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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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In Bankruptcy. Friday, February 25. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, Deputy District Registrar.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 7

Re Charles Allen miner, North-street Greta. Bankrupt did not appear, and single meeting lapsed and the public examination was adjourned sine die…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, February 25. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 7

Two first offenders on charges of being drunk were each fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of detention for five minutes. Andrew Campbell (34), bricklayer, for…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 26. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 3

William Irwin, 41, cab-driver, charged with being drunk, was ordered to pay a fine of 5s, or undergo 24 hours' imprisonment…

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Wallsend Police Court. Monday, February 28. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 7

In the summons division Clarence Mervyn Hogg was charged, on the information of Area Officer Captain S. Anderson, with having on the 22nd January…

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The Storms of Adversity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 16

A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner. Neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success quality a man for usefulness and happiness. The storms of…

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Floods in Holland. Enormous Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 11

Vast tracts of some of the richest agricultural districts of Holland are under water through the bursting of the Zuider Zee dyke at Katwoude during a great…

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Audience Impressed. Taken by Storm. Mr. Samuel's Speech. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 5

Mr. Hughes' speech was one of the most impressive he has delivered to a British audience. It was taken by storm, by his crisp staccato sentences. These were…

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Britain's Great Storm. Five Vessels Believed Lost. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 5

After redoubling its intensity during the night, the blizzard was exhausted this morning, after severe damage had been done in all parts of Great Britain…

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In Flooded Trenches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 2

One of the most thrilling stories of the war is told' by a British soldier, who describes in a letter a perilous visit to the German trenches by night. . . Not a…

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Russia's Campaign. Germans Flooded Out Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 5

The latest communique states:—The floods are still rising. We fired on the Germans south of Dvinsk, who were evacuating their flooded trenches…

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In Mesopotamia. Difficulties of Floods. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 5

General Sir Percy Lake, commanding the British troops in Mesopotamia, reports:—The attack on the northern bank of the Tigris, on the Sannaiyat position,…

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Gale at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 5

The wind at Newcastle yesterday blew a whole southerly gale, and the weather was showery and squally throughout the day. The greatest velocity of the wind…

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Verdun Fighting. Furious Attacks. Deluge of Metal. Stubborn French Defence. Enemy Held Off. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 7

Since Wednesday the German batteries have concentrated a deluge of metal on Hill 304. Morthomme Hill, and the slopes of a little valley between…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, May 11. (Before Messrs. F. G. Adrian and C. H. Gale, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

Catherine Mary Carroll was granted a renewal of the license of the Burwood Inn. Burwood-street, Merewether. Edward A. M'Donald, Merewether Hotel…

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In South Africa. Disastrous Floods. Capetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 5

The disastrous drought in the midland districts has broken up, and has been followed by floods. Railways, homesteads, dams, and live…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 15. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 7

One first offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, with the alternative of five minutes' detention. Remanded…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 16. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, Deputy S.M.) Minor Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 2

Ralph Scott (30), labourer, and Harry Jelley (38), labourer, were each ordered to pay a fine of 5s, with the alternative of three days' imprisonment on charges…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 17. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 7

Samuel Hopton (58), miner, pleaded guilty to being drunk in Hunter-street, and was ordered to pay a fine of 10s, or undergo 48 hours' imprisonment…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 18. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, Acting S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 7

Two first offenders, on charges of drunkenness, were each ordered to pay a fine of 2s 6d, or undergo detention for five minutes…

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Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, Acting S.m.) a Point of Law

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 7

John Bunt, wharf labourer, for whom Mr. T. A. Braye Messrs. Braye and Cohen) appeared, sued the Newcastle Stevedoring Tug and Lighterage Company…

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