Hunter Valley Flood Warning System Cost
Three out of four constituent council’s have opposed o suggestion that the Hunter Valley Trust should pay half the maintenance costs of the Hunter Valley flood warning system…
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Floods & storms, 1954
310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 16
Storm Brings Disaster To Italian Province
SALERNO (Italy): At least 245 persons were killed and 120 were still missing last night after a cyclonic rainstorm devastated Salerno province A cloud burst first flooded the low-lying areas…
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Maitland City Council last night decided to recommend on £18,700 programme of urgent flood restoration works to the Department of Public Works. It did this after adopting a report by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodgate Repairs
The Minister for Works Mr Renshaw) has advised Maitland City Council that a grant of £280 has been made…
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Three out of four constituent councils have opposed a suggestion that the Hunter Valley Trust…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Heavy Rain Likely
N.S.W. FORECAST: Bain contracting to the coast and tablelands, with heavy falls in the central section. Southerly…
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ROTTERDAM (Holland) An exhibition called “E-55” opens here in May next year, to mark the nation’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago November S, 1904. Violent Storm Caused Damage
Considerable damage was occasioned ..by ... the ..violent windstorm yesterday to the young fruit crop in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Caused Power Failure M Operating Theatre Cloudburst Holds Up Traffic On New England Highway
A lightning flash caused lights to fail at Maitland Hospital last night during an emergency operation. However, those in the operating theatre were only out for a few minutes. An automatic emergency power plant restored supply almost immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Fears in North
N.S.W. FORECAST: Further rain over the north-eastern half, with some heavy falls on the north-west slopes, northern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Yesterday
Yesterday's heavy downpoour of rain registered 115 points, giving a total of 175 points for the first four days of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman, Baby Flee Fireball in Storm
A woman fled with her baby wrapped in a tablecloth from a home struck by a fireball yesterday…
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A lightening flash caused lights to fail at Maitland Hospital last Wednesday night during an emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Fears at Walgett
WALGETT: Workmen are hurriedly building levees along the Barwon River today in a desperate race against…
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DENMAN: A violent storm broke over the town and district on Sunday night. Vivid [?] of lightning and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Collapses on Family Violent Storm at Denman Widespread Damage
A violent storm which struck Denman between 6 p.m. an 6.30 p.m. on Sunday last caused widespread damage. A house collapsed on a family…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Radio Flood Warning In Operation
The Hunter Valley radio flood warning system came into operation to-day for the second time in a week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marooned by Floods in Gippsland
MELBOURNE: Police made a dramatic appeal today tor a helicopter to rescue people marooned on housetops by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Flood Menace in Victoria
MELBOURNE: Police troops and the RAAF are standing by to-day for a mass evacuation of people cut off in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barwon River in Flood
Heavy rain In the north-western part of New South Wales has caused a flood In the Barwon River…
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