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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 16

Isolated Storms Developing

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Isolated thunderstorms in the central and north-east districts with a few showers on the south coast, otherwise fine,…

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Floods in England

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 1

LONDON. November 25.— Many rivers overflowed that banks, made roads impossible, and held up railway service in…

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Sultry With Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Scattered thunderstorms in the south-east and central districts and parts of the coast, otherwise fine, warm to…

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Thunderstorm Brings Rain

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 3

Yesterday’s humid conditions brought a sudden change in the weather in West Maitland about three o’clock in the afternoon,…

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Lorn’s Safety Imperilled Conference Called On Flood Banks

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 4

The fact, that a flourishing suburb like Lorn should be dependent o no non-elective committee, such as the Bolwarra…

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Scattered Storms Expected

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Scattered thunderstroms and local equalls over the central eastern and central northern districts and scattered…

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Pearl Fleet Damaged by Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Four privately-owned pearling taggers and two island industry cutters were reported to have been lost in a cyclonic blow in Torres Straits at the weekend. No loss of life has been reported…

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Storm Damage at Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The violent hall storm which lashed Brisbane yesterday caused damage estimated at hundreds of thousands…

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Worst Brisbane Storm Causes Huge Damage Man Killed, Five People Hurt

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The worst storm in Brisbane’s history resulted in the death of a man and thousands of pounds worth of damage yesterday afternoon. Five people were admitted to hospital suffering various…

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Unsettled With Storms

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled throughout, with scattered rain and thunderstorms general over the eastern…

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Storm Damage To Homes At Bolwarra

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 1

“It was like looking through frosted glass and you couldn’t see more than two yards in front of you,” said a Bolwarra farmer…

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Storm Again Sweep England

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 3

LONDON. Dec 9.— Storms swept England and Scotland over the week end and a number of small ships was reported in [?]istress off…

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Storms Again Sweep England

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Dec, 9.—Storms swept England and Scotland over the weed-end and a number of small ships were reported in distress off…

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Flooded with Salt Water

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 7

Complaining that their properties were flooded with salt water every high tide, residents of Hexham asked Lower Bunter…

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Hot, Sultry With Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 1

NSW Forecast : Warm to hot and sultry with scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening in the north-east,…

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British Soldiers Storm Padua

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 1

PADUA (Northern Italy), Dec. 12.—About 100 British soldiers, armed with truncheons and stocks, stormed…

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Heavy Storm at Thornton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday. — The main force of the thunderstorm which swept over East And West Maitland yesterday afternoon…

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Storm at Kurri Damage To Property

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 7

A sudden severe electric storm caused damage to a number of properties at Kurri Kurri yesterday…

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Storm Damage at Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 December 1946 · page 4

KURRI KURRI: A sudden severe electric storm caused damage to a number of properties at Kurri Kurri. The storm was…

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Storm Frightened Sportsmen From Playing Fields

Singleton Argus · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 2

The boisterous storm on Saturday afternoon, though it lacked a liberal helping of the goods that Jupiter Pluvius has to offer, frightened sportsmen from all the playing fields in the town, with the result that the day was a very dour one from the…

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