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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
75 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 4
GREAT floods are reported from Gippsland. The Mitchell River rose higher than during any previous inundation Tim hop and maize fields and many houses on the river flats have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A VERY severe thunderstorm, the worst ever known, visited the district of Wagga this afternoon. The lightning was especially vivid. Considerable damage to property and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A storm of exceptional violence was experienced on several parts of the American coast recently. Off Fire Island a four-masted schooner, the Lousie Randall, was found to be ashore, and nine men and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy weather continues along the coast. A large number of vessels are weather bound. In connection with the carrying away of the Cumberland Gold-mining Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is raining heavily in the city to-night, and there is every indication of it continuing. ALLEGED FORGERY…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reports from the head of the Brisbane River state that the water is slowly rising, but as there has been a cessation in the rain, no danger is apprehended of flood in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Yaralla, conveying sugar machinery from the Clarence River to Marybarough, met with a terrific gale off Cape Moreton, and shipped heavy seas. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following poem, by Mr. Alfred Sharp, of Newcastle, was awarded the prize at the late Eisteddfod, for the best descriptive poem on the above subject:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →H.M.S. Lizard, which arrived at Wellington from Milford Sound on Monday afternoon, reports having encountered a severe gale last Friday. When the storm was at its height a heavy sea broke on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a severe thunderstorm burst over the district. In the city a heavy downfall of rain was experienced after a close and oppressive day,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE effects of the storm which burst over Dudley on Sunday afternoon were more serious than was reported. From the statements made by the people it would appear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—A tremendous, storm is again raging in England. Much damage has been done, and great destruction of shipping is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday.—A destructive cyclone has passed over Mauritius. During a storm a train near St Louis was blown into a river, and 50 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From midday yesterday up to 10 p.m. last night over 8in of rain fell here. The farmers and local storekeepers who are subject to be flooded out removed their stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When it was known in Maitland this morning that the weather had cleared all over the north, as well is locally, there was a general feeling of thankfulness that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway authorities last night received information by wire that the Nepean River had overflowed its banks, and was over the bridge between Campbelltown and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heavy rain on Tuesday night did an enormous amount of damage to the West Wallsend and Seaham Coal Company's line between here and Cockle Creek. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE highest floods ever known here have taken place on the Barrington and Gloucester rivers. The farmers have suffered terribly, as their crops have been all washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the Mayor in response to a largely-signed requisition, was held in the Mechanes' Institute, East Maitland, last evening, with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrific gale has raged along the coast for the last days. The schooner Grace Darling, anchored in Moreton Bay, parted her anchors and went ashore on Moreton…
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