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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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PARIS, October 26.—Troops who took over France’s strike-bound northern coalfields yesterday immediately started pumping operations to save pits from flooding. Algerian and Moroccan infantry blocked strategic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir:—Mr. Matthewson and Mr. Richardson in their views on flood mitigation give great value to the depth of the river in the mitigation of floods. The depth of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The N.S.W. Shires Association advised Lower Hunter Shire Council that its solicitor taw no reason why council should not contribute to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GUYRA, Friday.—Only a low heap of tangled wreckage was all that remained of the Church of England, an old wooden structure,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The worst hailstorm in the history of Cootamundra destroyed wheat and hay crops on a 20-mile front yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 was caused when a cyclone hit Black Mountain, six miles from Guvra yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A cyclone which raged for 10 to 15 minutes wrecked or Severely damaged half the homes and buildings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WELLINGTON, NZ, AAP-Reuter, Tuesday—A state of emergency has been declared in the southern Lakes District on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir.—"Observer" apparently takes a very dim view of Messrs. Richardson and Matthewson's theories on flood mitigation. I agee that width of a river, plus a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation was appointed by the Lower Hunter flood mitigation committee, at its initial meeting at Maitland Town Ban yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →High winds and duststorms handicapped P.M.G. Department linesmen in their gigantic task of restoring communications…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hunter River Flood Mitigation Committee, which met at West Maitland, decided to ask the Premier to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday. — A boy was electrocuted and his mother and sister injured at Rozelle when a freak wind, lasting a few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A thunderstorm passed over Maitland district early this morning, but only four points were recorded at Maitland. Paterson bad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — The fears of farmers on the Hunter, who were afraid that the closing of Platt’s channel might cause flooding had been proved groundless by experts, according to Mr. J. G. Arthur, M.L.A. for Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KE[?]PSEY: During a severe wind [?]nd rain storm near Bowraville, 40 miles north of Kempsey, two sisters were killed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two sisters, mounted on the one horse, were killed by a falling tree on a farm during a sudden thunderstorm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.— A violent storm, which blew down 11 poles carrying overhead wires near Wangaratta, 46 miles south-west of Albury, about 6 o’clock fast night cut off telephone, telegraph and teleprinter communication…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Haitians and Lower Hunter Shire Council delegates, to-day decided to recommend to their council that a deputation wait on the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]OK EN HILL, Thursday`— [?]nt dust storms In the Far [?]West of New South Wales [?]lid waste thousands of…
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