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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
28 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2
GENERAL TODLEBEN proposes to starve out the army in Plevns, which is reported to be thoroughly emaciated. Turkish prisoners declare the condition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Indian Famine Relief Fund only amounts to about £6000, while in Victoria it exceeds £18,000. The Southern Line was opened to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A RIPPLING tumult on the waters. The waves still heave tumultuonsly, and break with a hoarse sullen splash against the walls of the edifice, sacred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE chief office of the barque Maid of Judah, reports seeing a sea serpent, about the length of the vessel, off the coast. The vessel passed within 40 yards of it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE threatened storm which brooded over the city yesterday afternoon; but dissipated itself in welcome showers, seems to have taken a more pronounced shape farther up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EARLY yesterday morning we had a deluge of rain, which was much wanted for our tanks, and to clean the streets. The gusts of rain were very violent. Considerable damage was done to the new buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PASSENGERS by the a go train from Muswellbrook, yesterday afternoon, inform as that a most violent storm accompanied with terrific wind, thunder, and immense halt storms, or more properly speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY was one of the most miserable days we have had here this season; the intensely hot winds blowing and driving the dust in thick cl[?]ds, penetrating the eyes, ear, nostrils, and…
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