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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 7
The barque Alcestis arrived at Timaru on September 80 from Newcastle. She left on the 17th ult., and encountered very heavy weather. On the 18th the second officer, while furling the foresail, fell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The subject of the mitigation of foods in the Hunter is important enough to demand the close attention which Mr. Price, the member for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The sum of £30,000 is still needed for the relief of the distress caused by the hurricane and tidal wave which recently swept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Severe gales are blowing on the coasts of Great Britain and the steamer services between Dover and Calais and Ostend have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—Severe storms are reported from Macedonia, and heavy falls of rain and hail, which destroyed several bridges and engulfed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The strong westerly wind which sprung up on Friday afternoon blew with considerable force up till about noon on Saturday, when it reached hurricane force, several of the houses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A stormy experience befell the steamer Egremont Castle on the passage from Newcastle to Adelaide. After passing Wilson's Promontory the wind freshened to a gale, and off Cape Otway it blew with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the mitigation of floods in the Hunter will, it is hoped, be productive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A telegram from Pekin states that the Yellow River, in the province of Shantung, is in flood, and two thousand square…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The irrepressible Li Hung Chang has again come to the front in a new capacity. Soldier, statesman, diplomat, and capitalist—he can now add to his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some years ago when the borough councils of Wallsend and Plattsburg were agitating for the construction of what is known as the storm-water drain the two principal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As the barque Strathdon, from London to Sydney, was coming up the coast on Saturday, the crew had a strange experience. A thick cloud appeared as coming from the coast across the water, and when it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wrigglesome Premier is accommodating himself to circumstances in his new tariff proposals. Although he had such a sweeping majority on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attention is again drawn to the necessity of the Department of Works at once proceeding with the clearing out of the silt and debris from the storm-water channel, and thus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.—Heavy snowstorms and severe gales have swept over the eastern seaboard of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—Seventy wrecks occurred on the New England coast during the gale which swept over the Atlantic seaboard of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Premier, speaking to Mr. Gillies to-night, stated that he had communicated with Mr. Napier Bell requesting him to act as a Royal Commission to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday afternoon, to the delight of all, rain commenced to fall, and continued in a steady downpour throughout the night. The prolonged spell of dry weather has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A furious gale has swept over the United Kingdom. The Channel steamers stopped running during the storm. Much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A furious gale has swept over the United Kingdom. The Channel steamers stopped running during the storm. Much…
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