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

Floods & storms, 1946

263 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 14

Crops Ruined Heavy Rain in England LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 1

Heavy rain storms have been lashing Southern England for the past 18 days. As a result the attempt on the…

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Freak Storm Hits Melbourne Melbourne, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 1

A fierce squall, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, struck parts of Melbourne early this morning. Some suburbs reported damage…

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No Heavy Rain Forecast

Central Western Daily · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 1

Orange had a return to winter yesterday, with rainfall indications developing, but the change proved short-lived, and the wind…

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Going to Party Got Lost in Snow Storm

Central Western Daily · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 1

So fierce was Friday night’s snowstorm in the Forest Reefs area that motorists from Orange travelling there for a welcome home to ex-Service personnel became lost. Several inches of snow covered the 60 cars which transported more than 300 people to the…

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Dust Storm and High Temperature No Prospect of Rain

National Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Dust storms swept wide areas of NSW today, temperatures rose again and there is still no prospect of relief for the drought…

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Cessation Of Gale Conditions ; Still No Rain

Central Western Daily · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 1

The north-westerly gale blowing yesterday with its clouds of dust from farther out ceased abruptly with the passing over…

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Duke Happy to See Orange Again Sunshine Floods New Hospital As Doors Open

Central Western Daily · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 1

In keeping with the humanitarian nature of the building, and its symbol to future generations, the sun broke through warm and gentle for the official opening…

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Nine Persons Killed in Storm

National Advocate · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 3

FRANKFURT Sunday: When Frankfurt was swept by a storm yesterday nine people were killed and 24 injured after about 40…

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Dust Storms in Riverina

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Strong winds brought dust storms to south western areas of New South Wales today at Hay, Jerideri[?] Wagga. Cootamundra…

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Florida Gale Does Little Damage San Francisco

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 2

Latest reports tonight from Florida concerning the cyclone that hit the west const this afternoon give no details of any major damage…

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Storm Song

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 6

While driving to an engagement in Norfolk a couple of weeks back a BBC mobile recording engineer ran Into a violent hailstorm which…

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Near-gales on Coast

National Advocate · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday H[?]h winds on the central coast of N.S.W. to-day reached 80 m p h at Nobby's signal station. New[?] Several…

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Storm Causes Blackout

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

Portion of Bathurst and the Kels. area were, blacked-out for half an hour last night owing to the violent thunderstorm which broke over the…

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Heavy Storm Last. Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

A Companied by aravy ligh[?] and thunder a storm swept Bathurst and district early last night and in a period of about half an hour…

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Minor Damage Monday Night's Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 2

Accompanied by fierce lightning flashes, heavy rain was experienced on Monday night, the lightning illuminating, the district like magnesium…

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Thunderstorm Sniffer Gives the Answer

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 5

How the Weather Bureau measures the temperature of a thunderstorm’s insides is no longer a secret,…

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Fierce Storm Gives Manildra 76 Points

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 5

Over 70 points of rain were registered at Manildra Post Office on Monday evening when a heavy thunderstorm broke over the…

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Cumnock Man Shocked By Lightning When Storm Blacked Town

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 9

During the storm which caused a temporary blackout at Cumnock on Monday night, Mr. G. Cantrill received slight shock from…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast

National Advocate · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY. Thursday: Heavy overnight rain along the North Coast brought falls of more than 2 inches to Byron Bay and, Tweed Heads. The…

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Molong Storm Yields 24 Points

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1946 · page 4

By the look of the sky at dusk last night, Molong seemed likely to receive a deluge. However, the storm yielded only 24 points. Further…

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