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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

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

Terrific Storm Damage by Hail at Nabiac

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 3

A particularly severe hailstorm struck Nabinc about 1.15 on Thursday afternoon. All the windows at the residence at…

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"Too Close to Be Nice" Electrical Storm at Darwin

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 November 1941 · page 1

Mr Milton Smith, writing from Darwin to a Singleton friend, tells of a severe storm which was experienced there one day last week. After…

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Scattered Thunder Storms

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 5

Forecast: Further scattered thunder storms in north-eastern [?]eas and Isolated showers on the coast. Fine elsewhere for the…

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Storms At! The Week-end

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1941 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Warm to. hot and sultry conditions generally, culminating in scattered thunder storms and variable rain over the…

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Hot With Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 December 1941 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled fairly generally, with showers associated with thunder in the north-east quarter, with…

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Japanese Killed by Cyclone (A.a.p. Service) TOKIO Nov. 30

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 December 1941 · page 1

Thirteen persons were killed and many wounded, and 250 houses were demolished, by a terrific cyclone at Toyohashl…

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Heavy Rain Predicted in New Year

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 December 1941 · page 2

The State Meteorologist (Mr Mares) predicts that the early New Year will bring heavy rain, which will break Australia's 11…

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Gales and Floods in Victoria. Heavy Rain Continuing. MELBOURNE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 2

Gales and floods swept Victoria yesterday, when the State experienced its coldest day for 17 years. The winds reached sixty miles an…

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Gales And Floods In Victoria MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 1

Gales and floods swept Victoria yesterday when the State experienced its coldest day for 17 years. Winds…

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Some Storms, But Mostly Fine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Some [?]olated thunderstorms likely In the northeast districts, otherwise fine for the present Warm, sultry day and…

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Germans Retreating Through Storms Thousands Freezing To Death (Australian Associated Press) London Dec. 15

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 1

Russians .on the Central front have recaptured a further 31 villages, said Moscow Radio tonight. Nearly all Russian units on the Moscow front are now advancing. The “Times” correspondent in Stockholm says that…

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Late Ald. Tom Blackall Memorable Generosity To Flood Victims

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 3

The people of the Lower Hunter were deeply grieved on hearing of the death of our grand old friend and comrade, the late Thomas Blackall,…

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Killed by Tree in Storm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 6

GOSFORD Monday.—Cecil Woodbury, 33, married, of Brash Creek, as fatally injured, when a tree crashed down on his bead during a…

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Wind Storm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 2

A wind storm blew up about 5 p.m. on Saturday and blew many trees across roads in different parts of the district. A little rain fell. The wind…

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CRICKET Storm Interferes With Play

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 2

SINGLETON Tuesday.—Had not a heavy duststorm, which was followed by a rainstorm, interfered with the games on Saturday, it seemed certain,…

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Storms Hamper Nazi Retreat Much Booty Abandoned In Libya (Australian Associated Press) London Dec. 23

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1941 · page 1

The continued successes against the retreating Axis forces in Libya are described in to-day’s Middle East communiqué which also discloses that no fewer than 74 Axis planes were captured at Derna aerodrome…

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Rising Flood of Arms Sir Earle Page Confident (A.A.P. Service) LONDON December 23

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1941 · page 4

Sir Earle Page said In a broadcast that with the entry of Japan into the war the element of surprise temporarily placed us at a…

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Severe Wind Storm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 December 1941 · page 3

The weather, on Saturday last, provided an excising day. The morning opened up particularly hot and at 1.30 pm. the shade reading was at 103. This heat remained…

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Heavy Rain and Mud in Libya Enemy Still Retreats Australian Associated Press) London Dec. 29

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 1

Heavy rain and muddy ground again considerably slowed down both sides in Libya yesterday. Owing to flooded ground, the enemy was obliged to turn back from his original destination, retreating west, after losing another half-dozen tanks…

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