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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Violent Gale Damage in Victoria Store Collapses Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 5

A gale which yesterday travelled along a belt about two miles wide, in the Huntly und Goornong districts, un-roofed houses, blow down…

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Fierce Storm Damage at, Markwell MARKWELL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 3

A thunderstorm of unusual severity passed over during the week, Terrible flashes of lightnine, accompanied by defeaning thunder started about 2.30…

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Violent Storm Damage at Cessnock Narrow Escapes Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 3

Damage estimated at £200 was done to the Co-operative Store and a two-roomed building was blown off its foundation at…

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Electric Charge In Wireless Aerial Effect of Storm Yass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 10

During a brief storm, a wireless aerial at a Yass hotel was buzzing like a hive of bees and emitting intermittent sparks up to a Quarter of…

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Violent Storm. Houses Unroofed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 8

A violent storm, accompanied by wind, thunder, lightning and rain, passed over the town on Wednesday last. The centre of the storm appeared to…

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Channel Gale Shipping Delayed LONDON, December 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 1

When the Channel steamer Biarritz arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne this afternoon she was first passenger boat to berth since the port…

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Strange Effect of Storm Wireless Aerial Buzzes

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

During a storm on Wednesday a wireless aerial at a Yass hotel was buzzing like a hive of bees and emitting intermittent sparks up to a quarter of an…

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A Violent Storm Damage at Cessnock and Aberdare."

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

A violent hailstorm, accompanied by wind of gale force, broke over Cessnock at 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. The damage in the town was…

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Terrific Storm at Cessnock Co-op. Store Roof Blown Into Street. House Blown Over at Aberdare

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 9

A terrific storm, accompanied by heavy hail and a cyclonic wind, was experienced in Cessnock about 3.45 p.m…

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Denman News Destructive Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 6

The storm which passed over the district last week left behind a trial of destruction, which, however, was confined to a narrow strip. At…

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Fiji Floods Severe Damage SUVA, Dec, 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 5

Owing to general heavy rains throughout Viti Levu, the overland road has suffered severely. Reports just received show that…

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Bungwahl Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 4

A storm of wind, rain and hail shook, the district on Wednesday afternoon last week. It arrived with surprising suddenness & passed away equally as…

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Storm Affects Light Service

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 4

A violent storm, with thunder and lightning, broke over the Singleton district yesterday afternoon, but only seven points of rain were registered in…

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Two Killed Lightning Flashes Fierce Storms Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 3

Lightning caused the death of two people, a man and a girl, in yesterday's severe storms. Mr. Ken Gossic, dairyman, of…

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Storm Damage Transformer Failure Town Lighting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 7

Damage which may amount to £1000 occurred to two banks of transformers at the West Maitland railway station shortly after…

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Killed by Lightning Heavy Storm at Murrurundi

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 4

John Reid, aged 20, of Cessnock, was struck dead by lightning when a heavy thunderstorm broke over Murrarundi at 1.50 p.m. yesterday…

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Fine and Hot Yesterday's Storm Some Good Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 7

Yesterday's thunderstorm yielded 20 points of rain at the West Maitland Post Office. The severe lightning which accompanied the…

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Young Man Killed in Fatal Storm at Murrurundi

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 4

During the height of a severe storm early yesterday afternoon, two travellers standing under the shelter of a pepper tree were struck by…

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Fierce Storm at Tingha

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 11

A terrific wind storm, which carried from off roofs, blew down sheds and toro off limbs of trees, preceded a heavy thunderstorm which broke…

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Grim Fight Yachtsman Wins Battle with Gale Melbourne, Saturday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 1

Watched by fellow yachtsmen unable to help him, and cut off from the shore, by tho heavy seas, Mr. Cliff Mason, of Gardenvale, worked a hand…

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