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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

278 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 14

Flood Damage Grant To Kearsley Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 4

The Minister for Works and Local Government, has written to Mr. A. Howar[?] in reply to his personal repre[?]entations on beha[?] of the…

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Flood Damage Government Grant. SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 8

The New South Wales Government. is making a grant of £2000 towards necessary repairs to bridges damaged by a recent rise in the river…

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Subsidence at Beresfield Causes Anxiety among Residents Bord Flooded

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 5

A subsidence which occurred in Byron-street, Beresfield, early this morning broke the water main and flooded a bord of kept…

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Assistance to Repair Flood Damage. Merriwa £500; Coolah £600

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 8

The Hon. A. W. Yeo, M.L.A., Minister for Lands, advises receipt of information from the Department for Works and Local Government that a…

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Freezing Cold Gale On The Coast

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. A number of towns in the State reported temperatures below treeing point yesterday. It was the coldest…

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Test of Nazi Endurance Storms - Heat(A.A.P. Service) LONDON, May 6

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 1

Heavy sandstorms, and furnace-like heat air testing the endurance of the Germans in the Sollum and Tobruk areas,…

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Big Floods in New Zealand People Taken From Tops of Telegraph Poles and Trees

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 3

Tremendous damage has been caused in New Zealand by floods. Territorial troops, using pontoons, folding boats and dinghies, have made many…

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Patrick Plains Flood Relief Fund Cheques Paid Over To-day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 2

Three cheques from the Attorney-General totalling £728/11/10, and representing the accumulated, surplus of the Patrick Plains Flood Relief…

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Flood Damage Grant Shire Council Objects to Proposed Agreement

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 7

Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday decided to inform the Department of Works and Local Government that the labour conditions…

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German Children Moved From Bombed Areas Storm of Evacuation

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 2

The fact that R.A.F. raids have compelled the large-scale evacuation of chilldren from north and west Germany to…

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Good Rain Many Places Benefit. Some Thunderstorms

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 5

During the past 24 hours a north-westerly stream of tropical brought air warm moist air over the State. This stream, however,…

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1200 Flood Victims (A.A.P. Service) WASHINGTON, May 25

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 1

The Red Cross announces that it is feeding and housing 1200 persons flooded from their homes at…

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Flood of 1930 RECALLED United Service In St. Mary’s

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 4

The year 1930, when flood WATERS were 15 feet high in some barts of Maitland and. the only place-of worship where any considerable number…

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Light to Heavy Rain on He Coast Casino Gets Two Inches

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1941 · page 5

During the past 21 hours the effect of squally south to southeast winds was shown by further light to heavy rain on the…

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1913 Flood Recalled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 1

One of the official party accompanying the Commissioner for Railways yesterday recalled the days of the 1913 flood at…

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Melville Ford Bridge May Not Stand Next Flooding

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 4

“It is doubtful whether the Melville ford bridge In its present condition will withstand the next flooding of the river,”…

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Cyclone In India (A.A.P. Service) CALCUTTA, June 8

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 5

Five thousand are reported at have perished during a cyclone which struck numerous villages in…

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Heavy Rain Washaways In South Australia ADELAIDE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

Railway washaways have been caused in parts of the State, by heavy rain. The East West express was…

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Flood Tragedy Young Couple Drowned ADELAIDE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

Sixteen hours after they had been swept from a buck board down a swollen crek and drowned near La[?]ra, the bodies of a young couple…

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Young Couple Drowned in Flooded Creek

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

Sixteen hours after they had been swept from a buckboard down a swollen creek and drowned near Laura, South Australia, the bodies of…

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