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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

146 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 8

A Westerly Gale. Rough on the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 5

There was strong north-west gale blowing et Newcastle throughout yesterday, and conditions were made unplcasant by the cold wind and heavy dust…

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Weather on the Coast. Gales Predicted. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 June 1911 · page 5

Mr. Hunt, the Commonwealth Meteorologist, at 1 p.m. yesterday issued the following statement, embodying a special forecast:—…

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Storms in America. Much Loss of Life. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 5

The recent oppressive weather has been broken by a series of electrical disturbances of most destructive character…

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Storms in New York. Many Lives Lost. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 5

There was another severe electrical [?] here yesterday. It was the [?] since Saturday. Many persons [?]ere killed and injured…

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Mexican Misfortunes. Earthquake and Floods. Mexico City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 5

Another severe earthquake shock occurred in Mexico yesterday, which opened a new crater in the volcano of Colima…

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Storm at Trieste. Many People Drowned. Great Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 5

A terrific storm has been experienced at Trieste, the principal seaport of Austria, on the Adriatic. The full strength of the wind was…

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Westerly Gale. Good Rain Inland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 5

The weather reports received at 9 a.m. yesterday, showed that as a result of the extension northwards of the Antarctie disturbance, light to heavy and general…

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Storms in Lancashire. Fatality From Lightning. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 5

Terrine thunderstorms have occurlid in Lancashire. There was one fatality from lightling at Accrington…

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Steamer in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 4

But for encountering a terrific southerly gale two days after leaving Algoa Bay in continuation of her voyage from Hamburg, the German-Australian liner…

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Floods in Bulgaria. Inhabitants Flying. Sofia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 5

Devastating floods have occurred in Southern Bulgaria, and the inhabitants are fleeing to the mountains. Crops and dwellings have…

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Terrific Rainstorm. Floods Quebec. Quebec

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 5

A sweltering heat wave was followed by a terrific rainstorm. The streets of the city were flooded, and business was brought to a…

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Heavy Rain and Storm. Half an Inch in Five Minutes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 July 1911 · page 5

The rain which set in on Wednesday morning at Newcastle continued in light showers during the night, but early yesterday morning it increased. The wind…

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Barque in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 4

The damage to the Russian barque County of Merioneth, which arrived at Adelaide recently from Delagoa Bay, happened when the vessel was 13 days out. Captain A…

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A Sudden Storm. Further Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 6

The records issued at 9 a.m. yesterday showed that rain had fallen in many parts of the State although the falls generally were light in character…

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An Effect of Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 13

An extraordinary change of level of large lakes and tideless seas is effected by strong winds. Under the force of fierce gales, large lakes and tideless seas,…

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Boisterous Weather. Heavy Rain in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 5

A light shower fell in Newcastle shortly before ten o'clock on Saturday night, and at a quarter-past eleven heavy rain fell. Early yesterday morning stormy…

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Floods and Fires. in America and Canada. San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 July 1911 · page 5

Cloud bursts have occurred in Death Valley, following intense heat of 141 degrees. People were driven out before the…

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Coastal Rainstorm. Gales and Rough Seas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 6

The reports received at nine o'clock yesterday morning showed that a great rainstorm, accompanied by heavy gales, had swept along the coast of New South…

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Floods in New Zealand. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 4

The floods at Blenhiem are subsiding after attaining a depth of as much as 6ft in the upper parts of the town. A curious Issue of the flooding was the complete…

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Floods in China. Many Villages Destroyed. Pekin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

Great floods have occurred in the Yangtse Valley, and the Ichang district is an inland sea. Thousands of acres of crops and…

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