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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

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Floods Near Maitland Mail Services Held Up Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Mail services between Newcastle and have been interfered with floods. There are four inches of [?]ter the line in some places…

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Houses Flooded in Newcastle District Families Leave Homes Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 1

Flood waters entered four houses at Cockle Creek early this morning and the occupants lost all their possessions. They Sheltered oh the railway…

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Torrential Rains Houses Flooded In Newcastle District NEWCASTLE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 1

Flood waters entered four houses at Cocklo Creek early yesterday morning, and the occupants lost all their possessions. They sheltered on the…

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Pit Flooded

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 1

The Wallsend C pit was flooded by the rains, and it is feared that the employees will be thrown out of work for many months…

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Flood Rains in Coastal Districts Kempsey Express Derailed Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 1

Torrential rains swept the coastal area of New South Wales yesterday. Between four and six inches was reported at many centres as far as…

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Colliery Flooded Newcastle

The Daily Express · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 1

Floods entered four houses at Cockle Creek early this morning and the occupants lost all their possessions. They sheltered on the railway…

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Coastal Floods Newcastle-Maitland District Low-lying Areas Inundated Hunter River Rises Ominously Residents Rescued by Flood-Boats SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 4

The Newcastle-Maitland district and the lower North Coast seems in imminent danger of widespread floods, which will carry devastation and loss of property over a wide area…

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Railway Services Held Up by Floods Passengers Transferred

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 4

One of the worst floods for many years is threatened. During the night the wind in the city readied a velocity of 49 miles an hour…

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Collieries Idle Roads Flooded Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 4

The roads to the Aberdare Central colliery were flooded and the men did not work to-day. Aberdae Extended and Aberdare No. 2 are also idle…

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Torrential Rains Fourteen Inches At Maitland, Still Raining Many Coastal Rivers In, Heavy Flood Numerous Reports of Families Rescued From House Tops Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 1

Mc[?]erate to heavy rain was recorded yesterday generally over the State, except in the southern inland districts and in the south-west…

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London Storm Ascot Course Flooded Bookmaker Killed by Lightning London, June 18

The Daily Express · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 1

A violent thunderstorm broke over London and district this afternoon. At Ascot, where a great race meeting was in progress, the storm was…

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Hunter Floods Over 1000 People Homeless Details of Devastation Graphic Stories of Rescue Work Churches and Public Buildings Shelter Refugees SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

News of devastation by the flood waters is gradually trickling through. It is estimated that at least 1000 persons are homeless in the Hunter River district. Besides the Maitland Town Hall, the Catholic Hall, St. Mary's…

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Legislative Assembly Members Delayed by Floods Mudgee Train Robbery Dismissal Of Officials SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 5

The inability of several members to reach Sydney owing to the floods resulted in the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly to-day soon after…

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Two Men Marooned Boat Capsizes in Flood Taree

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

Two men named Trainer and Richardson were caught in the current of the Wollambi River near Taree and the boat in which they were travelling…

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Hunter Floods Over 1000 People Homeless Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 1

NEWS OF devastation by the flood waters is gradually trickling through. It is estimated that at least 1000 persons are homeless…

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Coastal Floods Hunter River at 1893 Record Height Estimated at Least 1000 Persons Homeless Northern Trains Held Up. Road and Rail Connections Blocked Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 1

News of the devastation caused by the flood waters is gradually trickling through. It is estimated that at least 1000 persons are homeless in…

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State House Sitting Adjourns Members Delayed by Floods

The Daily Express · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 1

The absence of several members of Parliament, due to their inability to reach Sydney owing to the floods, resulted in the adjournment of the…

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Dullah Road. Flood Water Damage

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

At the shire council meeting last week, the Shire President Cr. W. H. [?] mentioned that the [?] put in on the Dullah-road seemed to…

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Glen Ayr Flooded Mine May Close Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 4

Water has flooded the workings of the Glen Ayr colliery and it is probable that the mine will have to close permanently. All night men worked to…

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