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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
121 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 7
SIR,—I saw a report in your paper that the good people of Adamstown were going to do something for those who suffered from the recent storm. A meeting was called for that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE exhibition of the lifeboat, Storm King, in Breckenridge's paddock, will continue for two more days only. Captain Jorgensen has decided to leave Newcastle early next week;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,— Would you kindly permit me to say a few words in reference to the lifeboat Storm King. Let the captain get good hollow steel masts; I will guarantee he will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday.—The flood waters which swamped the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and caused the wholesale destruction of bridges and property, are now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Jorgensen's now famous lifeboat Storm King was on view at Breckenridge's paddock on Saturday. Mr. Neilsen, the captain's fellow-voyager, was present, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy gales and serious floods have been experienced at Normanton, occasioning great damage. STRIKE OF BOOTMAKERS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamship City of Washington, from New York to Havannah, took refuge recently at Fort Monree. She had been in a cyclone off Cape Hatteras, and had come through with the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the gentlemen appointed to canvas for subscriptions in aid of Mr. Edward Spark, whose house was destroyed by the recent storm, was held last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The storm at Normanton (Q), in the early part of the week, caused considerable damage to shipping. A telegram says:—The lightship is ashore among the mangroves. It is thought that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A letter received at Normanton from Bruketown, dated March 3, says that the flood-waters there have been higher during the last ten days then…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The shriek proceeded from Inez, for the prisoner remained standing, unharmed, at the edge of the gulf. 'Ha, ha ! fool, fool!' laughed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A blizzard of unparalleled severity passed over the southern portion of England, and lasted all night. Many trains in the south-eastern counties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE rain of this morning was, judging solely by its effects, very much heavier than that of a few days ago, when all the people were nicely caught on their way to their lunch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BETWBEN 10 and 11 o'clock yesterday morning East Maitland was visited by an exceedingly heavy thunderstorm, which stretched only some two miles on either side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE thunderstorm which broke over Maitland during the middle of Monday seems to have been a most extraordinary one. In some places the rainfall for some two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The pilot who for a quarter of a century is familiar with the weather up about the Manning River and Forster, and who has been for the past eight years regularly stationed at Forster, says that he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is great scarcity of food in the Ingham district, owing to floods. The waters are now subsiding. RETRENCHMENT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RECENT news from Yuma, Arizona, U.S.A., states that the destruction and misery caused there by the floods are appalling. Over 250 houses, including the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest advices say that the floods at Innamincka are going down, but it is believed much stock has been lost on the Cooper. The flood waters entered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During a heavy gale at Wellington last week several yachts, the steam launch Pakain, and the steamer Wallati, an old West-coast trader, were blown ashore at various points of the…
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