Trail Of Storm Damage In Sydney
SYDNEY, Thurs. — Damage estimated at £1,000,000 was caused by the fierce hailstorm which struck Sydney yesterday…
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Floods & storms, 1947
274 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 14
Cutter Drives Through A Terrific Gale To Win Race
HOBART, Thursday.—The Sydney Bermudan 33-feet cutter, Christina, won the Sydney-Hobart ocean yacht handicap race. She crossed the finishing line at Hobart at 5.51 a.m. to-day…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Additional police patrolled the city last night to prevent robberies from buildings damaged in yesterday’s destructive bailstorm. Owners of all business premises damaged sufficiently to…
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Persons who had homes damaged by the terrific hail, which flailed most parts of Sydney on Wednesday afternoon, have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Storm at Hawaii Damage Runs to Millions of Dollars
Damage estimated at millions of dollars was caused by a violent storm which lashed the Hawaiian Islands for 48 hours during the…
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The recent heavy storm along the coast caused some damage to buildings at Nelson Bay and stripped many Christmas bushes of their flower. The…
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LARGS, Tuesday.—Largs experienced the best rain for some months in heavy storm about 7.30 last night. Accompanied by…
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N.S.W. Forecast: Scattered thunderstorms and isolated squalls over the north-east [?]tricts, followed by scattered…
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A thunderstorm which brake over Maitland early last evening gave thee, best rainfall for some months. The registration at the…
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SYDNEY, Tues —Latest estlmates of the damage caused in yesterday’s storm are give at £1,000,000…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A feature of the severe storm which swept Sydney and suburbs early last night was the number of electric disturbances caused by lightning. In the eastern suburbs, particularly, the storm did a great…
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Persons who had homes damaged by the terrific hail, which flailed most parts of Sydney on Wednesday afternoon last, have stormed…
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LONDON, January 7.—In the next few days 15,000lb of frozen whale meat from Norway will be available to the British housewives at 22d lb, says Reuter North Shields Fisherios, the firm which started the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General News 73 Points of Rain From Monday Night's Storm
Seventy-three points of rain were registered at the local post office at 9 o'clock yesterday morning from the electric storm early on Monday…
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NSW Forecast: Cloudy with scattered showers on the coast and adjacent highlands; afternoon thunderstorms In the northeast…
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NEW YORK, January 14.—The winter’s severest storm is at present raging over the entire North Atlantic. Even the biggest ships are labouring in a 50 m.p.h. westerly gale in enormous seas…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Latest casualties in the violent gale which has been lashing the Atlantic for more than a week,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chooks Go for Ride on the Wind Freak Storm at Inverell
During a freak windstorm which struck parts of the Inverell district on Monday, 1000 head of poultry at a farm on the…
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CAPE TOWN, Jan. 16. — Six people were drowned yesterday when Pietermaritzburg suffered its worst flood since…
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SINGLETON, Friday — The temperature at Singleton yesterday was 104 degrees, one of the highest recordings for this…
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