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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

678 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 34

Vacy. Damage by Storm

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 1

During the recent storm the thunder, lighting wind, and rain were really alarming. On the Wednesday morning the river had risen to 27…

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Singleton Letters. Storm Damage

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 7

The approaches to the two [?] at White's Crossing, just this side of St. Clair, were swept away during the recent cyclonic storm. Never…

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Sheep Losses. Effects of Storm. Havoc in Northern District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 9

A great disaster has been wrought among sheep in the Northern district as a result of the cyclonic storm. Reported losses run into thousands…

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Flooded Farms. Scenes of Desolation. Minister of Agriculture's Visit. Assistance Promised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H. V. Thorby, yesterday visited farming areas on the lower portions of the Hunter and Paterson Rivers that were flooded last week. In these parts heavy losses have been sustained and…

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Flood Protection

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 6

With the obJect of devising some proposal for flood protection for Brisbanefield, Berry Park and the large tract of grazing land near…

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Traffic Cut Off. Flood at Wauchope. Young Farmer Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 9

The Hastings district escaped by the narrowest margin a repetition of the disastrous floods of February last. The upper river and…

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Flood Protection Farmers Meet at Morpeth. Government Grant Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 3

A large gathering of farmers and property owners held in the Morpeth School Of Arts last evening to decided upon means of Flood…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council. Flood Damage to Roads. Grant Applied For

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

A special meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council was held on Friday afternoon last in consequence of the damage done to the roads in…

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Terrific Storms. Italian Railway Damaged, Rome, Sept, 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 3

Torrential storms played have with the southern Rail way A large section was swept away at potenza A repair gang…

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Flood Damage. Reports to Minister. Grants for Emdankments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture Mr. H. V. C. Thorby, has written to Hon Walter Bonnett, M.L.A. as follows concerning his recent visit and…

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Flood Damage in the Shire

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 8

Mr W. Cameron, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Department of Local Government: "With reference to your personal…

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Terrific Storms. Italian Railway Damaged. Home, Sept. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 2

Torrential storms played havoc with the Southern Railways. A large section was swept…

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Grant for Flood Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 2

With reference to personal representations by Mr. W. Cameron, M.L.A., on behalf of Patrick Plains Shire Council for a special grant for…

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Flood Prevention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 4

Sir.—Having read the report of the visit of Mr. Thorby Minister for Agriculture to the areas affected by the recent floods in the Hunter…

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Flooded Farms. Scenes of Desolation. Minister of Agriculture's Visit. Assistance Promised

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. H. V. Thorby, last week visited farming areas on the lower portions of the Hunter and Paterson Rivers that were flooded. In these parts heavy losses have been sustained and…

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Flood Protection Farmers Meet at Morpeth. Government Grant Urged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 6

'A large gathering of farmers and property owners, held in the Morpeth School of Arts on Monday to decide upon some means of flood…

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Moderate to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 September 1929 · page 4

Moderate to heavy rain fell generally over the State during Saturday and yesterday, but the frills were mainly light along the coast and in…

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Flood Mitigation Minister's Promise

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 2

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A, stated that he had interviewed MR. Buttenshaw, Minister for Works regarding [?] for pushing on with the…

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The Forecast. Scattered Showers and Thunderstorms. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 4

New South Wales: Warm and cloudy, freshening northerly winds, followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms,…

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Flood Mitigation Louth Park Proposal. Not Acceptable to Raworth Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 October 1929 · page 6

Although there was considerable discussion at a conference of farmers from louth Park, Raworth and Narrowgut…

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