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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

351 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 18

Flood Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 3

From the Department of Works and Local Government in connection with a grant of £512 towards cost of repairing flood damage on the Wangat…

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Violent Storm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 3

A terrific thunderstorm visited Gosford on Saturday afternoon and Mr. Harold King's residence, in Gertrude street, felt the effects of the lightning. The radio…

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA Storm Centre of World Politics Sudeten Areas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 14

Almost overnight the name of Czechoslovakia has sprung from semi-obscurity into the storm-centre of world politics, the…

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New Storms American Death-Roll Grows 60,000 Homeless New York, Sept. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1938 · page 1

New storms struck New England and Long Island to-day, increasing the death-roll to 474, although the final analysis will…

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Panic at Picnic Caught in Thunderstorm MULLUMBIMBY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1938 · page 6

A party of 600 children and 200 adults attending a school sports meeting on Mullumbimby recreation ground, were caught unawares by a…

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Caught in Thunderstorm Panic at a Picnic

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 September 1938 · page 1

A party of 600 children and 200 adults attending a school sports meeting at Mullumbimby recreation ground were caught unawares by a…

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Some Storms Scattered Light Rain Mostly Fine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 September 1938 · page 5

During the past 21 hours scattered light rain, with an occasional thunderstorm, occurred in New South Wales. Falls were chiefly…

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Heavy Rain Japanese Advance Held Up Yangtse Front Shanghai, October 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 1

Heavy rain on the Yangtse front has raised the river level and covered the roads, preventing the Japanese mechanised units from…

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Japanese Advance Held Up Heavy Rain

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 2

Heavy rain on the Yangtse front has raised the river level and covered the roads, preventing the Japanese mechanised…

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Hail Damage Air Liner in Storm Fabric Damaged Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 8

The W. R. Carpenter airliner, which arrived at Kingsford Smith aerodrome from New Guinea late on Sunday afternoon, had a…

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In Half Gale Test of Motor Torpedo Boats LONDON, October 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1938 · page 8

The remarkable mobility of the Navy's improved Scott-Paine motor torpedo boats was revealed by ocean-going tests…

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Fierce Storm Birds-Animals Killed BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1938 · page 2

Poultry, wild birds, and shorn sheep were killed by hailstones during a storm which battered the Gore and Karara areas, west of Warwick. The…

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HOOFBEATS Flood Tide Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 9

THE New Zealand galloper, Flood Tide, who pulled up badly after running in the Herbert Power Handicap at Caulfield last Saturday, will…

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Badly Burned Lightning Strikes Car Mishap in Storm Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 5

With his clothes ablaze, Alan Kevin Hynes, 31, of Arncliffe, was rescued from a blazing motor garage at the rear of his home last…

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Heavy Storm Damage at Mungindi MUNGINDI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1938 · page 4

Approaching rapidly from the west a heavy storm, accompanied by wind and hail, struck Mungindi. The dust was very thick and the hail…

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Heavy Storm 42 Points in Maitland Extensive Fall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1938 · page 6

The registration at the West Maitland Post Office of the rain which fell yesterday afternoon and last night, was 42 points. It was…

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Heavy Storms Damage at Mungindi

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 October 1938 · page 2

Approaching rapidly from the west a heavy storm, accompanied by wind and hail, struck Mungindi. The dust was very thick and the…

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Light Rain Mostly on Coast Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 6

Light rain associated with thunder was recorded about the central and south coast during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day. The…

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Hail Storm Damage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 5

Considerable, damage was caused in the Wattagan and Sweetman's Creek district by the hail storm last Friday…

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Rain Likely Change from South Australia Tropical Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 October 1938 · page 6

During the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day the tropical depression became more pronounced in South Australia, while the high…

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