A Blackout Effect of Electrical Storm
An electrical disturbance over the Hunter Valley yesterday afternoon caused a blackout for over half an hour The Extent of the inconvenience…
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Floods & storms, 1941
278 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 14
Hunter Valley Floods Recalled
A fall of rain of more than 20 inches had been recorded in New South Wales on six occasions, Mr. J. H. Nancarrow said when he addressed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russians May Flood Vast Area Blasting of Dam Would Sweep Away Enemies
The Russians may flood a vast area of the south-western Ukraine by blasting, the great Zaporoje dam, on the Dnieper River, if the battle goes against them, says the London Daily Telegraph's Stockholm (Sweden) correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storm at Tobruk (A.a.p. Service) LONDON, August 20
A heavy dust storm has restricted activity in the Tobruk area, although there has been some enemy shelling, says a British G.H.Q. communique…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reds Smash Gigantic Dam Stalin's Immense Ukraine Flood Deluge Roars Down Towards Nazi Hordes London
The gigantic Dnieper dam in the Ukraine, one of the biggest in the world, has been utterly destroyed by Marshal Budenny, in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley Floods Recalled
A fall of rain of more than 20 inches has been recorded in New South Wales on six occasions, Mr. J. H. Nancarrow said when he addressed Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hopes for Good Rain Lost Night’s Storms SYDNEY
Hopes for substantial rains on the metropolitan catchment and in and areas have [?]en raised by thunderstorms and many falls,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Storm Damage At Gundagai WAGGA
A severe thunderstorm which swept through Gundagai on Saturday night, tore roofs from Souses, uprooted trees, flooded part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car's Drop Into Flooded Creek
A big sedan car, after colliding with a milk cart at 3 a.m. yesterday, crashed through a fence and fell 30ft. into the flooded Merri Creek at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Waters Enter Business Premises. Damage at Campbell's
The heavy rain which fell early on Saturday morning was responsible for some damage at Campbell and Co's store. One office on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood and Folly
The Macin[?] was high in food, by Goondiwindi town. The townsfolk saw with deep dismay their only bridge sweet down; But [?] Ben Ballard looked upon the flood-his face [?] I'll swim across to-night," he said, "and then have mine I know…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →77 M.P.H. Gale at Perth Perth
A two storey [?] [?] West Perth was [?] [?] Sunday by a gale which swept thorough Perth at 17 miles an hour Heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Workers Riot in Germany Storm Troops Called Out (Australian Associate D Press)london September 1
There was large-scale rioting Linz, in German , where the Hermann Goering steel works is situated German workers destroyed two, blast - furnaces at the steel works when demands were refused for raising their wages…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late News Large-Scale Rioting in Austria Goering Steelworks at Linz Involved. Workers Destroy Two Blast-furnaces. Civilians Join Strikers in Street Fighting. Troops Called In. on the Russian Front. Bloody Battles, in Spite of Heavy Rain. Germans Mention Fierce Russian Counter-attacks. Reports of Finnish-russo Peace. Soviet Officials Cautious. Labour Day in America. President's Stirring Appeal. London
There was large-scale rioting recently at Linz, where the Hermann Goering Steelworks are situated. The workers destroyed two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Squally Change in the South Some Heavy Rain SYDNEY
In the past 24 hours a cool squally southerly change passed over the State except in the north-east corner. Showers and scattered thunderstorms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homes Lost in Floods London Sept 4
Floods have destroyed many homes and hundreds of cattle in Hungary reports the B.B.C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bogged Roads and Floods Halt Nazi Panzers No Closer Yet to Leningrad Russians Take Heavy Toll Of Stukas (Australian Associated Press) London Sept. 5
Fifty miles from Leningrad is still where the “Times” Stockholm correspondent places the Germans attacking the Leningrad area. The “Times” correspondent on the German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cool Snap Snow At Blayney Some Hail Storms Sydney
A high pressure system has [?] come over South Australia [?] a centre of 30.4 inches near Port Lincoln…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in Parts Four Inches At Crookhaven
During the past 24 hours further heavy rain occurred in parts of the central and Sothern district and was association with thunder[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trunk Lines Cut by Storms [?]
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