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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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Authentic figures of rainfall over the country south of Newcastle during the seventy-five hours ended at 9 o'clock tis morning, now being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., to-day communicated with mr. Butten-shaw, Acting Premier, and Minister for Works, and asked him to visit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Major Mackay, officer in command of the local military forcs, informaed us to-day that the Military Hall is available for the shelter of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fed by the tremendous flow of flood waters from the Upper Hunter, the river at Maitland continued to rise throughout the night, and, as was feared, serious overflows occurred. The river reached a maximum height of 37 feet. This was six inches higher than in 1913. Danger spots, all along the Oakhampton-road early caused anxiety, and despite the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The water rose rapidly last night, and a terrible night was experienced by residents of the lower end of Eat Maitland. Many were compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential rains started on Monday evening and fell almost continuously up to to-day, registering 650 points. Sandy Creek banked up the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"It is the biggest flood Miller's Forest has suffered since 1893, beating the 1913 flood by about eight inches," said Mr. A. J. O'Brien…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The year 1930 will rank second only to 1809 as one of the years that produced one of those disastrous floods that at long intervals (fortunately) sweep down the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the week a eyepolite disturbance visited. the Central Coast its scope being from Gosford to the Clarence, and the intervening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torrential rain commenced on Monday night and continued until midday on Wednesday. Up to 9 a.m. on Thursday nearly six inches had been recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of the worst floods on record occurred in the Hunter Valley on Wednesday and Thursday following torrential rains which fell in the watershed. Maitland fared badly. Part of Singleton was flooded, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The West Maitland Council today sent an additional flood beat to East Greta Junction to assist in the removal of residents from flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Water cover the Earley road which the mines buses have been travelling since the usual route became impassable and consequently there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., who was in town to-day stated that on Thursday morning he received a message from Mr. R. A. Elkin, asking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., said that, although no Sydney papers were available until to-day, the "Mercury" kept the people fully posted with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the casualties of the flood was a tame wallaby owned by a resident of West Maitland. It got out on to High-street and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood boats last night removed the remaining residents from Rawdon Island. The Macleay River at Kempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Residents of Hinton experienced some terrifying ordeals when the flood was at its highest. Homes were flooded, and many bead of stock are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sensation was caused throughout the town last evening when alarm bells were sounded and a rumour spread like wild-fire that the big dam at Cummins' had collapsed. A great scare was created. The report, happily, proved incorrect. A breakaway, however, did occur near a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many more people were compelled to leave their homos yesterday. Some of those went to the West Maitland Town Hall, which last night sheltered…
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