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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

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

Storm Rains

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 4

The heat of the preceding five days, with the century exceeded on four occasions, proved the harbinger of welcome rain early yesterday…

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Won Battle with 75 m.p.h. GALE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1945 · page 4

VANCOUVER Nov. 30.—The New Zealand . barque Pamro reached Vancouver after a terrific 10-hour fight against a 75 miles…

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Scattered Rain And Storms

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Warm to hot and sultry with variable winds: rain with thunderstorms fairly general, but cooler southerlia in…

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Heavy Rain In Singleton District

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON, Monday. — A heavy rainstorm accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning resulted in some good falls in parts…

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Storms Likely To-night

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 December 1945 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Temporarily cool change with south-west to south-east winds in the southern districts, extending to the…

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Fierce Gale Lashes British Coast

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1945 · page 3

LONDON Dec. 19.—A 70 mph gale lashed the British coast yesterday today and is continuing unabated…

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Mines Washed Up by Gale

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 1

LONDON Dec. 20.—A gale which, for three wild days, whipped the United Kingdom, last night blew itself out…

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Gale Continues In Britain Violent Storms in Portugal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 1

LONDON Dec. 22.— The gale with has a wept the United Kingdom in the last few days has continued Unabated holding up…

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Fighting Mine Menace in Channel Hundreds. Break Away In The Gale Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 3

LONDON, December 22.— Every available British and Allied minesweeper is being mobilised to fight hundreds of mines driven by gales through the English Chanel from mine fields which during the war guarded the south-east coast, says…

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Detect Storms At 2000 Miles

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1945 · page 1

NEW YOKE Dee. 25.—Development during the war of an electronics weather detector, by which storms can be picked up 2000…

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Storm Brings Welcome Change

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 2

A storm which broke over the Maitland. district at approximately 10 o’clock last night, was followed by heavy rain during…

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