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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

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Storm at Bulga and Milbrodale Two Horses Killed by Lightning

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

Extensive damage was done to homesteads at Bulga during a heavy thunderstorm yesterday. The storm was particularly severe at The…

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Fierce Storm Leaves Trail of Havoc Maitland District Lashed and Farm Lands Suffer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 6

Lashing the town and district with a savage intensity rarely experienced before, the hailstorm which swept across Maitland late yesterday afternoon left a path of havoc in its train. Often larger than hen eggs, stones smashed and sliced crops on farms,…

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Floods in Queensland

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

Following widespread heavy rains, several of Queensland's inland rivers are in high flood. The Barcoo rose above danger height at Blackall,…

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Some Storms Rain in the North Coastal Falls

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

The effect of the low pressure trough line was shown this morning when scattered light to moderate rain was received about the…

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Heavy Rain Tablelands and Coast the Weather

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 5

For the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day the pressure distribution showed a more or less east to west trend, with a north-easterly…

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Floods Sweep Through Sydney Suburbs Lives in Danger Torrential Rain This Morning Transport Hold-up Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 5

Following torrential rain in the early hours of the morning, many parts of Sydney were flooded, causing enormous damage and seriously interfering with transport facilities. So…

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Wall of Water Heavy Storm at Walcha Premises Flooded Walcha

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

A wall of water 5ft to 6ft. deep swept down the main street yesterday afternoon, following a violent storm, flooding the business section and…

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General Rain Tropical Influences More Storms Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

Slight, tropical influence, combined with an extensive north-eastern inflow of warm moisture, associated with an extensive high…

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Heavy Hail Storm Maitland District Suffers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

Maitland district and the Coalfields wore again swept by severe' hailstorms on Sunday afternoon. Damage was done at many centres…

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Yacht Safe Ran into Cyclone Lord Howe Island

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

The yacht Aurora Star, twelve days out from Auckland, and bound for Sydney, arrived here yesterday. She left Auckland in a race with the…

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Fierce Storms and Heavy Hail Maitland District and Coalfields. Lightning Sends Pour to Hospital

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

During the height of a thunderstorm at Abernethy on Sunday afternoon, Albert Hill, 15, received a severe shock…

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Flood Door Stolen in Maitland Danger to Town

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 6

The work of some person or persons, described by the town clerk of West Maitland (Mr. E. W. Williams) as of low mentality, a cast-iron flood door leading…

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Floods Easing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 5

Most centres on the North Coast reported to-day that the flood position was easing. The rain has stopped…

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Storm Damage Mt. Vincent Suffers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 9

Mt. Vincent suffered severely in the storm on Sunday afternoon. Mr. A. Russell estimates the damage to property and crops at £150. Two…

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Lights Fail Storm at Neath CESSNOCK, Thursday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 2

The electric light service at Neath and a section of Abermain failed at 7.30 last night during a thunderstorm. The service was not restored until 9 o'clock…

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Some Thunderstorms Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 7

Sultry weather in the east of New South Wales yesterday resulted in further showers fairly generally, with some thunderstorms on the coast and…

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Sultry, with Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 1

Northern Forecast: Warm to hot and sultry, with freshening to Equally northerly winds, followed by seme rain and thunderstorms, and…

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Storm Causes "Blackout."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

The electric light service at Neath and a section of Abermain foiled during authunderstorm on Wednesday night. The…

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Storm at Seaham

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 2

Seaham was swept by a heavy rainstorm shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday and 155 points of rain fell in about half an hour. It is some years since…

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Storm Damage Mt. Vincent Suffers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

Mt. Vincent suffered severely in the storm on Sunday afternoon. Mr. A. Russell estimates the damage to property and crops at £150…

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