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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

349 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 18

Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1937 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Generally unsettled and warm to hot, with rain and thunderstorms in the southern and eastern areas, spreading to the…

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Storms Likely North-west Change Disagreeable Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1937 · page 4

Weather conditions, were disagreeable in Maitland to-day when a hot north-west wind blew. The temperature reached 88 degrees,…

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Dust Storm 'Plane Forced Down Located To-day Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1937 · page 1

One of a number of motor cars, which was searching for the overdue, mall 'plane, of Australian National Airways, located the…

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Cloudy with Storms Inland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast, Cloudy, with thunderstorms in inland areas, and severe squalls in parts of the southern and eastern inland areas,…

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Man Missing Fishing Boat Wrecked Gale at Adelaide Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 5

A fierce gale at the week-end caused Immense damage, and one of four people on board is believed to have perished when the…

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Dust Storms During Week-end Effect on Plant Life Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 2

On official of the Department of Agriculture, referring to the dust storms throughout the State during the week end, said the soil was already…

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The MAN from the GULF Chapter VI. (continued) Two Women in a Flood

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 3

Nevertheless, the black curtain of silence he drew over his life from the time he had gone out into the world to work for himself baffled her, and…

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Hot Day Nearing the Century Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1937 · page 7

Hot and sultry weather was experienced to-day, with a further rise in the temperature, 89½ degrees being registered. Cloud developed…

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Rainy Change Many Places Benefit Gale Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1937 · page 6

A weak form of cyclonic depression off the coast increased in intensity during the night, and a very disturbed unsettled phase…

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Invading Hordes Still Held in Check Solid Defence Big Floods Threaten Tientsin Embankments Broken Shanghai. October 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1937 · page 1

There is little material change on any front to-day except Nanhsiakow, on the Tientsin-Pu-kow railway, where the Chinese, in pursuance of their policy of fighting rearguard actions, fell…

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Sultry, with Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1937 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Warm to hot and sultry weather over most of the State, culminating in some scattered rain and thunderstorms, and…

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Sultry Day a Change Likely STORMS-SQUALLS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1937 · page 5

There was a perceptible rise in the temperature to-day, and conditions wore much more sultry than yesterday An overcast sky…

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Lengthy Debate in : Maitland Council Flood Mitigation and Water Conservation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 October 1937 · page 4

After one alderman had voiced his disapproval of the scheme of water conservation on the upper reaches of the Hunter River, feeling that it would be detrimental to Maitland and Maitland formers, and another had urged that council…

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Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Unsettled conditions at first, with further thunder showers and severe squalls in eastern district. Mostly fine…

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Serial Story "The Man From The Gulf" Chapter Six (Continued). Two Women in a Flood

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 4

NEVERTHELESS, the black curtain of silence he drew over his life from the time he had gone out into the world to work for himself baffled…

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Serious Flood Damage Italy and France London, Oct. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

The mysterious cutting off of telephonic and telegraphic communications between Rome and the rest of Europe…

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Bolwarra Shire Flood Mitigation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 7

At a mooting of Bolwarra Shire Council yesterday Crs. M. McRae and S. B. A. Ebbeck were appointed to attend the next conference to consider…

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Flood Damage Italy and France Swept

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

The mysterious cutting off of telephonic and telegraphic communication between Rome and the rest of Europe throughout Wednesday night was…

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Big Storms Trail of Destruction Sixteen Dead New York, October 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 1

Cyclonic storms have left a trail of death and destruction in the south-eastern section of South America…

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Local and General News Thunderstorm Yields 65 Points

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 2

A thunderstorm broke over Singleton shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and rain fell with torrential violence for about a quarter of an…

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