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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

376 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 19

Berlin March Nazi Storm "Red" Arrests. Berlin, March 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 1

Thousands of Nazi storm troops, with bands playing and banners flying, marched through the streets, stopping the traffic…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter 1.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 3

He took her hand impulsively, "Isn't life wonderful? 1 say, let's go on the upper deck; I want to send a wireless to the old man. Ho doesn't…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter Ii

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 3

The old motor cur bumped and rattled along the moorland road. Probably, Tony thought, it hadn't, been repaired since he left England. There…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter III.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 3

Tony had held out his hands, they dropped to his sides. So thin with the return of the prodigal. He looked at the card table and the faces of…

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Tarro Shire Fortnightly Meeting Floodgate Repair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 5

"The repair of these gates seems to me to be something which was delayed longer than I deem advisable," said Cr. T. McCarthy…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter III.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 3

Tony didn't speak Slowly Main waving turned to his son. His head was rooking to and fro like tho head of a china figure of a mandarin…

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Flood Anniversary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 2

On Thursday, March 9, 1893, Singleton experienced the worst flood in its history, the river rising to a maximum of 47ft. 6ins. at 9 p.m., after…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter Iv

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1933 · page 5

His father'a voice followed Tony throughout the night, and his eyes, accusing and contemptuous. He had found the from gates at the end of…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter IV.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 3

When he reached Newton Abbot he breakfasted at a small inn then went to the railway station and took a train back to Plymouth. He was still acting subconsciously; he was…

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1893 Flood Photograph

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 6

We have been handed a photograph by a local resident, showing portion of John-street in the big flood of 1893. Prominent among the buildings are the…

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Played in Gale Tennis Match in N.Z. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 1

After enjoying a tour of New Zealand, R. Dunlop (N.S.W.) and J. Purcell (Vic.), tennis players, arrived back to-day by the Maunganul…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter V.—Continued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 3

As the light laded and the stars came out, shining through the faint haze, he could almost believe that the past was a nightmare. He refused…

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FLOODGATES Dam Under Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 4

The construction of a coffer dam at Wallis Creek floodgates is being carried uot by the West Maitland and Tarre Shire Councils…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter V.—Continued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 3

Tony replaced his glass with a sigh of relief; but the spell was broken—the spell of happiness Pat had cast over him, for she had made…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter Vi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1933 · page 6

"Well, what d'you think of that?" Pat said, getting up. "The captain's got a nerve trying to take my partner away; perhaps he wants to tell…

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Published by Special Arrangement. Storm Driven CHAPTER VI.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1933 · page 3

At critical moments all life's poor little conventions are swept away. The barriers men and women put up in self-defence, because they are…

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Flood of 1875 Incidents Recalled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1933 · page 4

Some interesting reminiscences are contained in a letter received by the "Daily Mercury" from Mr. William Morrow, or Jorry's Plains…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter VI.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1933 · page 5

A moment he hesitated. He saw the fog driving past thorn; the rising wind whipped It into fantastical shapes, shapes of beasts and men—…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter VI.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 March 1933 · page 5

At the time he'd only been conscious of his achievement, but now he remembered things he hadn't noticed then the smell of the gorse,…

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Storm Driven Published by Special Arrangement. (Copyright.) Chapter Vii

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 3

The cook, a coloured man, allowed Tony to lies down in a corner of his galley, and he gave him a basin of hot soup. It looked like gruel and…

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