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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

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GOLF K. Thomson Wins Par Competition in Gale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 8

Playing sound golf under very difficult weather conditions, K. Thomson won the par competition on Saturday with a card of 3 down…

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Racing for Dnieper Russian Armies Flood Through Towns LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 1

Two Russian armies are tonight racing for the honour of being first to reach the Dnieper, says Reuter's…

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Storm Black-Out at Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 6

Insulators were broken and a black out caused in Uralla at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday when the tornado-like winds uprooted trees on…

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Flood as Fertiliser

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 4

On the farm of Mr. Les Slade, at Nelson’s Plains, Hunter River, there is a good illustration of the fertilising effect of flood mud. Where the…

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Gale Causes Damage

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 September 1943 · page 2

A fierce windstorm swept Guyra district on Wednesday, covering the town with clouds of red dust. Throughout the district trees were…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney Three Inches Of Rain In An Hour Lightning and Flood Waters Play Havoc SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 1

Torrential rain was experienced in Sydney this morning when more than three inches fell in an hour…

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Sydney Flooded Torrential Downpour SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 1

Torrentaial rain was experienced in Sydney this morning; more than three inches falling in an hour. This is the heaviest one hour fall in the city’s…

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Heavy Rain

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 1

The heaviest September rain for several years at Urana was experienced during the week. The storm set in on Sunday night, ad continued…

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Heavy Storm in Sydney

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 1

Torrential rain fell in Sydney yesterday morning, the registration being more than three inches in an hour, the heaviest one hour fall in…

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Storm Showers Help Pastures and Crops

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 4

The storm showers of the past few days compensated for the drying winds of last week, and with reasonably mild weather…

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Floodlit Cities As Post War Plan

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 1

Instead of using street lights, huge areas of cities could be floodlit by searchlights reflected off mirrors suspected in the air by barrage…

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Heavy Rain Falls

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 14

Good soaking rains fell throughout the district. Rain commenced to fall on Sunday night, and continued through most of Monday Heavy…

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Great Storms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1943 · page 14

In the year 944 in London a storm destroyed 1500 houses. "In several parts of England, the sky being very dark, the wind…

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Elsmore Cyclone Considerable Damage

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 October 1943 · page 2

At about 1 a.m. on Saturday, Mr. A. Bottom, of “Somerset,” Elsmore, had very unenviable experience when tremendous cyclone just missed his…

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Delungra Doings Personal—W.F.A.—Severe Storm—Sporting PERSONAL

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. O. Penberthy. of Burnett Street, have received the joyful news that their son. Pte. Ron Penberthy (A.I.F.) is a prisoner of war in…

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Cyclone at Elsmore

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1943 · page 4

Mr. A. Bottom of "Somerset," Elsmore, had a very unenviable experience when a tremendous cyclone just missed his house by about 50…

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Bellingen Hail Storm Much Destruction

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 October 1943 · page 4

Much damage was done by hail in a strip of Gordonville and Thora country. Some of the farmers lost heavily, as potato crops, corn, young…

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Thunderstorms Bring Little Rain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1943 · page 8

Heavy thunderstorms have been sweeping the district during the last two days. Reports to hand show these have been very heavy at Black…

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Italian Difficulties Flooded Rivers Mountain Ranges German Ruthlessness (A.A.P. News). LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 October 1943 · page 1

The Eighth Army, which has swept 2500 miles through five countries since El Alamein, is now fighting in the heart of the…

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Italian Front "Unhinging German Gate to Rome" Fifth Army Storms Strongpoint Tempo of Allied Advance Increases LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1943 · page 6

While the Eighth [?] on the Adriatic coast is rep[?]ed again to be moving towards Vasto and in the southern…

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