The Flooded North. Government Action. Sydney
Mr. Lee, the Acting Premier, states that the floods in some parts have severely taxed the resources of municipalities and shires, and many of these bodies have…
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
Mr. Lee, the Acting Premier, states that the floods in some parts have severely taxed the resources of municipalities and shires, and many of these bodies have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ruin which fell at Newcastle late on Thursday night, and in the early hours of yesterday, registered 24 points. The weather yesterday was fine, with a southerly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrific thunderstorm broke over Queanbeyan yesterday. One hundred and ten points fell in twenty minutes. The downpour was the heaviest for many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Balmain colliery liquidator says that the report that they are raising a large quantity of coal there is incorrect. He has to keep the mine in order, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The flood waters are now rapidly approaching the town. A record flood is anticipated. Six water policemen arrived at Walgett…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious floods have occurred in France. Several of the streets in Paris are flooded, and the residents along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Walgett is now surrounded by flood waters. The Barwon and the Namoi are still rising, and the waters are spreading. Many families have been flooded out of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy rainfall persists in Paris. The River Seine has risen 25 feet near the Louvre. The floods have compelled the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barwon Rive has risen to a height of 42ft, and the Namol is now 32ft. Both rivers are still rising, and the water is steadily advancing upon Walgett. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The State Divisional Meteorological Officer reports having received the following special advice at eleven o'clock to-day:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We drape Captain Cook's statue in Hyde Park on the anniversary of his arrival in Botany Bay. Why not Captain Phillip's anchor, and also his statue, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The floods in Paris continue to excite great apprehension. The river Seine has swollen to double its usual width, inundating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barwon has risen to 43ft and the Namol 23ft 6in, and both are still rising. The former is 2ft and the latter 1ft 6in below the [?]90 flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captain Mackay, the Portmaster, to-day received a telegram from the Harbour-master at Geraldton, stating that all beacons were down, and the river in high flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent winds and torrential rains have occurred in Italy, and the telegraph lines were broken. At Naples many ships were damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barwon and Namoi rivers are rising slowly. The water reached the embankments at the northern end of the town last night, and is about a foot deep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In consequence of the floods, traffic on the Paris and Orleans railway has been suspended. Charenton, a suburb of Paris, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strong gales were experienced in Melbourne to-day. Creswick has been visited by a phenomonal wind storm. At the America Hotel the kitchen chimney was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At an early hour yesterday a strong southerly wind was blowing at Newcastle. It died down for a time during the day, but towards sunset freshened up, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The recent visitation by a magnetic storm, resulting in the disorder of the telegraphic operations of a large part of the world, is another reminder of the…
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