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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

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Tragic New Year in U.S. Train Smash in Blinding Snow Storm

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

At least 12, and possibly 16, holiday passengers were killed and many injured when a train rammed the rear of another near Otterville, Missouri, yesterday. Trains were two sections of the Missouri Pacific Lines…

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Wave Floods Manly Beach Hundreds of People Drenched

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 6

On Wednesday a wave about 12ft. high struck Manly beach, drenching hundreds of people on the sand…

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To-day’s Leader The Level of Taxation Flood Warning At Tamworth

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat.—More than three inches of rain at Tamworth since Thursday night has put a long stretch of the main…

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Cyclone Off Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed. — A cyclone has been located off Thursday Island, moving south-east. It Is the first cyclone of the…

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Thursday Island Cyclone

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Thursday Island was cut off from all communication when a cyclone moved in from Torres Strait over…

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Russia Plans For 1950 War Steel Being Flooded In

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 4

Russia plans to be ready for war by 1950, according to information gathered by Scripps-Howards' Foreign…

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Heavy Rain on South Coast

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Weather Bureau to-day issued a flood warning for the South Coast where falls ranging from one to…

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Tully Isolated by Flood Rains

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

TOWNSVILLE, Monday.— Tully, which received 30 inches of rain from Friday night to noon yesterday, is isolated, and all rail and road traffic between Cardwell and Innisfail has ceased…

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Floods Likely On South Coast

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

NSW Forecast: Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the north-eastern and central districts, more rain on the south…

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Floods in North Queensland One Town Has 36 Inches of Rain in Three Days

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

Continued torrential rain has blocked roads and upset rail schedules in North Queensland…

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Serious Damage by Terrific Storms

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done last night when terrific storms, accompanied by heavy hail, lashed a number of country towns. At Coonamble the wind unroofed…

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Storm Rains Continue. Stock Market Very Firm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports:—Wet conditions continue throughout the State and it is very many years…

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Heavy Storm Damage. Country Centres Suffer. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done last night when terrific storms, accompanied by heavy hail, lashed a number of country towns…

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Floods Cause Damage

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: At the recent meeting of the Pastures Protection Board, the stock inspector (Mr. V. Freeman) reported that, as a result…

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Four Injured in Storm

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, wed—When a storm swept Sandgate. near Brisbane, yesterday a nurse and three children were Injured. Trees were uprooted…

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Derbyshire Floods Worst In 70 Years

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, January 14.—Floods in Derbyshire, the worst reported 70 years, and in Yorkshire, Mid-Wales and Herefordshire yesterday stopped trains, inundated roads and. invaded, houses…

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Flood Warning

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

The Weather Bureau this after, noon issued a flood warning for the South Coast. Many places have had more than…

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Great Flood of 1780 May Be Repeated Present Weather Cycle Likely to Continue Till August

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

Queensland weather expert. Air. Inigo Jones. believes that the present weather cycle will continue until August, with…

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Woman Exposed to Heavy Rain

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mrs. Josephine Butcher 49 lay all day in her night attire, exposed to heavy rain, after she had fallen 20 feet from a…

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Will 1780 Flood Be Repeated?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

Queensland weatlxer expert, Mr. Inigo Jones, believes that the present weather cycle will continue until August, with…

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