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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

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Heavy Dubbo Storm Severe Lightning Ends Old Year DUBBO

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 5

Just as a conclusion to 1938. which was one of the three lowest rainfall years in 43 years, a worm struck Dubbo in the early hours of yesterday…

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Centralised Storm Lithgow's Fall Is Confined to Small Area

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 2

A heavy downpour, which lasted for about 15 minutes yesterday afternoon, yielded 35 points at Lithgow (post office…

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Heavy Dubbo Storm Severe Lightning Ends Old Year DUBBO

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 5

Just as a conclusion to 1938. which was one of the three lowest rainfall years in 43 years, n storm struct Dubbo in the early hours of yesterday…

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Little Rain Pessimistic Outlook for Inland N.S. Wales But Lithgow Should Get Storm Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

The Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said to-day that so far the rain in inland N.S.W. had been as good as he had hoped, adding…

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Terrific Storm Awe Inspiring Lightning Heavy Rain

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 7

ONE of the fiercest storms of recent years passed over the district on Tuesday evening, and the lightning made…

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Electric Storms

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4

THE electric storm which broke over the district on Tuesday night yielded very beneficial falls of rain generally. At Mr E. Swinson's…

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Heavy Rain Over an Inch in Bathurst Local Street Floodings

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

An inch of rain fell within half an hour in a phenomenally heavy thunderstorm which broke over Bathurst yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by…

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Inadequate Storm Drainage System

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

Revealing themselves once again as the main cause of the flooding which occurs over a number of the roads in Bathurst during heavy…

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What to Do in a Storm Keep Away From Trees

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4

If out of doors, trees should be avoided and if from the rapidity which the explosion follows the flash it should be evident that the electric…

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Bathurst Flooded Inch in Half Hour BATHURST

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

OVER an inch of rain fell in half an hour during terrific thunderstorm in Bathurst yesterday afternoon. Many…

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Possible Storm Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 1

The forecast: Slight southerly change in the south-east and a tendency to isolated showers and thunder in the eastern areas;…

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Forest Reefs. Thunderstorm

Leader · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the district on Saturday afternoon, resalting in an Inch and [?]-balf of rain in [?]arts. Though rather heavy, It…

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Capertee Flood Is Experienced

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 6

The Capertee cricket team were to have played Wanderers (premiers) on the local wicket on Sunday, but for some reason the later failed to turn…

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Scattered Storms

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 6

During the intense heat on Monday last scattered thunderstorms passed round the district, but unfortunately they brought little or no…

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Facts About the Weather Safety in a Thunderstorm (No. 3)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 9

HEREWITH is presented the third of a series of weekly articles, explaining that much talked about but little understood topic,…

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Cyclone in W.A. Fate of Township Unknown Perth

National Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

A cyclone struck Port Redland, 13000 miles away on the North Coast yesterday and no word since has been received of the fate of the…

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Patchy Storm Raises Hopes and Disappoints Twenty Points Registered

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

The thunderstorm which broke over Lithgow district last night raised the hopes of many for a welcome break in the weather, but…

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Storm Damage in Shire

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 2

The engineer Mr. H. B. Darks told yesterday's meeting of the Turon Shire Council that as the result of heavy rain in parts of the Shire on…

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Cyclone Hits Town Wireless Contact Establised PERTH

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 1

Wheles acommication was established to-day with Port Hedland which had been cut off by a cyclone yesterday. No loss of life occurred but there…

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Storms Delay Mails Darwin's Wild Weather Darwin

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 1

Cyclonic conditions with rain storms have dislocated the small service and shipping on the North West Coast of Australia…

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