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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

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Heavy Rain After Sultry Day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

Although storms have threatened for several days very little rain fell in Maitland. Again today, storm clouds were early in evidence and,…

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Heavy Rain Falls In Far West Best for Years

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 1

Heavy [?] over the far west of New South Wales. The state Meteorologist Mr [?] it as the…

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Heavy Rain in the West Best Monsoonal Downfall for Years. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

Heavy rain is still falling over the far west of New South Wales. Mr Mares describes it as the best monsoonal downfall for years…

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Heavy Rain Queensland Benefits BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 8

In a few hours 326 points of rain was registered Thargomindah. This registration exceeded by almost an inch the district’s total rainfall last…

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Rain With Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

New South Wales Forecast: Still somewhat unsettled, with rain, associated with thunderstorms, in the north-eastern…

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Fierce Storms Sweep Over Europe Serious Shortages of Food

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

Sixty thousand influenza cases are reported from Yugoslavia and there is another outbreak in Portugal as bitter weather wracks…

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Heavy Falls Rain at the Week-end in North West Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

During the week-end light to moderate rain was recorded east of the highlands and slopes, but moderate to heavy in the north-east quarter…

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Train Delayed Floods and Washaways Broken Hill

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 7

Flood-waters and washaways between Parkes and Condobolin-delayed a train with 400 holiday makers returning turning to Broken Hill from Sydney…

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Heavy Rain In Inland Parts Tropical Dip Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 5

“Coal conditions [?] over the greater part of the [?] and the extension of a tropleant die to the [?] of new [?]…

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Flood Rains Falls In Queensland BRISBANE. Wednesday

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 6

Heavy rain is still failing at Gharle ville, and there .'is every prospect of a. big flood. Charleville railway officials reported…

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Boy Washed Away by Flood Waters Heroic Rescue Work At Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

Heroic rescue work was performed at Cessnock yesterday afternoon when a boy was swept away by flood waters and carried for three quarters of a mile a stormwater channel…

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Holiday-makers Held Up on Train Flood-waters and Washaways

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

Flood-waters and washaways between Parkes and Condobolin delayed a train with 400 holiday-makers returning to Broken Hill from…

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Floods at Jericho BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 10

As a result of 15 Inches of rain on the catchment of the Jordan River, Jericho, In Western Queensland, Is experiencing Its highest…

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Position on Northern Line Improves Repairing Flood Damage SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 7

The Railway Department announced this morning that the passenger traffic oh the main northern railway line has been…

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£3500 Storm Damage to Shire Roads

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

The Engineer, Mr. B. G. Millard, at yesterday's meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, reported that his estimate of the cost of the…

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Floods Disorganise Rail Traffic. Passengers Transhipped

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

Trains from Sydney were not able to proceed beyond Murrurundi up till yesterday, owing to heavy floods causing extensive damage to…

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Held Up by Floods. 14 Hours in a Car. Local Party's Adventures

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

Mrs. W. P. Bowman, and Messrs M. S. M. Bowman, Victor Martin and S. M. Ponder returned home last night after experiencing many…

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Floods in Bulgaria

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Military observers in Sofia said that they believed that the floids in South-eastern Bulgaria at present would render impossible large-scale…

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Page and Isis in Flood

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 2

The Page and Isis Rivers were in flood on Wednesday last and, according to many residents, were carrying bodies of water the like of whichh…

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The Floods River Falls at Dubbo Warren in Danger Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

A message, received in. Sydney to-day reveals that flood waters, which had broken the banks of the Macquarie River at Dubbo,…

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