Strand Theatre: "Broadway Jones" and Queensland Cyclone
A motion picture interpretation of two kinds of cyclones will be screened at the Strand for the three days commencing this morning—a cyclone of merriment…
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Floods & storms, 1918
144 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 8
Our Sydney Letter. the Barony. — the Government Wants Money. — Archbishop Kelly Is Severe. — the Post Office.—were the Gales Foretold ? — Those Dwellings at Lithgow. a Precedent.—the Industrial Bill.—our Decoration to Be.—the Show. Sydney
We’re as proud of this barony as though it had been conferred on the lot of us. But how must Bunbury feel? To go by the telegrams it is putting on airs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coastal Gale. Heavy Rainfalls
Boisterous weather conditions again prevailed at Newcastle yesterday. From seven o'clock p.m. until midnight on Wednesday the wind blew with a velocity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coastal Gale Tremendous Sea in North
The forecast Issued for Newcastle at 9 a.m. to-day read:— "Still unsettled and cool with more rain, steamy conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coastal Gale
Squally and showery weather again prevailed at Newcastle yesterday, with a rough sea, and the bar dangerous. The estimated velocity of the wind during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Inches in Hour Storm at Cootamundra
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—A heavy thunderstorm passed over Cootamundra early last night. Streets, private residences and shops were flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in S. AFRICA. 300 People Drowned
CAPETOWN, Sunday.— Terrific rains in the Transvaal, Natal, and Mozambique are causing many wash-aways and the collapse of bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Storm Rains. Brisbane
The railway experts who were appointed by the Railway Department to inquire into the damage to the railways by the recent floods in the Mackay district,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Cyclone Babies."
Quite a number of mothers in Maclay the (says the "Standard") will have cause to remember the birthday of the children who first saw the light of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Taree. Taree
A cyclone and hailstorm from the north passed here at 1.45 to-day, 120 points of rain falling in 15 minutes, Many trees were uprooted. The cyclone,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in South Africa. Capetown
Unprecedented floods in the cast coast belt continue, causing great damage. It is reported that a serious Shortage of the sugar crop is imminent in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclonic Storm. Experience at Taree
SYDNEY, Friday.—A cyclonic storm broke over Taree early this morning. The wind blew with hurricane fury, [?]companied by heavy rain. Property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain in Fiji. Sugar Fields Flooded
According to a report received in Sydney, it is stated that Ba, one of the sugar districts of Fiji, has been visited by a flood, and, although full…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Floods. Deluge That Cost £200,000,000
News reaches us from far-off Tientsin that the recent floods in North China have wrought damage to the extent of over £200,000,000. Streams…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales North of Hunter. Late Ocean Forecast
According to the 9 a.m. coastal weather reports to-day the sea was smooth to moderate in southern waters; moderate to rough between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Postponed Australian Cup Day Heavy Rain in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Heavy rain fell overnight in Melbourne, and again this morning. This necessitated the postponement of the V.R.C. race…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone in Ohio Widespread Devastation VANCOUVER
A Columbus message stales that a cyclone, covering an area 20 miles long by three-quarters of a mile wide, has caused devastation in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone in the North
The Brisbane Weather bureau issued the following report yesterday morning:— "No observations have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Queensland Cyclone. Brisbane
The Weather Bureau advises that in observations have been received this morning north from Townsville but reports from Townsville and Bowen make…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Cyclone. Township Demolished. Ingham Partly Submerged. Brisbane
The town of Babinda, in North Queensland, was practically demolished by a cyclone on Sunday. Only five houses and a portion of the State hotel are left…
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