Fine with Some Storms
NSW Forecast: Showers and isolated thunderstorms in the north-eastern part of the State, gradually contracting to the…
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Floods & storms, 1948
306 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 16
Two Severe Storms Hit Singleton
Two of the most severe electrical storms for a considerable time struck Singleton yesterday afternoon and evening, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electrical Storm at Whittingham Valuable Brood Mare Killed At “Randwick Lodge”
SINGLETON, Friday—A valuable brood mare and a stock horse died at Whittingham last night as a result of a violent electrical storm. The broad more, Hunter Rose, was found dead this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storm at Denman
DENMAN, Saturday. — Trees were uprooted, roofs lifted, doors blown in and ends of verandas carried away when one of the…
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N.S.W. FORECAST: Widely scattered night rain and thunder, chiefly in the central-eastern and south-eastern areas. Warm to hot at first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tried To Storm Arab Position
DAMASCUS, October 1.— Syria’s Premier, Jamil Mardam Bey, will protest to UNO following a report, from the commander of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm at Singleton
SINGLETON, Monday.—Forty-two points of rain were recorded at Mai[?] Dien yesterday afternoon as a result of a heavy halt storm. Only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Some Storms
NSW FORECAST: Isolated thunderstorms In the eastern section, fine elsewhere. Warmer, with light variable winds. Slight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leaders: Flood Mitigation Passive Sabotage in Labour Camps lntroduced
LONDON, October 7.—Introduction of labour camps in Czechoslovakia is thought in Vienna to mark the beginning ginning of a new Communist campaign against absenteeism and “go slow” in industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ask Premier To Speed Flood Mitigation Work Committee Appointed To Represent Lower Hunter
At a conference en flood mitigation and water conservation at Maitland City Council Chambers yesterday afternoon a committee wot appointed for the Lower Hunter, similar those already formed at Scone and Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EDITORIAL Flood Mitigation
THE question of flood mitigation has always been one of the greatest possible importance to the people of the Hunter Valley. This applies particularly to the people of Maitland and those living in the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Never Got the Worst of this Storm
Early to-day, air services were disrupted by a choking blanket of dost which lay over the city like a tog. Some parts of Sydney were blotted out and Mascot Aerodrome was forced to close for nearly three hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dust Storm Disrupts Air Services Thick Pall Envelops Maitland and Surrounding Districts
SYDNEY, Monday.—Early to-day air service were disputed by a choking blanket of dust which lay over the city like fog. Some parts of Sydney were blotted out, and Moscot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dust Storm Blew 500 Miles Off Coast
The dust storm which enveloped the Coast on Monday blew 500 miles to sea. Air services were disrupted on account of poor visibility…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Reply on Floodgates Maintenance
As one of the parties responsible for the repair and upkeep of the old Wallis Creek floodgates, it was manifestly unfair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →28 Naval Men Drowned in Gale
LONDON, Oct. 19.—A. midshipman and £8 seamen were drowned inn Portland Harbour during a Sale on Sunday night when a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Oldiers and Security Guards Take Over Trench Mines To Prevent Flooding
PARIS, October 19.—More than 4000 French soldiers and [?]curity guards yesterday took over strike-bound mines in Central [?]ace to prevent serious damage from flooding. Strike pickets did not offer resistance, but, in at least three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian News Sydney Gale. Sydney
The 5000 tons steamer, "Hope Peak," broke her moorings in a wild gale this morning, and crashed out of control into the Cremorne wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brick Walls Blown Down and Trees Uprooted Violent Gale in Sydney
SYDNEY, Friday.—A 5000 tons steamer, Hope Peak broke her moorings in a wild gale this morning and crashed out of control into Cremorne wharf, where hundreds of people were waiting to catch a ferry to work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Dust Storm
GLOUCESTER: A violent dust storm struck Gloucester and caused some damage to shops in Church-street, where a glass door was…
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