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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

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Cyclone Moves to the Tasman Further Useful Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 7

Fairly general rain was recorded this morning over the coast and tablelands, and on parts of the slopes, but only scattered…

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Warmer Day Change On Sunday Some Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1938 · page 6

Fine weather prevailed during the past 24 hours throughout New South Wales, with warmer day temperatures, but there was a cool…

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Some Storms Isolated Heavy Falls Warm to Hot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 7

During the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day warm to hot and sultry weather was experienced fairly generally over New South Wales…

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Roofs Torn Off Gale at Nyngan NYNGAN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 7

Roofs were torn from houses and sheds, and galvanised iron was blown about like sheets of paper in a severe storm which caused damage…

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Dorus Na Catha Old Gaelic Custom Electric Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 10

During a recent electric storm a woman in the Island of Lewis was killed by lightning while sitting at her own fireside. The…

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PERTURBED Flood of Foreign Migrants Labour Fears Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 1

The Secretary of the N.S.W. Labour Council, Mr. R. King, M.L.C., said to-day that the Trades Unions were perturbed at the…

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Floods in New Zealand Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 November 1938 · page 2

Serious floods have occurred in the Taranaki (N.Z.) district, following torrential rains. The famous Awakino Valley is…

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Isolated Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Generally warm to hot and sultry in central and eastern areas with scattered thunderstorms, an isolated…

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Storms Likely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Isolated thundershowers, with a tendency to some local severe squalls, but mainly fine, with scattered cloud…

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Reminder of Hail Storm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 1

A caller at the "Eagle" Office last Saturday left behind a bag containing hail-stones, with the compliments of Mr. Walter…

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Heavy Falls Rain in Queensland BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 8

A fairly large area of the State experienced rain. Falls on the Darling Downs were very heavy in places, as much as five…

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Epic Story Flight of Bombers Fierce Storms Darwin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 8

A graphic story of the record-breaking flight of the three Vickers Wellesley bombers, was told by Squadron-Leader Kellett…

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Inland Gales Damage at Cobar Phone Lines Down Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 November 1938 · page 10

Telephone services were disorganised, buildings damaged, and trees and fences uprooted by gales in the central west of the State…

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Yesterday's Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 3

Nineteen points of rain, fell yesterday, when a storm broke over the town…

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Cobar Struck by Cyclone Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 3

Two men were injured, several houses were unroofed, and a stone parapet weighing over half a ton on the Great Western Hotel was…

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Storm Freaks What Lightning Did

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 8

Lightning has had some strange effects near Cologne. Near Sieburg, a schoolmaster was hurrying through the storm with a party of fifty children…

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Severe Storm Goondiwindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 8

During a thunderstorm the wind reached such force that large trees were uprooted and gardens destroyed. Vivid lightning played for hours. Many…

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Hail Storm Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 10

Nineteen points of rain were registered when a heavy hail and rainstorm passed over the district. The storm lasted for about 20 minutes,…

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Violent Storm Damage at Boggabilla SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 1

A violent windstorm played havoc in the Boggabilla district yesterday. The home of Mr. J. Cosh was blown off its foundations, and Cosh suffered…

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Heavy Losses Cyclone at Boggabilla SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 2

A message from Boggabilla states that the cyclonic disturbance yesterday was responsible for great damage to wheat crops…

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