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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 9 of 9

Local Thunderstorms

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 1

Central Forecast: Warm to hot and sultry, local thunder showers; northerly winds chiefly, but cool southerly change on…

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Storm at Newcastle Heaviest for Years

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday: Extensive damage, was done when hail amashed hundreds of window this afternoon in one of the heavies stroms for years…

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Heavy Damage: Newcastle’s Turn: Three- Minute Gale Newcastle

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

Extensive damage was done when bail smashed hundreds of windows, this afternoon in one of the heaviest storms for many years…

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Aid for Victims of Storm Govt. to Make Survey SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

Dozens of people in Pendle Hill district where thousands of pounds worth of damape was caused by a 70 m.p.h. wind and hail storm today…

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Hall Storm Damage Relief for Sufferers SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 23 November 1945 · page 2

The state Government has set up a special committee to investigate he [?] sustained by poultry farmers and vegetable growers in the…

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Nazi War Criminals’ Trial: Storm Over Bad Preparation of Allied Case London

Central Western Daily · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 3

Coincident with the feeling expressed by some observers that the case for the prosecution against major Nazi war criminals has not been completely prepared, comes the announcement that Major-General (“Wild Bill”)…

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Terrific Storm Hail Like Tennis Balls

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 December 1945 · page 6

One of the most terrific storms on record swept over Stuart Town last week. The wind reached gale force, and…

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Sultry, with Storms

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 1

Central Forecast: Warm to hot and sultry with chiefly northerly winds; light rain and thunderstorms…

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Fight in Thunderstorm

National Advocate · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Joe Grant (9.11) and Mickey Tollis (9.9) fought a draw over 12 rounds at Newcastle Stadium yesterday…

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Thunderstorm Likely

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 December 1945 · page 2

Central Forecast: South-west to southerly change' with local thunderstorms this evening; but fine and warm again on…

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Thousands of Homeless Germans Expelled From Russian Zone Flood British Occupied Territo[?]

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 2

Six hundred thousand Germans have been givenotice to quit the Russian Zone of occupation in Germany. All along the "Green frontier" they are pring into the British zone-- thousands of homeless and hungry refugees, camping by the roadsides ansleeping in ditches. The roads into the British zone are jammed with them and essential traffic iy have to be diverted on account of the…

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Heavy Rain in S.A.

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: A fall in temperatures has been reported in this State, but conditions are still humid. Heavy rain fell during the week-end…

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Storm After Heat Wave

Central Western Daily · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 1

Caught in an unexpected storm, these three Sydney shoppers raced for shelter late on Tuesday afternoon…

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No a Storm Is Not Predicted

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 1

Central Forecast: Fine and warm with northerly winds…

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Storm Locator U.S. Instals Chain of Warning Stations London

National Advocate · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 2

The U.S. Government has adopted a British invention to locate storms while they are thousands of miles away. The…

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