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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 15

Floods in W. A.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1932 · page 2

A telegram from [?] (W. A.) states that farms roads crops, and gardens at Glen Iris were [?] by flood water from the Preston…

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Flood Mitigation Erosion of Banks Proposal to Combat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1932 · page 5

A scheme to prevent erosion of the river banks, give a quicker flow to flood waters, and at the same time provide work to relieve unemployment, is outlined in the following article by "Personnia."…

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Heavy Rain Cricketers Hampered County Scores London, July 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 1

In some of the country cricket games, there was no play to-day owing to heavy rain. Glamorgan 281 (White 6 for 82)…

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Loss to District South Maitland Lands Flood Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 5

An important conference between South Maitland Railways Ltd., N.S.W. Government Railways, Louth Park and…

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Flood Matters Collection of Rates E.M. COUNCIL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1932 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman A. J. Baker) presided at last night's meeting of the East Maitland Council, there also being…

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Hunter Floods Mitigation Schemes League to Meet Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 July 1932 · page 8

Newcastle City Council is showing considerable Interest in the meeting on Friday night next at the Town Hall, at which delegates…

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Flood Protection Schemes Before League Deputation to Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 July 1932 · page 2

Schemes for minimising the clanger of floods in the Hunter River were submitted to a meeting of the Hunter Valley Flood Prevention League, held at Newcastle Town Hall last night, and presided over by Alderman C. J. Parker, Mayor of…

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Severe Storm Heavy Rain, And Hail Sydney Swept Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 2

Late Yesterday afternoon a violent rain and hail storm swept over the metropolitan area and Upper South Coast, and for…

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Storm Sweeps South Coast. Great Masses of Hail

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 3

A terrific hailstorm caused damage on the south coast, between Bellambi and Thirroul, late yesterday afternoon…

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Great Damage Fires and Floods Canton Terrors Hongkong, July 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 1

More than 1,000,000 dollars of damage has been caused by floods and fires at Canton. The rapid rise of the river was…

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Floods and Fires. Death and Damage at Canton. (Australian-Press Assn. Message). Hongkong

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 1

More, than 200 are dead and a million pounds worth of damage has been caused by floods and fires at Canton…

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Thunderstorm in City. Lightning Causes Damage

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 3

There was a violent thunderstorm over the city soon after 7 p.m., accompanied by vivid lightning…

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Heavy Hail At Catherine Hill Bay Fierce Storm Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1932 · page 3

At six o'clock last night Catherine Hill Bay was visited by a heavy hailstorm for a quarter of an hour, covering the district with an…

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Rain and Gales Some Floods Likely Storms Prevalent Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1932 · page 2

Heavy rain, accompanied by gales, has been experienced over a wide area of the State as a result of a cyclonic disturbance centred off the coast…

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Hail Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1932 · page 4

A Very severe hailstorm passed through Stroud on Monday and damaged crops and vegetable plots. Scene on Gorton's Hill, Grey's Hill, an[?]…

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Flood Danger Safeguarding Bridge at Maitland Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1932 · page 8

A promise by the Minister for Works (Mr. R. W. D. Weather) to submit a scheme to the Unemployed Relief Council to safe guard the Belmore Bridge, was…

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Fierce Cyclone CALCUTTA, Aug, 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 August 1932 · page 1

A cyclone partially destroyed the town of Letpadan, 80 miles from Rangoon, wrecking communications over a…

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"Hay-storm" in England Residents Startled

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 August 1932 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—Many residents of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, were startled yesterday by the appearance of large balls of hay drifting through the air…

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Heavy Floods Serious W.A. Reports Towns Isolated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 August 1932 · page 2

Reports from Perth Indicate that large areas of country In the north of Western Australia have been flooded as a result of recent heavy…

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Flood Mitigation To the Editor

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 4

I notice that there was recently held in Newcastle another meeting of the Flood Prevention League and that unfortunately Raymond Terrace was unable to be…

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