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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

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HALF-GALE At South Head Rivers Fall Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 1

A moderate gale is blowing at South Head, the wind averaging 40 miles an hour, from the south-west. The…

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Flooding of Charlton Street

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 1

During the week-end a deputation from the Cessnock Municipal Council waited on the Superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries Ltd…

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"The Flood"'

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 6

Gripping from its initial fade-in "The Flood," Columbia's newest attraction, which opens at the Empire Theatre on Wednesday for a [?]…

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East Maitland Council Flood Mitigation Conference Preparation of Rolls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 10

At a meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council last night, a letter was received from the Newcastle City Council regarding flood mitigation and prevention in the Hunter River Valley…

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Floods in South Receding

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 2

The threat of further series of floods in the southern inland rivers has been averted for the time being by the advent of fine weather…

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Amusements "The Flood"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 6

Small towns gossip, and the smaller the town the greater the gossip. Joan Marshall found that out to her sorrow, and so she went away. But…

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Flood Mitigation

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 4

At the Shire meeting on Friday last. Cr. Pearse enquired from the engineer if he had met the officers from the Irrigation Department. The engineer said he…

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Letters to the Editor Flood Dangers (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 2

Sir,-I notice by Saturday night's issue of the "Mercury" where a deputation of farmers and flood victims of lower Maitland, interviewed…

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Flood Messages Lower Hunter Finds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 4

On their way home from school Masters John McGrath and Joseph Randell, of Miller's Forest, picked up the following flood message fromm the…

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Fatal Storm Lightning Strikes Barn Soldiers Killed Warsaw, June 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1931 · page 1

A barn in the village of Sierpee, in which 24 soldiers were sheltering from a storm, was struck by lightning…

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Soon Now Flood Mitigation Department Moves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1931 · page 4

Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., yesterday confererd with the Minister of Public Works (Mr. M. A. Davidson), and the Deputy Director…

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Battened Down Sub in Heavy Gale June 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1931 · page 1

Sir Hubert Wilkins's Polar expedition submarine, Nautilus, which was disabled during the Atlantic prossing, is making slow progress…

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The Hunter Flood Mitigation Preparing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 6

The Secretary, to the Public Works Department has forwarded to Mr. W. P. O'Hearn, M.L.A., a copy of the Deputy Director's report in connection…

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Southern Floods Hold Up Melbourne Express Over Line Five Feet Deep More Rain Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 1

A message was received in Sydney this morning stating that the Melbourne express is held up near Henty, where…

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Southern Rivers Rising Floods Imminent

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 2

Floods are again likely to assume serious proportions on the central and southern inland river systems of New South Wales, as…

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Floods Still Isolate Southern Towns in Peril Citizens' Plight No Trains Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 1

Latest reports show that the flood situation in Southern New South Wales is still serious. People are…

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FLOOD-BOUND Train Travellers Reach Victoria (Continued from page 1.) MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 7

The flood-bound train passengers who arrived from Sydney to-day expressed gratitude at the consideration accorded them by…

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Serious Floods. Wagga and Albury. Two Persons Drowned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 10

Two persons—a man and a boy— have lost their lives in floods which have swept the Southern districts. Rail traffic is held up…

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INUNDATED Wagga Homes Big Floods Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

Although fine weather prevailed over the greater part of the State to-day, towns along the…

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Floods in the South. Alarming Reports. Position Grows Worse Every Hour. Serious Inundations; Heavy Stock Losses. Two Brownings. Albury

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

A report from Albury indicates a very serious position as a result of the floods. Serious inundations have already…

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