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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
46 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 3
Charles Edward Crane was charged with having at Bolwarra, on April 9th, stolen a breech-loading gun, of the value of £2, the property of John Hart…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owing to a fall in the bed of Back Creek the working of Sneddon's Maryland Colliery, Wallsend, have been flooded by the every heavy rains of the last few days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heavy rains prevalling since Monday have brought about food conditions in the Maitland district, and had the average been experienced along the upper reaches…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The French barque Bretagne, which was taken in tow disabled by Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Champion oft Norah Head on Thursday evening, was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russians on the San are maintaining a heroic resistance under a terrible artillery storm. The German advance is backed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alfred Fitzyackels, a young German electrician, was before the court on three charges, that on May 13th, at Waratah, he did steal on roan pony mare, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The boisterous weather which was experienced throughout the State yesterday showed no sign of abatement on the coast and highlands to-day. The Antarctic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of subscribers to the Maitland District Flood Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall last evening. The Mayor Alderman Mannall, presided. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frederick J. Green, trading as Green and Nicholls, who was represented by Mr. W. J. Enright, pleaded guilty to having failed to exhibit a copy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two first offenders charged, with drunkenness, were each fined 5s, with the alternative of ten minutes' detention. Municipal Cases…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods have occurred in the West River district, being the severest and most disastrous on record. The Shameen suburb is submerged to a depth of 3ft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →George Patrick was summoned by John Robertson, who charged him with using insulting words in Aberdare-street, Cessnock, on June 15. Patrick was also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mary Brown, a half-caste, was charged with maliciously damaging nine windows, valued at £2, the property of the Chief Railway Commissioner, to which she…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After a terrific storm, Galveston has been cut off from communication with the outside world. It is believed that the city has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before Joan's carriage had travelled a hundred yards it was halted by a loud-voiced command. An officer, galloping at the head of a detachment of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The steamer Alden, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Bahia Blanca, via Durban, encountered some heavy weather in the Indian Ocean. Captain A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The king reached his temporary residence not and tired after an exhausting day. It chanced that at a meeting of the Ministry, which he attended late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrific windstorm, accompanied by heavy rains, and in some districts hall, struck Western Manitoba. Considerable damage was done to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A naval man who has been serving with the Grand Fleet since the beginning of the war, writes to his parents in Wells (Somerset):—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owing to floods in the River Ganges, 18,000 houses have fallen, and 80,000 persons have been rendered homeless. There have been 46 deaths. Heavy rains…
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