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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

274 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 14

Sultry with Storms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 1

NSW Forecast: More showers and scattered thunderstorms on the coast, tablelands and parts of the northwest slopes and…

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Heavy Rain Throughout the District, Sunday's High Registration

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 1

The heaviest rainstorm for many years occurred on Sunday afternoon last, when falls of upwards of three inches were registered within two…

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Sydney Streets Awash In Deluge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sydney streets were awash this morning in one of Sydney’s heaviest downpours for months. In many parts the water was ankle deep and practically halted pedestrian traffic…

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Heavy Storm at Congewai

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 3

Rain has fallen every day for over a week at Congewai, with the exception of yesterday, and to-day another heavy storm…

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Shannon Dispute “Storm In A Teacup”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, December 16.—Describing the matter as storm in a teacup,” the executive secretary of the jockey Club, Mr. Marshall Cassidy, said the stud book controversy between the British and American racing authorities bad not…

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Isolated Storm at Fisher’s Hill

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1947 · page 3

VACY, Wed. — An isolated downpour of rain yesterday afternoon at 3-30 swept a strip of country along the Williams…

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Sultry With Some Storms

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 December 1947 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Showers fairly general In the eastern and north-western areas and scattered elsewhere with scattered…

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Worst Floods For 20 Years

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 December 1947 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Dec, 19 (AAP-Reuter). —The a worst floods for 20 years have inundated northern Malaya and completely isolated…

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Some Scattered Storms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, chiefly in the eastern areas; warm to hot day, cold night; light to…

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Thunderstorms and Torrential Rain Considerable Damage Caused

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 2

Wild thunderstorms and torrential rain swept the eastern part of New South Wales at the week-end…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Heavy rain in Melbourne this morning was in sharp contrast to semi-heat wave conditions…

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Storms in the Eastern Half

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, chiefly In the eastern half; mild to warm day, cool to mild night:…

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Freak Storm Ends Warm Xmas Eve

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 December 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Dee. 26.—A sudden freak thunderstorm ended for London and. the home counties an unusually warm Christmas…

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Fierce Gales In Victoria and Western Australia Farmer Killed When Horses Bolt During Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Thrown from a harvesting machine when a fierce gale roared through his property and sent the horses bolting in terror, Alfred Jack Packham (68), of Woodstock-On-Lodon, near Bendigo, was billed…

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Scattered Storms Likely

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 1

N.S.W. FORECAST: Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the eastern and north-west areas, fine in the remainder; warm to hot day,…

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