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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

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Violent Storm at Cessnock Considerable Damage Done

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

Considerable damage with caused by the violent st[?] which occured in Cessnock yesterday afternoon…

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£300 DAMAGE Gale Sweeps Homestead Near Kootingal Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 8

Damage estimated at £300 was caused by a terrific gale which swept across Tanglewood, the property of Mr. A. D. Wilson, at…

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Toll of Gale at Antiene. £200 Worth of Damage. Railway Disorganised

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 9

The small settlement of Antiene appeared to have received the full force of yesterday's gale. Damage was caused to the extent of over £200,…

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Violent Storm City and Suburbs Kain and Hail Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5

A violent thunderstorm swept over Sydney about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At the height of the deluge, 31 points of rain fell…

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STORM-SIGNAL Japan's Naval Decision German View London, January 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

The Continental press continues to attach greater weight to the Japanese naval decisions than the British. The German newspaper declare…

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Man Killed Struck by Lightning Terrific Storms Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

During a terrific storm which swept over the Darling Downs and Southern Queensland yesterday afternoon, Alfred Long Stewart…

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Lights Out Power Room Flooded G.P.O. Plight Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 9

By the bursting of a water main in the power room of the General Post Office late last night, the power arrangements were affected and…

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DUNGOG Severe Wind Storm DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 3

Dungog and district received the full force of a terrific gale on Thursday afternoon last. The wind reached a terrific…

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Cyclonic Storm at Gympie Narrow Escapes From Injury

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 2

Many people had narrow escapes from injury at Gympie (Q.) when a cyclonic storm unroofed houses and uprooted trees. The home of Mr J…

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Storm Damage Qld. Visitation Later Details Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 3

Additional details of the storm which swept over the Darling Downs and the North Coast of Queensland on Friday evening, show that many thousands of…

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Heavy Damage Huge Hailstones North Coast Storm Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

Additional details which are drifting in, show that the half-storm which swept the Richmond and Brunswick districts on Friday…

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Storms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 2

Dungog environs experienced some very heavy storms on Wednesday evening last. Following an exceedingly hot day, during which the…

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Fierce Storm "Niagara" Battered 80 M.P.H. Wind Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 1

Encountering the worst storm in the recollection of her crew, the Union R.M.S. Niagara, which reached Sydney to-day, bore evidence of the batter…

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Battered in Storm Niagara Strikes Heavy Sea

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 1

The Union Steamship Company's liner, Niagara, which reached Sydney yesterday, was battered in a storm a few days north of Honolulu. Two…

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DUNGOG Boys' Club Camp Severe Storm Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 2

Owing to a severe storm which drenched everything, the 31 boys in the Church of England Boys' Club Camp, at Dungog, had to…

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Storm at Largs Largs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 7

Tuesday's heat was followed by a drop of 24 degrees in temperature, and a storm on Wednesday evening, yielded a welcome fall of 75 points. Apart…

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Fierce Storms Queensland Damage Roof Off Church Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 5

Fierce storms have resulted in considerable damage at Esk, in the Brisbane Valley and at Spring Creek, on the Darling Downs…

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Storms in Queensland Buildings Suffer

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

Considerable damage was caused by storms at Esk, in the Brisbane Valley, and at Spring Creek, on the Darling Downs, on Wednesday night…

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Fierce Gale Trees Blown Down Near Inverell Inverell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

A fierce storm wan experienced between the seven and 16-mile pegs on the Inverell road. A gale uprooted trees, stripped…

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Violent Storm Station Blown Over PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

The railway station at Bilbarin was destroyed and 20 telegraph poles were levelled by a terrific wind, which followed a rainstorm last night…

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