Storms in the Pacific. Floods in California. San Francisco
Vessels report by wireless heavy storms in the Pacific, and bad weather along the entire Pacific coast. Floods are occurring in California,…
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Floods & storms, 1914
117 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 6
Storm in Pennsylvania. Great Damage Done. New Jersey Inundated. Pittsburg
Severe storms are being experienced throughout Pennsylvania, and communication between many places is cut off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in the North. Darwin Telegraph Interrupted. Port Darwin
Unusualy heavy weather has been experienced since Saturday. The telegraph line between here and the Katherine in places is under water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms at Port Pirie. Port Pirie
The town was visited by a terrific storm yesterday. Although no serious damage was done to buildings, the shipping trade was completely disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales in America. on the Great Lakes. San Francisco, November 23
More than 20 vessels were wrecked, 256 sailors and others were drowned, and property loss of approximately £1,000,000 was caused in a series of fierce storms that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in the Pacific. Battered Schooners. Vancouver
The schooner Crescent, laden with lumber and bound from Everett for Newcastle (New South Wales), returned to port in a leaking condition,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Tamworth. Great Damage Done. Tamworth
Yesterday afternoon a tornado of terrific force swept over portion of this district, and wrought destruction such as has not been previously known here…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Belgium. Much Damage Done. Brussels
The Senne River at Brabant has overflowed its banks. There are also floods in the valley of the Meuse, and much damage has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in America. Gales and Snow. Chicago
A north-wester has detained all shipping throughout the port. A snow-storm made navigation impossible. The ferryboat Suffren collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta Police Court. Thursday, January 14. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Mr. B. Pryor, J.P.)
Henry Wilson and John Carlin were charged by Wm Humphreys, manager Central Greta Colliery, with a breach of colliery rules, Mr. D. L. B. Glash[?]n,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →North Atlantic Gales. a Schooner Founders. Boston (Mass,)
Gales are continuing in the North Atlantic. The schooner Grace Martin foundered, but her crew of 17 men cruised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in St. Petersburg. Lower Towns Flooded. St. Petersburg
A gale of wind and rain extinguished the street lamps, and the church bells were rung to warn the people of danger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in Sydney. Steamer in Trouble. Several Houses Damaged. Sydney
The north-easterly wind which blew yesterday in Sydney veered to north-westerly early this morning. Gradually increasing in velocity, it had assumed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Bahia. Many Lives Lost. Rio De Janeiro
Disastrous floods have occurred in the State of Bhala. Several villages have been swept, and many lives lost. People are taking refuge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in West Australia. Perth
The rainfall at Broome so far this your is the heaviest recorded for thirty years, Great losses of stock are reported from Fitzroy Crossing, but there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta Police Court. Wednesday, February 11. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Mr. B. Pryor, J.P.)
Henry Ernest Jones proceeded against Robert Cameron Murdech for wages. Case adjourned untill 11th March. A prohibition order under the Liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gales Off Britain. Steamer Founders. All Hands Lost. London
Heavy gales are raging along the English coast. Several wrecks have occurred, and a number of lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in America. Persons Frozen to Death. New York
Severe snowstorms have been raging along the north-east coast. The upper Hudson Valley is covered to a depth of two feet. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in California. Towns Isolated. Los Angeles
A tropical downpour turned the streets a number of Southern Californian towns into raging torrents. Rallroad and street traffic is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Thompson Coming. San Francisco
"Cyolone" Thompson sails for Australia on the 24th March. He hopes to force M'Goorty into a match. Thompson will afterwards sail for Europe to meet…
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