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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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Serious Floods Threaten In Southern Areas

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Wide areas of southern New South Wales are faced with serious floods soon including the Tamut area, where many people are preparing to leave their homes as the flood waters four from the Tumut River across the Tumut slopes. rain was still falling this…

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Floods Expected To Extend

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.— The Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Nowman) said to-day he expected the floods to extend to Tocumwal…

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Serious Floods Threat to Southern Areas

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 1

Wide areas of southern New South Cales are faced with serious floods soon, including the Tumut area-where many people are preparing to…

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Flood Higher at Albury Other Rivers Fall

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 1

The Murray River flood at Albury reached a new high levle in the town on Sunday night but the water is now stationary in most…

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Premier’s Reply on Flood Mitigation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

When all of the conserving dams at present proposed to be provided on the Hunter River and its tributaries have been constructed, their…

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Floods In England’s Grain Belt

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 6

LONDON, July 29—Britain’s harvest will be one of the most difficult for years as a result of week end storms and high winds…

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Hunter Valley Crops Floods Effect On Pastures

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

Although no rain was recorded in the district during July agricultural and pastoral conditions are still satisfactory, states the…

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Gale Caused Black Out

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 2

Four lake district towns were blacked out last night for several hours when power cables sagged on to Newcastle electric supply mains at…

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Sporting Section Bernborough Holds Centre Of Stage Flood of Publicity Bewilders racing Enthusiasts

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 5

Bernborough’s return to the tracks yesterday set tongues [?]ging as he lined up for his first gallop at Victoria Park, [?] the champion showed exceptional keenness to run a [?] three furlongs…

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Heavy Death-roll Through Floods In Turkey

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 2

A message from Instanbul says 300 persons are feared dead, 500 injured and thousands rendered homeless by floods, following torrential rains in…

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Calwell Centre Of Storm In The Reps

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday —A storm raged around the bead of the Minister For information (Mr. Calwell) In the House of…

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Flood Damage Repairs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 7

Mr. Arthur Howarth, MLA, advised Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day that his request to the Minister for Works (Mr Cahill)…

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Seek Relief for Flood Damage

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 2

The Executive carried a resolution deciding, to ask the State Government to grant substantial assistance to farmers in the Hunter River…

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Damage by Gales in Victoria

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE Monday— Following a wild night in which miner damage was sustained over a wide area of the state, gales…

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Record Nile Floods Expected

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 1

LONDON Aug. 12.—This year Nile floods may be the worst for decades, says the “London Times” correspondent in…

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Flood Control

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

Sir, —In reply to Mr. Moran’s Letter of August 6 1 would like to say that this seems mainly an attempt to more or less instify…

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New Syphon For Flood Control

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA — A revolutionary device for flood. control in dams claimed for be an advance American and other inventions…

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Threat of Floods From Thawing Snow

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The threat of flooding in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Snowy rivers, due to the thawing of snow, has been averted temporarily by freezing weather over the southern districts yesterday and to-day, but a heavy thaw is expected to develop by the next week-end, when rivers will again commence to rise…

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Freezing Weather in South Threat of Flooding Temporarily Averted

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

Threat of flooding in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Snowy Rivers, due to thawing of snow, has been averted temporarily by…

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Floods Expected in the South

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Severe floods are expected In the southern lowlands during the next few weeks following the melting…

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