Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, October 26. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
A first offender was fined 2s 6d, in default, five minutes' detention, for drunkenness. A Charge Withdrawn…
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Floods & storms, 1916
199 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
Newcastle Police Court. Friday, October 27. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
Two first offenders were each fined 2s 6d, in default five minutes' detention, for being drunk. Hugh Hunter (45), seaman, 5s, or 24 hours' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales in British Channel. London
Lifeboats have been called out at many stations on the Channel during the past two days, particularly at Deal and Ramsgate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gales Europe. Shipping Losses Reported. LONDON
The Elder Dampaster liner Borau, 3.238 tons, has foundered 25 miles west of Ushant during a heavy gale. All livyes were saved. The orwegian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Why Floods were Expected. Meteorological Inquiries
In view of the fact that the Weather Bureau of New South Wales had warned the settlers on the Maitland flats to beware of floods during last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in England. London
There have been extraordinary wind and rain storms in the south of England. The streets of Portsmouth were flooded for several foot, and the tram routes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Campaign. Weather Impediment. Some Camps Flooded. ROME
There are alternately rain, snow and icy-cold fogs on the Italian front. Some of the camps are flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War This Afternoon's Cables Dashing Macks by French Two Villages Carried by Storm Australian Troops' Charges Over Fields Littered with Corpses Greek Naval Depots Seized Naval Operations. Sunken Australian Liner. Torpedoed by Huns. All Mails Lost Two Engineers Missing. London
The Admiralty state that all the mails on board the P. and O. liner, Arabia (homeward bound from Australia) were lost when the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Something Like a Deluge
The hall and rainstorm we had here last Tuesday afternoon was the strongest thing in that line most of us have ever seen. The hail simply fell in sheets, and so…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Blizzards and Gales. London
There are snowdrifts and blizzards in Wales, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire. There have been gales and some shipwrecks on the English and Irish coasts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale on the British Coasts. LONDON
During recent, gales there were several mishaps off the Irish coast, The Taffy foundered. but her crew were saved. Two outward bound vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →European Telegraphic Wires Damaged by Snow and Gale. LONDON
There is extreme congestion in telegraphic traffic, partially cosequent upon the severe storms, which have caused a wholesale breakdown of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Campaign. Incessant Rain and Storms Huns-Flocking into Trieste. LONDON
Reuter's correspondent at the Italian headquarters at Udine states that incessant rain and storms hav transformed the fighting region still more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain at Cessnock, Half Inch in 15 MINUTES
The [?]ultry conditions which prevailed in Cessnock on Monday and yesterday culminated in rain, which commenced about half-past five on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gales in England. London
There were severe gales on Saturday and Sunday, and continued rainstorms. Several wrecks are reported to have occurred on the coast of Northumberland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →European Gales. American Vessel in Distress. LONDON
Further stories of the great gales show that the steamer Rijdam, outside the Bay of Biscay, on Sunday, picked up a distress signal from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Loss of Shipping. British Coastal Gales. LONDON
"Twenty ships were lost in the weekend gates on the British coasts. The Ramsgate and Deal lifeboats attempted unsuccessfully to rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Great Storm. London
There are further stories of the recent great gales. The steamer Rijadam, outside of Biscay, on the Spanish coast, on Sunday picked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunderstorms at Maitland
The heat in Maitland on Saturday was very oppressive, the thermometer registering 95 degrees in the afternoon. A heavy thunderstorm swept…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rumanians Reaching Russians. Floods Hampering Mackensen. ROME
It isslated at the Rumanian Legation that the Rumanians continue to fight as they retire to the new Wallachian front, where the Russians are…
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