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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

44 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

Devastating Cyclone

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 November 1942 · page 2

Calcutta reported Friday last that one one of those cyclones Egeson wrote about racing at pace of from 70 to 120 miles an hour and accompanied by a…

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Storm In Teacup

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 November 1942 · page 6

Everywhere there are carpers ready to raise a storm in a teacup, and according to London Saturday news they have raised just such a breeze there…

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Boy Rescued. From Flooded River. Man's Prompt Action

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 November 1942 · page 2

Plunging into the Macleay River, which was swollen and funning swiftly as a result of recent rains, Mr. R. Median, of Kinchela, Lower Macloay…

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Severe Storm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1942 · page 2

Port Macquarie experienced one of its worst electrical storms, accompanied by heavy rain, on Sunday afternoon last. The lightning and…

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