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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

278 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 14

Showers And Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 November 1941 · page 1

N.S.W Forecast Generally warm and sultry North-cast to northerly winds with occasional showers on the coast and in the…

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Rain From Storms Singleton '

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 2

Singleton benefited by heavy train tell during the morning…

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Yesterday's Storm

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 2

A heavy storm broke over Singleton shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday, when 88 points fell in about half an hour. Light rain followed,…

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Stock Report District Benefits From Storms SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 8

Mr. F. E Trevitt, stock Inspector of the Denman Slngleton Pastures Protection Board, presented the following report at the monthly meeting:—…

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District Outlook Is Brighter Useful Storms Bring Relief From Drought, Says the Stock Inspector

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 3

The Stock Inspector of the Denman-Singleton P.P. Board (Mr F. E. Trevitt) reported to yesterday's meeting that during…

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Flood Gates Interesting History To-day’s Inspection

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 4

Tarro-Shire councillors together with the town clerk of the West Maitland Municipal Council, Mr. E. W. Williams and…

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NEW £39,000 Flood Gates Inspected “Here For A Lifetime” Says An “Old Hand”

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 November 1941 · page 6

Recently completed at a cost of approximately £39,000 the Wallis Creek flood gates, which took some five years to construct and were built with money provided by the Government, were inspected yesterday afternoon by members of…

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District Outlook Is Brighter. Useful Storms Bring Relief From Drought, Says the Stock Inspector

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 1

The Stock Inspector of the Denman-Singleton P. P. Board (Mr F. E. Trevitt) reported to Tuesday's meeting that during the…

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Light to Heavy Rain Thunder Weather SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 7

Light to heavy rain associated with thunderstorms was recorded in the central areas of the State during the past 24 hours…

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Mostly Fine : Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Scattered [?]showers on the far north coast and adjacent tablelands, where isolated squalls are likely ,…

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Heavy Storm at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 7

A heavy storm accompanied by hall[?] Cessnock and district about 2.30 p.m. this afternoon . It lasted for about that Labour…

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Storm Rains at Muswellbrook Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 9

Following a day of oppressive heat and [?] winds which at tunes reached sale force Muswellbrook experienced a sharp dust storm last…

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East Maitland Floodgates

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 2

£39,000 were spent on floodgates at Wallis Creek. The work has just been completed and will last a lifetime. Each of the 10 concrete cells is 9 ft…

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Isolated Storms

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Further scattered showers and thunderstorms in the north-east districts and showers on parts of the central…

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Heat and Storms. First Century Up

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

Muswellbrook has experienced a week of high temperatures, broken on only two occasions by heavy rainstorms of short duration. On Tuesday…

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The Weather Heat and Storm Rains

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

Tuesday last was a most oppressive day locally, with the mercury just exceeding the century mark for the first time this summer…

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Severe Gale at Orange Wrecked Trees and Unroofed Buildings

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 5

A gate at Orange on Wednesday afternoon left a trail of wrecked trees and many unroofed buildings. It lasted only a few minutes, and was…

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Scattered Storms Likely

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Becoming cloudy and unsettled, with some scattered thunder showers and Isolated squalls about the highlands…

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Light Rain Scattered Storms SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 5

There was some very light to light rain with scattered thunderstorms on the north-west slopes and the northern tableands during the past 24…

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Cyclone Blew Men About Adelaide

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 2

Tents material and even men were about by a [?] cyclone which struck a camp occupied by telegraph lineman near Oadonodatte…

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