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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

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Moderate to Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 5

During the week-end moderate to heavy rain was recorded generally in coasted districts and on the Blue Mountains. There were scattered…

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Heavy Death-roll Terrific Storm Sweeps Sakhalin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 2

Two hundred and twenty lives were lost and damage estimated at £15,000,000 was done when the severest storm in…

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Flood Mitigation Regulating Reserves. Vital to West Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 6

Mr. George Gordon, C.E., in 1890 reported: That owing to the delatic character, of the country between West Maitland and the sea, its…

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Floods Likely on North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 7

The acting weather man, Mr. Camm, stated to-day that there was danger of floods in the Tweed, Clarance and Richmond Rivers, as the…

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Man Drowned Crossing Flooded Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 6

While crossing the flooded Came Creek near Rockhampton (Q.) George Watson was swept away and drowned…

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Reservoir Bursts Heavy Rain in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 6

Another reservoir, this time at Korong Vale, on the way from Melbourne to Bendigo, burst on Wednesday, as the result of a rush of water…

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Cabinet's Storm Centre

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 7

It is impossible to gather together any body of men without somebody soon manifesting himself as a storm centre round which all the discontents…

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Floods. Disaster Threatens Germans. Berlin, May 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 4

The Upper Rhine has risen seven feet in 12 hours as the result of 100 hours' torrential rain, and the rivers and lakes in Southern Germany have…

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Floods Germany Streams Highest for 48 YEARS. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Berlin

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 May 1930 · page 1

The Upper Rhine has risen 7 feet in 12 hours as the result of 100 hours of torrential rain over the rivers and lakes of Southern Germany…

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Indian Riots. Mobs Storm Salt Depot. Police Raid Congress Offices. CAICUTTA, May 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 7

The campaign for resistance to the salt laws took a serious turn at Dhrasna, near Bombay, this morning, when a mob of…

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Flooded Interior. After the Drought. Mr. Birtles' Privations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 5

An interesting letter describing the condition of parts of Central Australia, following the flood rains, has been received from Mr. Francis Birtles, the…

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Lost Overboard. Barque in Severe Storm. London, May 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 6

The Finnish barque Commern, arrived at Falmouth from Wallaroo, considerably the worse for a severe battering, received in a storm…

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Storm-tossed 'Plane

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 2

Leaving Samarang, the 'plane ran into a fearful storm. Everything was black, the rain fell in sheets, and she could see nothing but an immense…

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Violent Storm at Auckland Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 2

A violent storm passed over Auckland (N.Z.) yesterday, during which a number of small craft, including a schooner anchored in the harbour, were…

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Severe Storm Shipping Bufictted at Auckland. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 5

A violent storm passed over here yesterday, in which a number of small craft and a schooner, anchored in the harbour, were driven ashore…

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Surrey Match Abandoned Pitch Drenched by Thunderstorm

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 1

London, Tuesday.—Though the sun shone brightly at the Oval this morning, when the match between Australia and Surrey should have been resumed,…

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The Forecast. Heavy Rain Predicted. Meteorological Bureau

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 6

New South Wales: Generally unsettled, with rain. Heavy falls especially in the northern districts and flood falls likely in the…

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Graf Zeppelin. Approaching United States. Delayed Dy Storms. Lakehurst, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 6

The Graf Zeppelin will reach here on Sunday morning from Pernambuce. Herr Eckenre, the commander…

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Out in a Gale Fishing Party's Plight. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 2

A party of four in a launch, which were reported missing in the Hawkesbury last night, and for whom fears were entertained, were rescued this…

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A Wild Night. Gale in Sydney Shipping Buffeted. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 5

Further details of last night's gale show that more damage was done than was at first reported. The coastal steamer Coraki and…

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