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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Sultry Heat No Rain on Coast Storms Forecast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

The trying heat of yesterday was somewhat [?] by a cool hr[?]ge in the evening and the night brought a decided drop in…

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CLOUDBURST Much Damage Done Creeks Flooded Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 1

Ab the result of a cloudburst near Tabulam, in the Casino diet riot, when five Inches, of ruin fell in half au hour, a groat deal of damage was caused to…

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Severe Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

Trees and telegraph poles were damaged, numbers telephone lines were blown down, and electric right was interrupted by a terrific…

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Sultry Heat Absence of Rain Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

Hot and sultry weather conditions prevailed in Maitland to-day. It was cool early, but shortly after sunrise it was apparent that…

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Terrific Storm Near Inverell Farmers Lose Heavily

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Travelling in a narrow strip, and intensified by a tierce gale which attained cyclonic velocity, a terrific hailstorm struck Nullpmanna, a village 11…

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Heavy Storm Rain in Torrents Hot Morning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 7

Following a day of particularly trying heat, during which the temperature at the West Maitland Post Office rose to 100.5 decreed, a…

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Melbourne Storm Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

When the city and suburbs wore struck by a violent electrical storm this morning there were visions of further disastrous floods…

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Return of Hot Weather. Storm Brings Temporary Relief

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

The past week has brought a return of hot weather conditions, the maximum readings for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday being, 92,…

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A Thunderstorm

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

Following some hours of particularly trying heat, during which the temperature rose to ,98 degrees, a thunderstorm broke over Singleton about 2…

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Heavy Rain Deluges Wide Area To-day High Registrations Sporting Fixtures Cancelled Newcastle Streets Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Following several days and nights of high temperatures and excessive humidity, rain set in fairly generally this morning, and about noon there was a heavy downpour, flooding the streets in many centres…

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Gale in Melbourne Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

In common with other parts of eastern Australia, Melbourne had heavy rain, accompanied by a gale, to-day. The tennis championships at Kooyong…

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Newcastle Storm Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Saturday morning shoppers in the city to-day were not favoured by the weather, and sporting fixtures this afternoon had to be abandoned…

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Storm at Morpeth Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

Morpeth, which was also struck by the storm about, midday, received 146 points to 12.30 p.m…

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Storm Havoc Jamboree Camp Marquees Down Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

A heavy storm struck the Scout Jamboree Camp this morning, and twenty marquees were knocked to the ground, many small tents being…

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Storm Havoc in Jamboree Camp

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

A heavy storm struck the Scout Jamborce Camp at Frankston (Vic.) on Saturday morning, and 20 marquees were knocked to the ground, many…

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Violent Storm Victoria Battered Heavy Damage Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 6

Throughout Saturday night and yesterday, a repetition of the severe gale which preceded the November floods was experienced…

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Liner Wrecked on Florida Coast Breaking Up in Strong Gale. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) New York

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

The liner Havana, carrying 51 passengers and a crew of 126, which is en route from New, York to Vera Cruz, was beached near Mantilla, on the…

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Jamboree Camp Struck by Terrific Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

With the fury of a tropical hurricane a terrific rainstorm swept through the jamboree canvas city at Frankston early on Saturday,…

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Air Mail from London On Time Several Storms Encountered

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 1

Despite severe electrical storms which had been raging around Darwin, and across the Timer Sea for 48 hours, the air-liner. Astrea, bringing the fourth London air mail to Australia, arrived yesterday afternoon more than an hour ahead of schedule…

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Storms at Sea Ship's Wireless Affected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 9

Electrical storms and persistent lightning so affected the wireless of the freighter Erica which reached Sydney yesterday, that for almost a…

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