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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

376 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 19

Flood Warning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 5

The following flood warning was issued by the New South Wales Divisional Weather Officer:—"During the past 48 hours heavy to very…

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Local and General. Heavy Rain at Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

For the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday 219 points of rain fell at Merriwa…

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Further Heavy Rain Causes Panic Amongst Campers Under Water South Coast Roads Narrow Escapes Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

Danger of further floods in the southern coastal areas is causing anxiety, although the flood waters which have…

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Many Lives Lost Landslide Buries Hut. Storm Damage Throughout the State. Telegraphic Communications Cut Off. Campers Overwhelmed by Flood

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

Many persons lost their lives as the result of the widespread storms which swept over the whole State during the week-end…

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Denman News. Violent Storm. Whole District Affected. Fire Ball at Baerami. Horse Killed—plate Windows Broken

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

A violent storm, passed over Deiirnan on Friday evening, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, followed by crashing…

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Wrecked Car Driver Missing Flood Victim? Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

At Scarborough yesterday residents found portions of a battered motor car wedged between two giant boulders about 75 yards from the roadway,…

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Toll of the Storm Repairing the Damage State Aid Probable

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

The discovery of a body in a creek near Bathurst yesterday revealed another victim of Monday's storm. Latest reports also…

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Leg Theory Storm in Tea Cup Our Credit! Melborune

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 1

It is believed that the Federal Government will take steps immediately to intervene in the dispute which…

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High Flood Sth. Coast River Waters Rise Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 1

The Duca River, at Moruya, on the South Coast, was in high flood to-day, and after being warned by…

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Flood in Moruya District Families Preparing to Evacuate Houses. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

A message from Moruya states the Duea River is running a banker. Water is flush with the decking of the Kiora bridge, three miles from town…

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Violent Storms 16 Inches of Rain Eden Deluged Eden

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 1

This section of the South Coast was again inundated by violent storms this morning, 16 Inches being recorded in as many hours…

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Child's Body Gruesome Find Relic of Storm Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 1

While patrolling the beach at Clifton, near Stanwell Park yesterday, police found portion of a child's body among rocks below the high water…

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Tragic Flood Disasters

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 3

One of the worst flood disasters in the history of Illawarra occurred on Monday morning, when a man, his wife, and children, and two young visitors to their camp…

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More Heavy Rain Ten Inches at Eden

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Evidence that the cyclonic disturbance was still lingering over New youth Wales was provided by the registration o£ 10 inches of rain at…

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Storm Damage

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

Three persons, Harold Fredericks, Albert Betts, and Myrtle Betts, were struck by lightning during a severe strom between Dorrigo and Wingham…

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Storm Tragedy. Family Drowned

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Camped near the beach lagoon at Stanwell Park, South Coast, Vincent Kempton Davis, 40, of Leichhardt, with his wife Rosa Gladys Davis, 35…

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Storm Havoc. Eight Inches of Rain at Eden. Homes Flooded

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

A terrific rainstorm at Eden on Thursday caused considerable damage to business premises and private dwellings, which wer[?]…

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1000 Windows Broken. Narrabri Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

A heavy hailstorm at Narrabri on Tuesday killed eight sheep and stunned several horses, as well as breaking more than 1000 windows in shops and…

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Violent Storms Melbourne Deluged Q'ld Rain Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

The city had a taste yesterday of the torrential downpours experienced in the northern State when fierce rain swept the…

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43 Points of Rain in 17 Minutes. Wednesday's Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

A fierce rainstorm broke over Muswellbrook at 1.45 p.m. on Wednesday last, 43 points of rain falling in 17 minutes…

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