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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

211 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 11

Heavy Rain On The Bellinger

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Tuesday.—Up to 9 a.m. yesterday there had been a few reported of light to moderate rains over the central and…

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Heavy Rain in Tasmania

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday— Heavy rain in northern Tasmania it responsible for the temporary potato to shortage in NSW. More than…

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Isolated Storms To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Generally warm to hot and sultry it first, but. a cool southerly change extending over the-western end…

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Floods in France

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 6

A US artillery unit fords the submerged main Street in Rambervlliers, France. A week of Intermittent rain, ending in a 24-hour downpour, swelled the Mortagne River, which flows through the town, to bank-bursting heights at several points. Although…

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Wallis Creek Floodgates Minister’s Letter

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

The Minister for public Works and Local Government wrots to Maitland Council regarding council’s communication concerning…

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Unsettled With Heavy Rain

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Unsettled, with further ram from the eastern slops and highland to the coast, with more heavy falls in…

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Storm Rains Give Good Falls Stewarts Brook 234, Moon an Flat 188, and Moonan Brook 175 Points

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

Hot weather for some days past, charged with high humidity, were conducive to a change for the better. The conditions were most…

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Storm Yields Heavy Rain Sunday’s Downpour

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

Heavy rein fell in northern districts over the week-end, greatly relieving the drought conditions which have existed for same…

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Heavy Rain at Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

Heavy rain, fell sin Newcastle yesterday Registration totalled 119 points making 269 points since Thursday…

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Some Train Service? Interrupted Washaways Following Heavy Rain

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

Some train services have been interrupted by washaways following heavy rain. The Silver City Comet, running…

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Politics in the Early Days. Edward Flood Represented Lower Hunter

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 6

When, in 1843, Newcastle was first given representation in the Legislative Council, it was included in the Electorate of Northumberland Boroughs, with East and West Maitland, and its first Member was Major D’Arcy…

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Wallis Creek Floodgates Doors Foiled To Function

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

The works committee reported to the meeting of the Maitland Municipal Council last night that it had given consideration to the…

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Stop Press Heavy Rain

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE Thursday. — Rainfall, registration of 903- points for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m to-day brought the total for the month…

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Dutch Plane Lost in Dust Storm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 3

A Mitchell medium bomber with a Dutch lot and crew, became lost while traveling from Melbourne to Adelaide in a heavy dust storm at the end of December…

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Gales and Snow in Britain

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 5

Snow, which held up trains and buses for hours—one train was more than 26 hours late on a two-hour journey—and isolated…

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Dutch Plane Lost in Dust Storm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

A Mitchell medium bomber, with a Dutch pilot and crew, became lost while [?]velling from Melbourne to Ad[?] [?]n a heavy dust storm at the…

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Storm at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON, Sat — Twenty-seven points of rain were, registered in a thunderstorm last night…

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Politics in Early Days Edward Flood’s Career

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 5

The preceding article (“Maitland Mercury” 17th in. told how Edward Hood defeated Charles Kemp in the parliamentary election for North Eastern Boroughs (Newcastle, Stockton and Raymond Terrace) and related the…

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Unsettled With Storms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 1

NSW Forecast Cloudy and Unsettled over the eastern half of the Sate with more rain associated with some thunder and…

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Dutch Plane ,Lost in Dust Storm

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE Tues.—A Mitchell medium bomber, with a Dutch pilot and crew, became while travelling from…

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