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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

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U.S.A. Floods a First-Hand Account Utter Desolation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 10

A first-hand account of the happenings in Louisville during the recent floods in the United States is given by Felix Green in an…

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Four Killed When Flying Boat Crashes Maiden Flight Struck Mountain In Storm Drama Amid the Snow London, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 1

The Imperial Airways giant flying boat, Capricornus, crashed on her maiden voyage to Egypt from Southhampton to-day in the snow-clad Beaujoli Mountains, near Ouroux,…

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Boomi Gets Food Flood Stricken Area SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 1

Flood waters are receding in some of the north-eastern portions of the State but at Collarenebri the river continued to rise to-day and much…

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Barwon Rising Mungindi Flooded BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 2

The Barwon River at Mungindt is still rising slowly and spreading Water has reached the main street and several dwellings have been…

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Motor World Flooded Roads Advice To Motorists Engine Care

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 8

The Royal Automobile Club of Australia, in its weekly notes, deals with the problem of driving on flooded roads…

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U.S.A. Dust Storms Washington, March 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 3

The Agricultural Department reports that the duststorm area in the south-western States will be extended greatly unless heavy rain falls…

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Pacific Highway Flood ,Danger Over

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. touring department reports that Pacific Highway is now fully passable to Brisbane, the flood waters having receded considerably…

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Flood Gates Statement Confirmed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 5

Confirmation of statements made at the last meeting of council by Mr. Arthur Howarth, M.L.A., was contained in a letter to Tarro Shire…

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Death and Destruction in stricken spain Heavy Losses Rain of Boombs continues Loyalists Press on Valencla April 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

The Loyalists are maintaining the offensive in the Cordova region. They approached Espiel and Villa Harpa, which command the Cordova-Madrid highway, whereupon three…

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Seamen Drowned Swam Flooded River CAIRNS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 2

Two members of the crew of the Adelaide motor ship Manunda, which arrived at cairns were drowned in the Barron River. They were…

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Cooler Day Light Coastal Rain Hail Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

The stormy conditions of. yesterday afternoon and last night wore followed by a cool and dull day. Only two points or rain were…

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When a Storm Breaks at Broke

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

Thunder and lightning, wind, sleet, hail, and rain, all in the course of about half-an-hour, were experienced over a comparatively limited area at…

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Cooler Conditions Generally Cyclone Over Tasman Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 2

Cooler conditions prevailed generally over the State yesterday, particularly in the south-eastern districts, where unsettled weather and light rain…

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'Planes In Storm NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 7

Aeroplanes, owned by Airlines, of Australia and the Kingsford Smith Air Service, were forced to land at, Newcastle to-day, when…

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Gale Abating Shipping Still Affected SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 1

The weather along the count was better today, but shipping was still affected by the gale, which raged yesterday…

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Prices Fall Flood Of Selling Wheat Suffers London, April 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 1

The terrific hammering in the market that continued for more than a week culminated in a rout so far as…

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Smart Showers Storms On Coast Many Good Falls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 6

During the 24 hours ended at 9 aim. to-day there was further rain along the coast and on the northern and central tablelands, The…

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Storms in United States Extensive Damage

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 2

Nortk-west lowa is without telegraph or telephone communication as the result of the worst storm in history. Rain arid snow preceded a blizzard with the…

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Rain Inland Southerly Cyclone Likely to Spread

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 10

Rain was recorded tills morn- ing fairly generally on the control and southern tablelands and was tern division. Isolated clearing…

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Floods Cause Havoc VANCOUVER, April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 1

Thousands are fleeing from homes, and industry has been paralysed by floods in six Western Ontario cities…

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