Kurri-maitland Road Flood Damage Application for Grant
At a meeting of the West Maitland Council on Tuesday night last, the Mayor, Ald. R. L. Pender, reported upon the unsafe condition of the…
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Floods & storms, 1930
607 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 31
Floods in India. 106,000 Villagers Homeless. Calcutta. Sept. 3
More than 100,000 villages have been rendered homeless by the over flowing of the river Brahmaputra in the district Nowgong (Assam.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seaham. Repairing Flood Boats
The Osterley and Swan Reach Flood oat Committee recently held a very successful enchre party and dance at Seaham for repairs to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Storm Sixty-mile Westerly Gale. Great Damage Caused in Sydney. Cinema Wrecked
Great damage was caused in. many Sydney suburbs on Tuesday afternoon by a terrific hailstorm, accompanied by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday's Wind Storm
Many and varied were the remarks passed yesterday by the unfortunates who were forced to be abroad. It was a detestable day. Although other areas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wind Storm Causes Damage Picture Theatre Wrecked
Tearing a path through many Sydney suburbs, a terrific wind storm followed by a heavy fall of hail caused thousands of pounds worth of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain and Hail. Fierce Storm at Muswellbrook
A violent storm occurred in Muswellbrook and other parts of the district on Tuesday. In a short space of time 30 points of rain fell, bringing the total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Will Miss Sydney Depression Changes in Character. Sydney
A big depression which threatened squally conditions in Sydney to-day has totally undergone a change in character…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Cassilis "News.") Cyclonic Storm. 50 Points of Rain in Five Minutes
About 4.30 on Tuesday afternoon a severe hailstorm broke over the town, accompanied by wind of cyclonic force. The storm, which broke with heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Deluge
If ever it rains in the Hunter Valley as it rained at Bombay last week there will be some flood. Twenty-two inches in 24 hours were recorded in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wake of the Storm
In places the suburbs are still wondering what hit them on Tuesday night when a cyclone created a great deal of picturesque ruin in a brief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Prevention Scheme
Mr, Walter O'Hearn, M.L.A. had a lengthy interview with the Acting Premier, Mr. Buttershaw, yesterday regarding a grant for flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dunmore Flood Boat
Sir.— The Dunmore flood boat [?]ing where it was left after the late [?]ood exposed to all kinds of weather, and although the Large Prog…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale Sweeps English Channel Shipping Severely Battered
London, Saturday.—A heavy southwesterly gale is sweeping Britain today, and very rough seas arc raging on, the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Furious Gales Steamers in Distress. Channel Tempest. LONDON. Sept. 20
Furious gales all day long made the Channel impassable except for the strongest and largest steamers. At least a dozen big steamers, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Relief Prevention of Damage. Treasurer Refutes Allegation
In regard, to the statement that Maitland would not have been ruined by the fleeds It the Government had contributed towards building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Mitigation a Policy Outlined
(1) We have in this district the Chichester water supply scheme, the actual cost. of which was £2,741,463. One of the merits of this scheme is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Prevention. Mr. O'hearn's Statement
Mr. O'Hearn, M.A.L., to-day reforred to the statement of Mr. Stevens, the State Treasurer, regarding the question of fleed prevention…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Gale. Thirty-seven Fishermen Perish. Paris, Sept, 24
Thirty-seven fishermen so far as is known perished in the gale off the coast of Brittany. Many vessels are still missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands Homeless Floods in India. Calcutta. Sept. 26
The immensity of the floods in the Sinda district, in the Bombay Prest doney, which only now are subsiding after six weeks, is revealed by the…
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