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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

211 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 11

Friesland Under Water Province Flooded By Germans

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 5

According to underground reports from the occupied part of Holland, three-quarters of the northern Dutch Province of…

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Dust Storms Likely

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs—Further dust storms are likely in parts of the Riverina and far west. During the past few days there have…

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Heavy Rain at Cairns

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE Monday — Shops and houses were flooded in Cairns over the week-end as the result of torrential, rain…

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More Storm Rain

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

Rain of varying intensity last Sunday gave additional heavy falls in different parts of the district, particularly in the direction…

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Walks Creek Floodgates Deputation to Minister

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

Maitland Council has decided to send a deputation to the Works Minister (Mr. Cahill) in regard to Waills Creek floodgates,…

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Six Trapped in Van Caught On Flooded Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE Thurs.—Six persons are believed to have been drowned when trapped in the guard’s van on a bridge over the…

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Bus Stop at Floodgates Alteration in Service

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

Maitland Municipal Council has referred to the transport committee a request from Maitland State Electoral, Council of…

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Cyclone North of Cooktown

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday—A cyclone which has been raging along the North Queensland coast north of Cooktown for the past two days…

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Cyclone Damage in Queensland Two Breaks in Railway Bridge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

The Inkerman railway bridge, which links Brisbane with Cairns, has been badly damaged by a cyclone raging along the north coast of…

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Wallis Creek Floodgates

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 3

Cr. T. McCarthy, at the meeting of the Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day, referred to “the reported failure of the Wallis…

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New Tithe Storm by Farmers Bankruptcy Action

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 5

In the quiet cathedral town of Canterbury (Eng.) the smouldering fire of the anti-tithe agitation suddenly blazed into white…

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Naval Ship Goes Down in Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday—The Allied freighter which, according to recent press messages, went down in the Coral Sea during a…

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Flood of Peace Rumours Starts Air of Expectancy In Allied Countries Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 2

NEW YORK March 29—The misinterpretation of casual remarks by President Roosevelt’s Press secretary (Mr. Jonathan Daniels) caused a wild flood of peace rumours in the United States…

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Wallis Creek Floodgates Deputation to Minister of Works

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Wed—A de[?]utation to the Minister of Works, Mr. J. J. Cahi[?], MLA, comprising Aid. H. Skittan, Deputy Mayor,…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 50 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated March 23 and 27, 1895). Flood Obliterates Road Approaches

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 3

The Mayor of Singleton (Alderman A. C. Robinson) having made representations as to the state of the road at Darlington (now known as…

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To-day’s Leader: Help For Europe Russians Take Baltic Port of Danzig By Storm Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, March 31—Marshal Stalin, in an order of the day to Marshal Rokossovaky,says that Danzig, big Baltic port, has been takes by storm. A Moscow official message states that the Russians have…

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Violent Storm at Week-end Floods Threatening in Shoalhaven Districts

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

The drought stricken areas of Riverina and the south-western slopes did not benefit from the violent storm which raged along the…

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Flood Waters Receding at Moruya

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Latest reports from Moruya say that rain bad stopped falling last night and flood waters were new receding…

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Bridge Destroyed by Flood 19 Inches of Rain on South Coast

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 2

The quarter-mile steel and timber bridge on Prince's Highway across the Moruya River was swept away when flood waters struck it on…

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Wallis Creek Floodgates Suggested Date of Inspection

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 6

“The busiest day of the week for everyone,” was the disgusted comment of Aid, Skelton when the town clerk (Mr. Williams)…

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