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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1940

271 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 14

Desert Storms Italians Impeded (A. A. P. Service) CAIRO, October 21

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 2

[?] storms carried by [?] winds [?] up without warmish are immobilises the Italian mechanised [?] though the nest fall…

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Fierce Storm Torrential Rain at Muswellbrook Singleton to [?]

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 5

The [?] storms for [?] was experienced at [?] last night [?] role fell [?] which wind its…

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Violent Storms Throughout District. Goods Falls of Rain Reported. 91 Points at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 1

The heaviest rainstorms for a long time were experienced throughout the district late yesterday afternoon. It is feared that…

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Local and General News. Two Thunderstorms in Singleton Last Evening

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and wind, broke over Singleton about 6 o'clock last evening, and rain fell with torrential…

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Heavy Damage Storm at Merriwa MERRlWA

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1940 · page 6

Merriwa on Thursday night experienced one of the [?] storms for many years. The wind blew with gate force, accompanied by thunder and…

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Mostly Fine Weather Over The State Storms Likely Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 November 1940 · page 1

Fine [?] conditions [?] Pre[?] throu[?] New [?] th Wa[?] during the [?] [?] for a tenden[?] in [?]…

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Heavy Rain. Baerami and Bylong Valleys

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 1

Reports to hand tell of torrential rainfalls at the head of Baera[?]ni Creek and the Bylong Valley on Thursday last, where the falls…

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Violent Storm Harbour Bridge Struck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 3

A violent tornado with wind velocity of 95 miles an hour swept tho State on Thursday. Roofs were torn off buildings at Trangie in the…

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Dubbo Damage Thursday's Storm. Streets Littered by Wreckage

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 3

The storm which struck Dubbo at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday last, greatly damaged scores of modern homes. Hotels, offices, shops, and factories…

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Fierce Storms. Town and District Suffer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 6

One of the most severe storms remembered for many years occurred on Thursday of last week, causing much damage in both the town and district…

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Sandy Hollow Storm. Railway Office Damaged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 4

During the heavy storm which broke over the district recently the railway construction office at Sandy Hollow was damaged. A sheet of…

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Warmer Day Thunderstorms Likely SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 1

Anti-cyclonic influences have [?] passed away from eastern Australia a low pressure covers the caster half of the continuo. The [?]…

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Dust Storms Over Most Of New South Wales

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 5

During the past Si hours the weather over the State was under the influence of an energetic low pressure System which caused dust storms…

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Storms Assist Fire Fighters Queensland Fires BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 5

Storms In ports of southern Queensland last night assisted fire fighters to control some of the bush fires which have been burning over extensive tracts…

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Gale Sweeps Ma[?]land Town Enveloped in Dust

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 4

A sale evened the [?] [?] to—day, [?] of fast and [?] were the [?]…

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“Wall of Dust” Fierce Dust-Storm la South Australia. ADELAIDE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 3

Mannahill, in the Broken Hill [?] [?] struck last night by a [?] [?] travelling at [?] than so [?] an hour…

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Fierce Electrical Storm Favoured Daring Thieves Broke Plate Glass Window to Take Shirts

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 2

Thieves whet operated in Singleton on Friday night or early on Saturday morning are believed to rave taken advantage of the…

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Saturday Morning's Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 4

Heavy rain fell in parts of the district in the early hours of Saturday morning. Forty-two points of rain fell at…

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Seventy-eight Killed in Gale Newyork, Nov 12

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1940 · page 1

At least 78 are dead and sixty ere missing mostly seamen after a nation-wide gola struck the Great Lokes…

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Gale Causes Loss of Life and Damage New York, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 November 1940 · page 2

At least 78 are dead and 60 missing, mostly seamen, as a result of a nation wide gale which struck the Great Lakes region…

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