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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 16

Scattered Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1939 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Still some scattered showers and thunderstorms on the coast and In the north-east districts, elsewhere…

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Coastal Rain Mostly Scattered Some Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1939 · page 7

Very little movement in the pressure systems influencing New South Wales occurred during the past 24 hours. Low pressure cols…

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Heavy Rain Three Inches at Tabulam Hot at Bourke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 November 1939 · page 2

A combination of southern and tropical depression activities again affected New South Wales during the past 24 hours…

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Storm at Wootton House Roofs Lifted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 5

Mr. Tom. Taylor, taxi proprietor of the Taree-Bullahdelah service, tells us that Wootton appeared to be the centre of the visitation out that way…

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Severe Thunderstorm; Building Struck at Taree Dungog District Fortunate

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 5

Dungog district was most fortunato to escape the ravages of a very severe thunderstorm which swept through a narrow belt of the central…

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Further Rain Tropical Activity Isolated Storms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1939 · page 4

Weak tropical activity is still manifest in North-eastern Australia and it has produced further rain in the central western plains, on…

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Sultry Day Rain And Storms Hot Inland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1939 · page 1

Pressure conditions over the State have changed considerably during the past 24 hours, and sultry weather existed throughout the…

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Body Found After Storm Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1939 · page 3

After a fierce storm the body of J. D. Burton, a warder, was found in the grounds of a mental asylum at Sandy Gallop. He is thought to have…

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22 Lost in Wreck Piot Ship Aground In Storm LONDON, Nov. 26

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 November 1939 · page 1

Twenty-two were drowned, or missing, including the captain and the majority of apprentices, when the Liverpool No. 1 pilot boat was…

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The Weather Local Storms. Good Falls Registered

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 1

Scattered storms still continue to cause good rainfall registrations throughout the Upper Hunter. Such was the case on Sunday and Monday…

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£500 DAMAGE Fierce Storm at Bingara BINGARA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 2

Damage estimated at £500 resulted when a gale swept the Gwydir Pastoral Company's property, Kelvin Grove, 14 miles from Bingara…

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Fierce Storm Man Killed At Wherrol Flat Trees Uprooted Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 1

At the height of a violent storm yesterday afternoon, Rex Darryl Johnston, 40, was struck on the head by the falling branch of a tree, at Wherrol flat…

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Floods in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 December 1939 · page 8

Heavy rain caused rivers in the Nelson and Marlborough districts to break their banks. One river is many feet over its level. Roads are…

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War Situation Favours Finland No Surrender Likely Snow Storms Delay Fighting London, December 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1939 · page 1

Finnish circles in London feel that the military situation is developing in favour of Finland, whose Legation emphasises that her approach to Moscow through the Swedish…

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Southern Rain Scattered Storms And Hail Further Snow

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 7

The spread of squally and colder south-west to south winds resulted in fairly general rain being recorded this morning over the…

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Storms Likely Change in Weather System Hot and Sultry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 1

The pressure system has moved eastward during the past 48 hours, and this State is now under anti-cyclonic influences…

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Liner in Tasman Storm Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 9

An American liner has arrived at [?] from Sydney after a tem[?]uous crossing of the Tasman Sea[?] passengers were slightly…

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Further Storms Likely

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 4

Further storms are likely from the great eruptive southern sunspot group, followed by a period of fine weather early in the week, but…

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Thunderstorms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 2

As a result of thunderstorms on Tuesday night and Wednesday, 35 points of rain have been recorded at Dungog post office this week. To…

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HAIL - RAIN Storms In North-East Hot Inland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1939 · page 5

Hot weather was experienced in New South Wales during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day. Light to moderate rain, with a…

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