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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 17
With the Hunter River rising rapidly, flood fears have again gripped Singleton, Maitland and other centres along the State's most ill-fated river valley. After a night of almost continuous drenching…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suffering severe shock when lightning splintered an electric light pole just outside her home, Mrs. G. Burns dropped her three months' old baby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The flood danger to people in die low part of Maitland increase last night, as the Hunter River continued to [?] During the day the river rose at the rate of a foot an hour and at midnight it was 33 feet. The rise continued and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods have Isolated Richmond, Windsor and Camden from road and rail traffic. At Windsor this morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy losses are bring caused in Queensland by floods and bushfires. Women are helping men to battle record bushfires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW FORECAST: Continuing fine In most of the state, Isolated! rain and thunder squalls in the south-east and most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hunter River reached a height of 36ft. 6in. at Maitland on Saturday and remained at that level for some time. It commenced to fall during the night, but for quite a while the hourly rate was only a few inches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A twelve-years-old boy suffered a large incised wound under the right foot while playing in the floodwaters in Newcastle-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RESIDENTS of flood danger points along the Hunter River Valley were again the object of a nation's sympathy during the week-end as newspapers throughout the Commonwealth called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Immediate action will be taken by the State Government to relieve distress in the Hunter and Hawksbury Valleys, the Minister for Social…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The heavy rain during the latter end of last week and on Saturday caused local flooding in the municipal area. The following rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WITH 10,000 acres of floodwaters covering fertile, cultivated farms, invading hundreds of homes and backyards, and driving large numbers to the shelter i of friends’ houses or communal halls, Maitland people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New terms by Communist China for a settlement of the Korean war end other Far East issues were submitted to the United Notions politico committee yesterday by Sir Senegal Rox, of India…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With flood conditions prevailing during the week-end. no play was possible in the Hunter River District Cricket Association’s competition. As un decision was reached on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rate of fall of backwaters which have been responsible for the third major inundation of Maitland in the Space of 17 months was so slow over night that s estimated 300 of the city’s population were still homeless to-day. Backwaters this morning were only an inch below their, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With a further drop in the Hunter River this morning and the opening of the floodgates last night, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During a hail storm which caused serious damage at Jerry's Plains yesterday afternoon, 160 points of rain fell in one hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Here are further sidelights on Monday's hail-storm which did considerable damage in the Singleton area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland City Council has received complaints from residents about mosquitoes. Residents attach the blame for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hunter River reached a height of 36ft. 6in. at Maitland on Saturday and remained at that level for some time. It commenced to fall during…
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