierce Dale. Heavy Rain Squalls. Over From Inches at Greeford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 4

The Hunter Vailey was swept last night by a fierce southerly. gale, which was accompanied by thunder and heavy rain squalls. BAIN WAS NEEDED. All districts needed a good fall,…

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Gale at Newcastle. Wind Reaches Seventy Miles an Hour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 4

Following' a quick break in the weather of midday yesterday, a heavy south-south-east gale sprang up night and raged throughout…

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Terrific Gale Raging Off the Coast. Interstate Steamers and Coasters Sheltering. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 5

A terrific gale was raging off the coast this morning, and shipping is completely paralysed. Many interstate steamers and…

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Flood Warning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 5

Mr. Mares Government Meteorologist advises that further heavy falls are expected and the danger of floods has increased…

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Seven Inches at Paterson, Lowlands Flooded Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 4

Very rough weather was experlonced here last night when a violent gale with heavy rain raged. The rain came down in torrents seven…

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Scone District Flooded. Kingdom Ponds Quarter of a Mile Wide

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 2

Mr A. Smith, of the "Scone Advocate," speaking on the telephone this afternoon to this office, was emphatic that Singleton people will see a river…

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Shipping Paralysed. Flood Danger Increasing. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 2

A terrific gale was rising off the coast this morning, and shipping is completely paralysed. Many interstate steamers and coastal steamers are…

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Gales and Floods

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 3

On Tuesday night, one of the wildest gales, up to 60 miles an hour, accompanied by heavy rain, that has been felt for many years came in from the south-east and…

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Farms Flooded Miller's Forest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 2

One of the greatest rainstorms and hurrlcanes passed over Miller's Forest district between 9 o'clock on Tuesday night and 9 a.m. on wednesday Near…

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Farms Flooded Overflow of Paterson River. ,Weather Clearing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 2

Showery weather Continued through out yesterday and the early part of last night but the rain was much lighter than during the previous…

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