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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
166 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 9
Joseph Turner, James Flint, Albert Harris, and Richard North, charged with being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, pleaded guilty, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A most interesting discovery in the form of a version of the Deluge story in Genesis, which is at least 1500 years earlier than any previously known…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A violent thunderstorm has occurred in South Wales. The Congregational Church at Tresarris, was demolished by lightning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The violent thunderstorm in South Wales devastated many houses. At Pontypridd, hundreds of cottages were unroofed, and huge trees were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The P. and O. cargo steamer Palermo, which sailed from Brisbane on September 13th, has arrived at Durban…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rains have fallen northwards from Wellington flooding the country, and Innumerable ships have occurred over a distance of 30 miles. Some of the trains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vessels arriving at Sydney on Saturday and Sundays, from the eastward reported meeting strong gales some distance to the castward of Australia. Although heavy seas and gales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy storms have wrecked the telegraph and telephone lines, and stopped railway communication throughout West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania; and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An electrical disturbance of more than ordinary severity passed over Adelaide this morning. Flashes of lighting shattered a large gum tree in the South Park…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The city of Cleveland is buried beneath several feet of snow, and the streets are filled with broken telegraph wires, threatening death by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →William Humphreys proceeded against Wm. M'Enery for leaving his employ at the Central Greta Colliery without notice. After evidence the Beach retired to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Further reports of the disasters on the Great Lakes, caused by the recent storms, estimate that six freight steamers were runk and a hundred and forty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Incoming trans-Atlantic liners report terrific gales. The s.s. Mongollan from Glasgow was a week overdue. She arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A great gale is raging on the Northern Pacific coasters, a rough passage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A wave of water, thirty feet high, swept down Nolan Creek without warning. Fifty houses were swept away, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great floods have occurred owing to be sudden rise of the Colorado River. Seven persons were drowned, and [?] farmers' crops have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirteen lives have been lost through the floods. The rainfall is continuing. Residents of Belton are unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific snowstorms are at present raging in the Rocky Mountains of America. The streets of Denver are six feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty persons have been drowned in the Brookshire district. The floods are now abating, and further loss of life is not anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robert Hunter was proceeded against by the municipal council for the erection of a building without the required permission. The town clerk appeared…
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