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

Floods & storms, 1945

174 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 9

Torrential And Tropical Storm Swamps Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

A tropical thunderstorm broke over Lithgow shortly after noon to-day and 108 points were recorded during, the first 20 minutes, while another 35 points were registered during the next half hour…

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Sensational Flood Rescue

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

A woman and three girls figured in a sensational rescue at Oakey Park this afternoon during the height of the storm when…

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Anniversary of Big Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 2

A resident reminds us that yesterday was the anniversary of the disastrous hail-storm last January, which ruined the…

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Balcony Rail Blown Off Dust Storm Sweeps District

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 4

Portion of the railing, which encloses the balcony above the Billiard Room at the corner of Bank and Gidley Streets, is no…

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Huge Increase In Water Storage As Result Of Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 2

Remarkable improvement in both dams at Lithgow waterworks has been shown as a result of yesterday's torrential rains, which yielded a total of 134 points at that point for the 24 hours prior to nine o'clock this…

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Scattered Thunderstorms

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 2

Cloudy and unsettled weather which began over NSW late yesterday was continued today with light to moderate rain in central and south coastal…

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Rivers Flooded Heaviest Storms for Years

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 6

A cloudburst in the Tarana district on Thursday caused the Sodwalls Creek to run a "banker" in the afternoon. The Fish River…

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Lithgow Flooded Sensational Rescue

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 7

A particularly heavy storm hit Lithgow on Thursday last, and over an inch was recorded in less than 20 minutes. Further falls were…

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Great Red Flood Sweeping Towards Germany Enemy Defences Scattered LONDON, Later

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 1

All reports from the eastern front agree that immense Russian armies are flooding towards Germany like a tidal…

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2Cr Mast Struck by Lightning. Storm At Cumnock

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 8

During a storm on Saturday night lightning struck the mast at 2CR transmitting station, Cumnock, doing damage to…

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Our Water Supply Needs Heavy Rain

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

Farmer's Creek water supply was never so dirty, indeed it is now so bad as to be practically unusable, whilst for drinking purposes it would seem to be fraught with some dangers…

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Capertee Heavy Storms

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 7

Wednesday, January 10. was the hottest day for some time, the temperature being between 97 and 103 degrees for five hours. To make…

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Great Gale Britain Swept LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 8

The great gale which swept over Britain early last week did immense damage. The wind reached a velocity of from 80…

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Dust Storms and High Temperatures

National Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Wednesday: No rain was recorded anywhere in NSW again to-day. High temperatures inland were made worse by dust storms at Hay…

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Talk of Floods Inigo Jones's Opinion

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 18

The next important event is the monsoonal rains, which should give general and heavy rains over most of Eastern…

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Dust Storms Predicted

National Advocate · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

The latest forecast is as follows: Centra: Fine and hot and dust haze. NSW. Except for a few scattered light showers on the coast fine with…

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Amaroo Shire Council. Storms Cause Havoc Electrical Engineer Kept Busy

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 9

The recent heavy storms were one big worry so far as the Amaroo Electrical Engineer was concerned…

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Russians Storm Breslau Both Sides Throw in Huge Forces Govt. Officials Reported on Move From Berlin London

National Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 2

As the Russian artillery bombardment of the German defence system along the Oder Rver, rises in intensity, the outskirts of Breslau (capital of German Silesia) have become a historic…

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Flood of Money Tenners Ankle Deep

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 1

On the subject of taxes it would be understating the position rather than overstating it to say that the Taxation…

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Great Western Dust Storms Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

Nine inland towns -- Ardlethan, Cobar, Trangie, Nyngan, Gilgandra, Gulargambone, Peak Hill, Cassilis and Gulgong--are m the grip of big…

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