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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

176 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 9

Weather Data Isolated Storms To-morrow Warm Temperatures SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 12

The Weather Bureau forecast Issued to-day stated: North Coast and Tablelands: Fine at first, but…

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Heavy Rain at Rosehill Coulmnist Might be Scratched SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 7

A heavy track is likely at Rosehill to-morrow as the result of rain during the past 24 hours…

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U.S. Example for Australia Vast Field For River Exploitation Flood Control

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 13

"The example of the United States of America is of enormous value to Australia in the…

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Red Dust Storm Grips State

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Early to-day air services were disputed by a choking blanket of dust which lay over the city and many parts of the State like a fog…

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Armidale "Blacked" Out! Heavy Dust Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 4

Armidale was "blacked" out to-day by a heavy dust storm that blew up during the night. A Weather Bureau forecast…

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Facts About Dust Storms

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 2

On Monday Inverell had a dust storm—millions of tiny specks of dust filled the air, restricted visibility, made the…

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Dust Storm Worst For Many Years

The Uralla Times · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 4

Erosion experts say that hundreds of millions of cubic feet of soil were carried to sea in the dust storm this week…

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Heavy Rain on Caulfield Track

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.— The Caulfield Cup meeting will be held to-morrow despite heavy rain which has…

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Origin of Dust Storms

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 4

On Monday Glen Innes had a dust storm—millions of [?] spicks of dusts filled the air, restricted visibility, made…

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Severe Storm Shoppers Caught

The Uralla Times · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 1

A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by a strong, gusty wind, was experienced at Uralla on Monday afternoon…

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Sydney Hit by Gale

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The 5,000-ton steamer Hopepeak broke her mooring in a wild gale this…

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Gale Drives Ship Onto Crowded Ferry Wharf

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The 5,000 ton steamer Hopepeak broke her moorings in a wild gale this morning and crashed out of control into Cremorne Wharf, where hundreds of people were waiting to…

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Steamer Crashes Into Wharf Driven From Mooring by Strong Gale Several Vessels Break Adrift in Sydney Harbour Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 2

The five thousand-ton steamer, Hopepeak, broke her mooring in a wild gale this morning and crashed out of control into Cremorne wharf, where hundreds of people…

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Cyclone Wrecks Black Mountain

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

GUYRA: A cyclone which raged for ten minutes late yesterday afternoon caused widespread damage to…

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Stock Wounded B Buildings, Crops Damaged Wallangra’s Worst Hail Storm in Fifty Years

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

Hail the size of billiard balls pounded Wallangra Station homestead and surroundings last evening in the worst storm in the memory of the owner, Mr. R. A. Black. Galvanised iron roofs and innumerable holes torn…

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[?]iffic Storm over Wallangra

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 3

The most destructive hailstorm experienced for many year passed over Wallangra and other northern parts of the district on…

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Scenes of Devastation at Black Mountain Pictures Reveal Damage Sustained in Tragic Cyclone

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 5

Damage sustained in the tragic cyclone at Black Mountain on Thursday night is grimly revealed in photographs on this page. Some idea of the force of the wind can be gauged from the desolate state of large pine trees,…

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Winds, Driving Rain Deluge Hapless Village Uncomfortable Week-end for Black Mountain Residents Large Number Of Volunteers Works To Repair Homes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 5

Winds of gale force and driving rain yesterday added to the discomfort of Black Mountain residents whose homes were wrecked in last Thursday night's disastrous cyclone…

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Britain’s Harvest Above Average of Past 10 YEARS Yields 25 Per Cent. Better Than 1947 Despite Storm Damage

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 1

LONDON: Corn crops in Britain this year are much better than was anticipated. - Despite storm damage at harvest time, yields of wheat, barley, oats and beans are all above the average for the last…

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Storm Damage at Mack Mountain

The Uralla Times · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 6

Last Thursday a cyclone struck Black Mountain, causing damage estimated at the usands of pounds. The following pictures, taken by Mr. W. anderson, of Armidale, give a graphic portray all of the damage sustained…

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