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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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Storm in Melbourne. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 4

A terrific storm passed over the city last night and spent its fury [?] the Sydney read, Brunswick, where telegraph and telephone lines were brought down,…

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Storm in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 5

Between six and seven o'clock this evening a heavy thunderstorm swept over the city, the lightning being particularly vivid…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, December 11. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 7

Ethel May Lumby proceeded against her husband Amos Lumby, for desertion Mr. W. J. Enright appeared for the complainant, and Mr. W. W. V. Thompson…

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Ikalis in a Gale. Terrible Experience

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 3

With a heavy list to starboard, and hearing sears, of a terrific experience at sea, the steamer Ikalis put into San Francisco on October, 24, and news of…

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Coastal Gale and Rain. Some Heavy Falls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 5

A very heavy rainstorm affected a considerable area of the coast of New South Wales during Thursday night and yesterday…

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In the Grip of the Gale. Barquentine and Tug. Heroic's Eventful Tow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 5

While the southerly gale that swept the coast was at its height on Thursday night Messrs. Fenwick and Company's tag Heroic was battling along with the…

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Schooner Alpha in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 December 1912 · page 4

The coasting schooner Alpha, laden with timber from the North Coast, was towed into Port Jackson on Friday evening by Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Gamecock,…

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Storm at Greta. House Blown Over. Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 5

A heavy windstorm, with hail and rain, occurred at three o'clock this afternoon. Several buildings were unroofed, one roof being carried a distance of sixty…

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District News. Greta. Monday's Great Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 6

The storm which took place on Monday afternoon was one of the most severe experienced at Greta for a number of years. Previous to the storm the heat…

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Gales in Britain. Accident in Lincoln. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 5

Gales have occurred in many districts in Britain. A factory chimney in Lincoln Collapsed, and crashed into a smithy…

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The Aeronaut's Death. Caused by a Gale. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 5

Mr. Edward Petre the aeronaut who was killed while on a flight from Brooklands to Edinburgh, was attempting to establish a record for a non-stop…

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Mooltan in a Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 4

The P. and O. R.M.S. Mooltan, which arrived at Sydney from London via ports on Thursday, struck a terrifls south-westerly storm off Cape Bridgewater on…

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The British Gale. Several Vessels Ashore. Brave Rescues. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 5

The gale which has been raging throughout Britain increased in force yesterday. Much of the low country in…

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Blayney Election. Deluge of Speakers. Defence of the Government. Blayney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 5

Interest in the Blayney election is gradually becoming more, intense as the day of polling draws near. Speakers are at every point urging the claims of the…

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Force of the Gale. Wreck of a Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 5

The gale registered a velocity of 97 miles per hour at Paisley. The lifeboat crew at Penzance rescued 27 of the crew of the Italian…

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Steamer Kent in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 4

Very rough weather was experienced by the Federal-Shire steamer Kent, which arrived at Auckland from Liverpool on December 21. A heavy westerly gale…

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The Great Gale. Narrung's Experiences. Force of the Sea. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 5

Further details of the experiences of the steamer Narrung in the gale show that two monster waves rose suddenly. The Narrung rode over the…

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