Storm Off Queensland. Brisbane
A special weather report was issued to-day, stating that suspicious con[?] prevailed over the Gulf of Carpentarla, and though the wind is only moderate,…
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Floods & storms, 1909
99 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
The Yacht John Williams. in a Heavy Gale. Sydney
The London Missionary Society's Mission yacht John Williams, in the command of Captain Wyrill, returned to Sydney this morning having completed a cruise…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Off Noumea. Sydney
A violent cyclone was encountered by the French mail steamer Yarra, which arrived at Sydney to-day from Noumea. Soon after she left the New Caledonian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain in Queensland. Brisbane
Torrents of rain are falling throughout the Cairns district, accompanied by heavy wind. During 24 hours 11 inches were registered. The Barron River is in flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Winter Storms. Wreck of a Steamer. London
A severe blizzard has occurred in the United States, and fierce snowstorms in Scotland. The British steamer Fidra,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Low Prices for Staples.—the Chief Justiceship.—a River in Flood.—the Great Procession of City Trams.—manly and Its Ferry Service.—big Houses and Their Present Position. Sydney
The industrial crisis in Broken Hill has its root centre in the low price of metals. The assumption that low prices result from gluts is sometimes more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Storms at Maitland. Heavy Fall of Hail
A storm of exceptional violence broke over Maitland on Saturday afternoon, causing considerable damage in its track. During the morning the weather was…
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A heavy gale raged throughout Friday night, but moderated towards daylight on Saturday. Rain fell in torrents, and the low-lying country was submerged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rescue From Flooded Mine. London
Twenty-four natives have been rescused from the Witwatersrand goldmine, in the Transvaul, which was flooded through the bursting of a dam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Germany. Many Towns Inundated. London
Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringia and Bavarian, Germany, and in the Austrian Tyrol. Owing to the sudden melting of…
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The Department of Navigation, in view of the loss of the steamer Moruya near Broken Bay, has completed arrangements to warn mariners and others at Broken Bay or…
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The Rhine, Elbe, Main, Danube, Oder, and other rivers are rising steadily, and many Jives have already been lost…
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Blessed are the peacemakers, and they need to be, for theirs is a very thankless task at all times. The man who is a rabid supporter of either of two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cyclone Near Normanton
According to messages received by the Acting Deputy Postmaster-General from the postmaster at Normanton, that town had on Friday evening last an…
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Weather wisemen are shaking their heads as to the prospects of the coming season. They say, or rather some of them do, that although the signs would…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Storm in Queensland. Thargomindah
A terrific thunderstorm burst over the town on Friday night. The streets worn flooded, and the storm was accompanied by a cyclonic wind of great force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in West Australia. Perth
The damage wrought by flood at Northam and surrounding district, is estimated at from £10,000 to £15,000. Many of the houses are still surrounded by water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Great "Live-stock" Syndicate.—our Dangerous Storm-water Drains.—mr. Fisher and His Two Destroyers.—the Woes in Clerkdom.—a Little Sidelight on Competition.—"down with the Slums." Sydney
The smuggling of Chinese is becoming more serious, Perhaps, however, it only strikes us that way because we are finding out more about it. No one believes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barque in a Storm
"I have never experienced a worse storm," remarked Captain Griffith, of the barque Alexander Black, when referring to an encounter which that vessel passed through in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wakatu-storm Collision
The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the Canterbury Steamship Company's Storm and Levin and Co.'s Wakatu was held at…
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