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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1944

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15 Deaths Reported in Snow Storm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 1

TORONTO Dec. 12.—All southern Ontario, particularly Toronto and Hamilton, is under the worst snow storm ever experienced…

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Town Will Be Flooded By Raising Hume Dam

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA Wednesday. — A post-war proposal to raise the level of the Hume dam would mean removal of the township of…

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66 Deaths In Snow Storm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1944 · page 7

MONTREAL Dec. 13—A storm of snow blanketed the east coast of America as far south as Georgia, causing at least 66 deaths…

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Dust Storms the Worst on Record

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.— The dust storms which swept over south-eastern Australia during the week-end were described by the…

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Dust Storms Sweep Central Areas

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday.— Dust storms are still sweeping the central and southern areas of the State, and practically…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Wed.—The Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said that heavy rain, in several Queensland district and scatter…

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Sydney Storm Ascribed to “Cold Front”

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday—When a 70. mile-an-hour tornadic type storm hit Waverley. Sydney, yesterday afternoon, eight house were…

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