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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Fear That Floods May Spread in Western England

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Fresh soles end torrential rain swept across storm-whipped Britain, end the Continent yesterday, bottling up shipping, rupturing transport, and damaging more homes…

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More Rain Storms

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

Sandwiched with the hot and sultry conditions of the past week or so there have been many rainstorms…

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Floodights for Victoria Park

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

At its last meeting, the Sparta Advisory Committee deeided to ask the Municipal Council to make provision in…

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Flooding [?] Britain Once More

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Another rain belt swept in from the Atlantic yesterday, bringing more storms and threats of…

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Floodings Serious in Britain

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Flood, [?]les, fog and snow again harassed the British Isles yesterday, but the position was worst in the…

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Disastrous Floods Return Is Feared

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: A severe clashed with abnormally high tides on the east coast of England yesterday,…

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14 Killed in Icy Gales Sweeping U.K. CONTINENT Flood Fears From North Sea

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Icy gales continued to sweep across Europe and Britain yesterday, killing at least 14 people, bringing threats of disastrous floods, and battering shipping. Germany, Belgium and Britain, reported fatal…

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Yachts Scatter in Storm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Yachts competing in the Sydney-Hobart race were scattered over 7000 miles of ocean last eight by violent…

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U.s. Air Force Plane Tor Open Flying Into Storm: Mine Airmen Die in Crash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: An Air Force courier plane was torn open by a “terrific disturbance” while flying through bad weather yesterday, and crashed into a mountain top near New Hope, Alabama, with a loss of nine lives…

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Thunderstorms Here To-night

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 December 1954 · page 1

N.S.W. FORECAST: Further hot weather in the northern Inland. Scattered thunderstorms in the central western…

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