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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

211 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 11

Queen Mary Held Up by Gale

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON Oct 26.—The mammoth liner, Queen Mary, was among the ships said up when, as tides came in yesterday afternoon,…

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Cyclone Sweeps British Coast Mines Washed Up

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 6

Five mine were rolled ashore at Brighton and other Channel towns by a sudden cyclone sweeping the roast. Exploding mines damaged…

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Mines Washed W by Gale

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON Oct 27.—Ten mines were washed ashore between Newhaven and Eastbourne yesterday Mountainous seas lifted two…

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Great Gale Still Rages in Channel Isle of Wight Shaken As by Earthquake (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, October 27.—The non-stop gale m the English Channel showed little sign of abating last night. A. four-day battle with the sea goes on at Folkestone, where the wind blew at 80 miles’ an hour for hours…

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Floods Follow Clondburst

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Oct, 27.—Hudreds of families were rendered homeless by floods following a cloudburst Thursday…

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21 Killed In Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 2

MADRAS, Oct. 29. — A cyclone which last week swept the east coast of India killed 21 people…

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Sidelights From Sydney. Storm

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 1

THE STORM is blowing up in the capital cities of the Commonwealth, particularly in Sydney, politically, industrially…

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Storms Damage Wheat Crops

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1945 · page 2

TAMWORTH [?] stoms in the Tan[?] yielded up to two [?] Some wheat cropt were [?]…

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Sultry with Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast Warm to hot and sultry; scattered rain and thunderstorms; north-east north-west winds; cool southerly…

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Humidity After Storm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 3

A storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning swept over Maitland on Saturday night, but was reproductive of only 82…

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Voters Deterred By Storm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 3

LISBON November 18 —Portuguese election return show that 50 per cent of the electorate voted throughout Portugal…

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Windows Shattered by Fierce Storm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Monday—A terrific storm, which lasted only a few minutes, did considerable, damage in the city and suburbs…

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Extensive Damage in Fierce Sydney Storm Houses Wrecked People Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.— Damage amounting to thousand of pounds including the wrecking ,of homes, was caused by a fierce gale along a narrow strip Riverstone to Liverpool yesterday afternoon…

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Storm Rains

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

Heavy rains have fallen in many parts of the district since Friday last, portions of the Blandford Murrurundi district coming in for…

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Some Storms, but Becoming Cooler

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 1

S.W. Forecast: Becoming easier, generally with fresh to equally southerly winds; thunder-storms, with hall on the coast;…

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Heavy Storm at Bulga

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON Tuesday—A severe storm, willt hall, fell in the Bulga district on Sunday, 90 points of rain being registered…

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Heavy Damage by Storm

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 2

Heavy damage was caused in the Jerry's Plains, Bulga, and Upper Wombo areas by a violent storm which swept along a narrow strip…

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Brief Storm At Conservative Meeting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 1

LONDON Nov. 22. —Mr, Wins ton Churchill attended a meeting of Conservative members of the House of commons, which…

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Sultry With More Storms

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 1

NSW Forecast: General cloudy and sultry and unsettled, with some rain and scattered thunderstorms; fresh south-west to…

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Electrocuted During Storm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Thursday. — During the height of a thunderstorm, which struck Sydney suburbs last night, Herbert Lane, 44, an…

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