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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

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Gales in Bass Straits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 4

Vessels arriving at Sydney from Tasmania report that heavy weather conditions are ruling in Bass Straits. Captain Suffern, of the steamer Wakatipu, which reached Sydney…

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Severe Winter. Storms in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The weather throughout Great Britain continues to be very severe, the blizzard which was experienced a couple of days ago…

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Plattsburg. Storm Water Channel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 7

Steps are to be taken to remove that fever pest and offensive stagnant pool at the end of the concrete portion of the storm-water channel, but what might…

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Compass and Magnetic Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1904 · page 6

A scientific writer, in a recent note on the loss of the Norge on Rockall Island, called attention to an inquiry started by Professor Krogh, of Copenhagen, whether…

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Plattsburg Storm-water Canal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 December 1904 · page 3

Sir,—I notice in your issue of the 10th instant that reference was made by the consulting officer in his report to the Plattsburg Council to the manner in which…

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Maitland District Disastrous Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 December 1904 · page 6

A violent thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and heavy rain, broke over Maitland, on Saturday afternoon, shortly after one o'clock, and although it only…

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Storm in Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 December 1904 · page 6

A very severe storm, cyclonic ill character, end accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain, burst over the city and suburbs of Brisbane, between six…

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Vessels in Gales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 December 1904 · page 4

A terrific gale which raged off the coast of Vancouver about the middle of last month played havoc with shipping. A quantity of wreckage from the American barquentine…

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