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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

349 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 18

Flood Warning

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 6

A flood warning was issued yesterday by the Weather Bureau. Further heavy rain is expected. Heavy seas are running on the coast, and vessels…

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More Heavy Rain May Be Expected No Indication of Any Break. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 2

Mr Mares, State Meteorologist, said to-day that more heavy rains With local floods might be expected. There was no indication of any break…

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Violent Storms Queensland Damage Lightning Shocks Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 5

Storms of terrific violence continue to lash southern parts of the State. During a storm at Burleigh Heads, three persons were affected by…

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Heavy Rain

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 4

Torrential rain fell in and around Bullahdelah on Monday night causing the Myall River to approach flood level. As usual the main street was…

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Severe Storms in Queensland Lightning. Strikes Buildings

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

Terrific storms continue to occur in southern parts of Queensland. During a storm at Burleigh Heads on Wednesday, three persons were…

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Graphic Story OF Adventure Buffeted by Storm Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 7

A graphic story of the adventures of 12 natives in their canoes on a voyage from Onpongjava, in the British Solomons to Tasman Island…

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Windsors Again In Storm of Criticism U.S.A. Press Is Bitter Tour of Country Said to be Abandoned New York, November, 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 7

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have cancelled their visit to America because they are displeased with American reaction to their visit, especially the description of them…

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Heavy Rain North toast Falls Hunter Benefits

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 6

With a heavily overcast sky this Morning indications were that the showery weather of the last few days would again prevall. The sun broke…

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Unsettled and Some Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Chiefly unsettled, warm and sultry, with further rain and some thunderstorms over eastern areas, chiefly in the…

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Violent Storm Queensland Damage Trees Uprooted Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 8

A great deal of damage was caused by a violent storm at Petrie, near Brisbane. The disturbance, which lasted only 10 minutes, wrecked a…

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Rain Storm at Mount View

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon a heavy rain storm was experienced in the Mount View and Pokolbin district. One hundred…

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Floods in China a Million Homeless SHANGHAI, November 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 1

One million people are homeless and facing starvation, and another million people are confronted with ruin, in the Province of Shantung, as…

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Sultry Day Light Rain Early Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 5

A westerly breeze had little effect on the sultry conditions prevailing in Maitland to-day. The sky was cloudy for most of the…

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Cool Change Rain in South-east Many Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 5

Following the passage of the rather energetic low pressure system yesterday, fairly general rain was recorded this morning over…

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Boy's Narrow Escape. Cyclone at Dubbo. Leaves Trail of Damage. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 2

Arthur Burge, aged 9, of Dubbo, had a narrow escape from death yesterday during a teriffic cyclone, when he clung desperately to a…

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Ship Sunk Disaster in Storm 21 Rescued Norfolk (Virginia), November 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 1

Twenty-one of the crew of the Greek freighter, Tzenny Chandris, which sank in the Atlantic coastal storm which…

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Sultry and Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Cloudy more or less generally, and sultry, with scattered rain and thunder developing near the northern border and in…

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Fierce Storm Damage Near Lismore LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 8

Damage estimated at £1000 was caused by a fierce cyclone in an area two miles wide between Larnook and Rock Valley…

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Heavy Rain North Coast Drenched Tropical Falls Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 5

Torrential tropical rain has been experienced in New South Wales. During the past 48 hours Byron Bay had 820 points. Falls…

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Another Tropical Depression Mr Mares Expects Heavy Rain. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 November 1937 · page 2

Mr Mares, State Meteorologist, said to-day that he expected heavy rain by to-night, with squalls and thunder, in the metropolitan area…

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