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

Floods & storms, 1948

292 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 15

Thunderstorms To-day

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 1

Central Forecast: Isolated thunderstorms during afternoon and evening over eastern sections; otherwise fine; mild to…

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General News Storms Expected

National Advocate · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

Central districts: Isolated thunderstorms and showers, about the highlands. Otherwise fine and warm. Moderate southerly winds…

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Electrical Storms Did Great Damage To Council's High Tension Fuses

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 1

Molong Municipal Council's Electrical Engineer, Mr, J. G. Wright, stated in his report this week that recent electrical storms…

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Cyclone Hits South Australia SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

A terrific cyclone battered South Australia during the week-end. The wind reached a velocity of…

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Nearly Nine Inches Since January 1 Heavy Rain Falls in Molong

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

Nearly nine inches of rain have fallen in Molong since the beginning of the year. Last month, February, received 550 points…

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Will 1780 Flood Be Repeated?

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 6

Queensland weather expert, Mr. Inigo Jones, believes that the present weather cycle will continue until August, with…

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Monsoon Rains Flood North Queens Land

National Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday: Tropical monsoonal rains in North Queensland have dislocated road traffic north of Townsville. Residents of Cardwell…

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Sydney Storm Extensive Damage

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A Force thunderstorm swept Sydney and suouros early this afternoon. Lightning struck the chimney of a house at…

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Sydney Battered By Severe Storm SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

One of the fiercest storms on record swept over Sydney yesterday. The wind readied 60 miles an…

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Patrick Flood

Central Western Daily · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

Patrick [?] the six-months-old son of Mr and Mrs R. Flood of Cargo Road died at the [?] Hospital on Sunday…

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Cyclone Hits Noumea Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 1

A complete blackout of all radio contact with Noumea has followed reports that the town was directly in the path of a cyclone…

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Heavy Rain Made Road Impassable Weekend Storm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 5

Bain in the Manildra district on Sunday ranged from 23 points in town to two inches in outer parts of the surrounding areas…

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Heavy Storms at Coolah over Week-end

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 15

On Friday night last, a particularly vicious storm passed over Coolah, disorganising the telephone services in places…

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Heavy Storm at Wellington

National Advocate · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

ORANGE, Thursday: In the Central districts and near West to-day, temperatures have again been moderate because the weather was dull…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast

National Advocate · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Heavy rain was general over a wide area of the north const night and early this morning…

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Heavy Rain Continues in Sydney SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

Heavy rain again fell in Sydney last night, but despite this 50,000 attended the Royal Show to see the rodeo events…

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Cyclone Pounds North Coast SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

A cyclone has been lashing, the N.S.W. North Coast and the Queensland seaboard. Torrential rain has fallen and…

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Floodlit Training Ground

Central Western Daily · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 16

A floodlit training ground has been loaned to the Orange Rugby League for…

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Thunderstorms

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Higher temperatures were general over NSW today and brought heavy thunderstorms at Walgett, Coonabarabran and Mt. Victoria…

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Storm Over Bathurst District Will Benefit

National Advocate · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 2

A Storm, which broke over Bathurst during the early hours of yesterday morning and continued till [?]inch time, recorded a total…

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