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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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“We Are Under Heavy Fire” Dramatic Message From Naples Monarchists Attempt To Storm Communist Quarters (A.A.P. Ser.)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1

LONDON, June 12.—“All hell has broken loose” in Naples as the result of clashes between police and troops and a huge crowd of Monarchist demonstrators, says the American Associated Press correspondent in a dramatic message from the city…

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Flood Waters on Windeyers' Flat

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 2

The Engineer reported at the Council meeting on June 7 that he had made an inspection of Windeyers' Creek from the Bridge to the River and he found…

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£3000 to Repair Flood Damage

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 4

The engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) at a meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday, estimated it would cost £3000 to…

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Deaths Through Storm

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 6

Eight people were killed in a thunderstorm which swept across the eastern United States. Four men were killed in a U.S…

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40 Drowned in Iraq Floods

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 2

TEHERAN June 20.—The Euphrates and Tigris Rivers have overflowed thein banks and flooded more than 1000 acres of…

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Flood Damage Report

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 3

The engineer, (Mr. W. R. Lind[?]ay) reported to Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day that be was still engaged determining flood…

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Wallis Creek Floodgates

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 4

The Department of Public Works, in a letter read at the meeting of the Maitland City Council advised that reports…

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Flooding of McRae’s Hollow

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 6

Years ago McRae’s Hollow, on the large road, was not impassable until the Hunter River at the Belmore Bridge reached a…

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England Hit By Freak Storm

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

LONDON July 4.—While London sweated last night with the temperature over 70 degrees, storms, which had been visible…

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Six Drowned in Flood

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, July 8. — Swiftly engulfing a town, the River Narbada washed half of Dindori, in the Central…

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Flood Gates Inspection

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 4

In reply to-A-question by Aid. F. W. [?] at a meeting of Maitland City council last night, the engineer.,,(-Mr. J. Brand) said…

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Flood Damage Road Repairs To Cost £3901

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 4

A report by the shire engineer (Mr. W. R. Liodsay), detailing damage caused by floods during recent heavy rains in the district,…

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Supplies for Bengal Flood Victims

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

CALCUTTA July 15.—The authorities have sent RAF Dakotas to drop supplies for some of the 500,000 people in Eastern Bengal…

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Flood Damage Repair Minister “Over The Odds”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

Conditions of offer by the Minister for Works far assistance to Stroud Shire Council in repairing flood damage were described by…

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Many Drowned in Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 4

ROME, July 22—Forty people are missing believes drowned and scores of small vessels were wrecked when a cyclone swept…

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Flood Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 1

From the Minister for Public Works referring to Council's application for assistance in repairing flood damage, estimated to cost £6,820. The letter…

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Storms in Tasmania

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 4

HOBART, Wednesday—Storm weather continued in Tasman[?] yesterday. Rain and snow dis[?] road and rell traffic…

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Flood Threat in Victoria

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 6

MELBOURNE Wed. — Floods threaten north-eastern Victoria Within the next two days, following rapid rises in the rivers…

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Danger Of Floods In The Snowbound Areas

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. —Snowbound skiers at Mt. Kosciusko may be marooned Indefinitely if rivers in the area rise much higher, according to the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman), who said to-day that as a result of heavy snowstorms and rain, there was a danger of floods…

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Flood Damage TV Louth Park Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 6

Louth park and Dagworth Progress Associations complained to Lower Hunter Shire Council that the Louth Park Road was almost…

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