Terrific Storm at Forster [?]
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Floods & storms, 1940
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More Storms Good Rain In Many Places Still Unsettled
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Wind Storm Damage At Whittingham SINGLETON
A new of here [?] at the Singleton racecourse was in a completely destroyed by wind in a strom at Whillingstrom yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Gale in New Zealand Death of Five People and Ruination of Crops
One of the worst gales tin record struck Auckland Province on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of five people, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News Thunderstorms on Monday and Yesterday
The town and parts of the district were visited by thunderstorms on Monday afternoon and yesterday afternoon. While the registration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Still Humid Eastern Parts of State Many Storms
Up to 9 a.m. to-day an extension monsoonal low pressure area still occupied New South Wales, with a continuance of humid,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Large Hall Storm at Gloucester GLOUCESTER
A torrential storm passed over Gloucester and other parts of the district on Monday afternoon. Hill destroyed a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRANXTON Dry Spell Broken Heavy Storm Braxton
The dry spell broke at Branxton on Tuesday, when a severe rainstorm broke over the district. Some of the older residents say…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclonic Storm Building damaged At Grote Heavy Rain
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Rain at Mount View Last Tuesday's Storm
Seventy-five points of rain fell in Cessnock during the storm experienced in the district last Tuesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Storm. Hail at Muswellbrook Crops Damaged Muswellbrook
One of the heaviest storms in local history passed over Muswellbrook at one o’clock to-day, For twelve minutes rain poured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Storm. 88 Points of Rain in Twenty Minutes
A violent rain and hailstorm broke over the town at 1 p.m. to-day. Eighty-eight points' of rain fell in 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News Heavy Losses in Finland Finns Lose 20,000, Russia 150,000, Says Report More Shipping Losses Russians in Flight on Salla Front Reported Air and Naval Battle in North Sea Europe Shivers.— Turkey's Quake and Floods London
Five were Killed and a number injured, the majority slightly, by terrific explosions in the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Terrible Flood" Darwin
Information that the Roper River Anglican Mission had been wiped out by flood waters was contained in a police report received at Darwin to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wiped Out by Flood Anglican Mission at Roper River Residents Clung to Trees All Night Melbourne
The Roper River Anglican Mission station, about 310 miles east of Darwin, has been wiped out by flood. No lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Havoc Damage at Canberra
A swathe of damage three miles long and about 250 years wide, on the outskirts of Canberra, was cut by a cyclonic storm which lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm Damage TA Muswellbrook MUSWELLBROOK
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Storm Damage at Bangalow BANGALOW
Considerable damage was done by a cyclone in the Bangalow district yesterday afternoon. Houses were [?] and all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MAROONED Roper River Floods Refuge in Trees Darwin
Further reports of the terrible or dent of the Roper River Food Victims have been received at Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RAIN-STORMS North-East District Cooler Change
A rather rapid pro[?]nre change has taken [?] in New South Walks dances the past at hours, and do[?] and exclusive southern…
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