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Floods & storms, 1926

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New Zealand Floods Worst for 50 Years. Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1926 · page 4

Torrential rain, which fell on Saturday, has caused the worst flood for 50 years in the districts north of the city. The railway lines have been…

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More Heavy Rains Floods Likely Cloudburst At Ungarie SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 2

Further heavy raine have fallen, particularly in the eastern half of the State. More than five inches was recorded at Coolah, on the central…

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Floods at Cessnock Cressnock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 2

All the low-lying parts of Cessnock are under water as a result of a torrential downpour which fell last night. Many houses are flooded, and enormous…

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England Escapes Cold Grips Europe Floods and Storms London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1926 · page 1

England's escape from the rigors of a "white" Christmas is amazing in the face of the weather reports from all parts of Western Europe where intense…

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Hunter River in Flood. West Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1926 · page 3

Torrential rains caused the Hunter River at West Maitland to rise four feet in an hour. The river is now 26 feet deep and many [?]roads have been…

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Storm at Lismore. Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 2

A terrific storm burst over last night, and in less than an hour 130 points of rain fell…

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Toll of the Storm Damage at Griffith

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 7

Christmas of 1926 will be long remembered by many residents as a period of many happenings, the most important of which was the gale that…

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Wheat Harvest Estimate of 50,000,000 Bushels. Losses by Fire and Storm. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 1

The returns of the wheat harvest, which have been completed by the Government Statistician, Mr. T. Waites, in respect to 2,060,000 acres of…

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