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Floods & storms, 1945

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Floods Cause Severe Stock Losses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 11

STOCK tomes on the North Coast, due to June floods, were severe but any stock not drowned are recovering well," the…

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Crops Damaged In Hunter Valley Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 20

JUNE, 1945, would always be remembered in the Hunter Valley as one of the wettest periods ever experienced. Floodings in the lower…

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Heavy Rain in Outback. Riverina Hopes

The Sun · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen in western and north-western NSW, and widespread falls are expected over the State today and tomorrow. There are good prospects of…

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More Heavy Rain At End of Month—Inigo Jones

The Land · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 23

CROHAMHURST OBSERVATORY, Q'ld.—The recent great southern sunspot passed from view at the last week-end and the sun has been…

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Flood Troubles On Clarence and Hunter

The Land · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 8

It will be months, says Mr. W. H. Darragh, senior agricultural instructor, before all the lands inundated by the recent floods in the Clarence…

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Bush Mission Helps Flood victims

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 12

WHEN North Coast floods turned 8,000 people out of their homes, causing £1,000,000 damage, the Bush Mission van working in the Inverell district rushed 3-tons of serviceable clothing to the stricken districts…

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N. Coast Flood Fears Allayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 3

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—Fears of a serious flood—the second on the Tweed within five weeks—were allayed early to-night when the torrential rain stopped. Seven inches had fallen in 24 hours…

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Flood Warning on North Coast Homes Evacuated, Police Preparing As Rivers Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 9

Northern Rivers districts are threatened with repetition of the disastrous floods which occurred a month ago, causing widespread damage…

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Danger Of Floods In North Past

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 6

Danger of floods in northern New South Wales has passed. The Divisional Meteorologist…

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Sensational Rumors Flooding From Eire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The most sensational rumors are coming from Eire since the announcement that the Irish Republican Army has sentenced to death de Valera and other Government Ministers…

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Burma war raging in floods RANGOON

The Sun · Sunday 15 July 1945 · page 2

MONSOONAL rains have flooded country in the Sittang River bend in Burma, and British patrols…

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Terrific Storm Sweeps England

The Sun · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--The great thunderstorm which struck London on Saturday night was the most fearsome anyone remembers. It was still raging yesterday…

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Freak Storm Hits London Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 1

LONDON, July 15.—London last night had its worst "tropic" storm for more than 20 years. After a day of freakish weather the…

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Prospect of Bad "Test" Wicket Heavy Rain, Sunshine In London From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 6

LONDON, July 15.—Australia may have to bat on a treacherous wicket to-morrow at Lord's when it will begin its reply to England's first innings total…

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Cyclone Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 1

The Weather Bureau announced last night that cyclone warnings had been issued to shipping yesterday and that fishermen and yachtsmen could expect…

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Warning of Floods on North Coast Rivers Up: Very Rough Seas Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 9

Warning of flood danger in the upper reaches of Central North Coast rivers was issued last night by the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman)…

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Flood Danger Passes In North Coast Areas

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 8

ALTHOUGH heavy rain had fallen on the north coast in the past 24 hours, the flood danger had passed, the Acting-Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said today…

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More Rain, But Flood Danger Over

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 6

General rains fell over northern N.S.W. yesterday. Heavy fails were recorded on…

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Melbourne Swept by Rain, Hail Storm

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Rain and hail swept Melbourne and suburbs today, and the minimum temperature-40.7 degrees at 5.20 a.m.-was 1.2…

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Floods Cause Loss Of Maize Crops On North Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 20

CONSIDERABLE loss of maize, occurred on the Richmond, Clarence and Tweed River areas during the June floodings, reports…

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