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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 17

Inglewood Hit By Storm BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 4

The town of Inglewood, 280 miles south-west of Brisbane, was hit by a cyclone yesterday. Telephone services were…

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Possible Storms To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

NEW FORECAST: Unsettled in the south-western half, with scattered run and cooler south-west to south winds there…

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Moroccan Floods RABAT, Morocco

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 3

At least 71 persons have been drowned and 60 others are missing in the rain-swollen floodwaters in the Rhab Plain area of…

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Storm Victims

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

One-time residents of Glennie's Creek area, Mr. and Mrs. J. Taylor and family, are reported, to have suffered badly…

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Violent Storm, Trees Uprooted; Sheds Unroofed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 5

A violent widstorm caused considerable damage on district properties on Saturday last. At Balmoral trees were uprooted and fences wreeked…

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Storm Stopped r Big Tennis MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 3

A thunderstorm washed out play in the international tennis match between the United States and Australia at Kooyong…

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Floods in Queensland Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

The Weather Bureau to-day warned Queensland that 40 per cent, of the State can expect moderate to flood rains for it…

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Cloudy, Cool, With Isolated Storms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

N.S.W. FORECAST: Cloudy and unsettled weather in [?] parts, particularly in the [?] half and in the south-east, with…

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In Severe Electric Storm Mother and Baby Escape Injury Pram "On Fire" as Ligthning Struck

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

Suffering severe shock when lightning splintered an electric light pole just outside her Orchard Lane home on Saturday afternoon, Mrs. G. Burns dropped her three months' old baby girl, who…

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Families Marooned By Floods (A.A.P. Reuter). SINGAPORE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

Singapore this morning was drying out after a long week-end of non-stop rain. In one period of 18 hours, 4.3[?]…

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Trawler Lost in Gale. St. Johns(newfoundland)

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 3

Seventeen seamen last night were believed lost at sea in a [?]ale on Newfoundland. They were the crew of the…

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Worst Atlantic Storm Reported New York

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

The Norwegian liner, Oslofyord 16,644 tons, arrived here yesterday after battling the worst storm her master said he bad…

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Into the Gathering Storm for a Council Meeting Then The Skies Wept

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 2

ON A NIGHT back in 1940 as bombs crashed on London and the creaking of the gateway to Britain seemed to…

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Bush Fires, Floods, Ravage Queensland BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

Floods and bushfires are sweeping a great area of Queensland. At Charleville, in the south-west, bushfires are out of control since…

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Eight Missing As Collier Founders Off Tuggerah in Gale Five Rescued From Boiling Surf

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

The 500-ton collier Kiama hit a reef and sank off Tuggerah during a fierce gale early this…

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Police And Residents Search For Survivors Collier Sinks After Striking Reef Off Tuggerah. Storm Damage Heavy. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

The 500-ton collier Kiama hit a reef and sank off Tuggerah during a fierce gale early this morning. Some of the crew escaped from the vessel in…

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Hunter Flood Warning

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

NSW FORECAST: More rain on central and South Court and tablelands, with further. heavy falls, at first strong; East to…

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Rockhampton Flood Waters Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

Backwaters of the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton were encroaching on thousands of acres of that country last night…

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Another Flood Threat to Low-lying Land Sharp Rise In Hunter River During Night

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

Once again, large areas of farm lands will be flooded from the Hunter River pouring through the broken embankment of Mudd’s farm at Pitnacr[?]. Following a sharp rise in the river, during the night,…

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The Forecast Flood Warning Issued

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

More rain and some more heavy falls; at first rather cool with strong East to S.E. winds; flood…

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