Transport Ashore Storm Off New York Rescue Boats Handy VANCOUVER
The transport Northern Pacific has run ashore off New York. A storm is rising, and this afternoon the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1919
88 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
Midnight Storm Few Drops of Rain
People who could not sleep on account of the heat last night had their hopes raised a little after midnight when a thunderstorm broke over…
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A peculiar storm swept over the Maitland district on Thursday night, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning patchy rain, and wind squalls…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm in Sydney. Woman Killed by Lightning
A severe storm broke over Sydney and suburbs on Saturday afternoon. Lightning caused the death of a bather, and the hail, wind, and rain did much damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tail of the Storm Newcastle Still Dry Rain Statistics
Newcastle received only a mild stroke from the tall of the storm that lashed Sydney on Saturday. A brisk, short-lived shower, and no more, fell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wilson Abroad Chat with Pope Caught in a Deluge LONDON, Monday Night
A correspondent at Genoa telegraphs that President Wilson's three-hour visit on Sunday was marred by a tropical rain which drenched the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excessive Heat Recurrence of Storms
Newcastle residents who had reason to complain yesterday and to-day of the seemingly excessive heat, will be well advised to transfer their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Destroyers Caught in Storm Two Unaccounted For LONDON, Sunday Night
Reuter's correspondent at Madrid reports that the Australian destroyers, Huon and Parramatta, have arrived at Ferrol for repairs. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Italy
Milan reports terrible floods in Italy. The Po, Arno, and Tiber have burst their banks, and many villages and a hundred miles of country are inundated,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Italy
A telegram from Milan states that scores of villages in Tuscany are submerged. The town of Emboll is isolated, and the waters threaten to engulf Plea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pukaki in a Cyclone
During her trip from Ocean Island the steamer Pukaki, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday afternoon, ran into a cyclone, and those on board had a trying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm in Sydney. Sydney
A heavy storm passed over Sydney shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon. Vivid lightning and heavy thunder accompanied the rain, and some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Flood Prevention
In connection with the question of flood prevention, the stability of the High-street embankment is an essential factor in holding back the flood waters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Coming Thermometer at 82 Degrees
The Newcastle weather forecast issued at 10.30 a.m. to-day was: "Warm and sultry; squally north-east winds in the afternoon; a thunderstorm with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Returning Soldiers. Repatriation Flood. Now Becomes Continuous. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The stream of Australians flowing towards England is now continuous. It is estimated that it occupies about a week or two weeks for a soldier leaving his unit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in Britain
Severe snow and rain storms are sweeping Britain. Trains arc embedded in drifts in Derbyshire. The Thames rose five feet in 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victorian Flood Damage
It is estimated that damage amounting to £100,000 was done by the flood which swept over the bean and maize crops at Orbost (Vic), early on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buffeted by Storms. French Steamer St. Louis
There was considerable surprise in shipping circles at Newcastle last night, when it was learned that the well-known French steamer St. Louis had put into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Victoria Melbourne
The heavy rain of last night caused serious floods in some of the suburbs, notably in Footscray. Williamstown, Newport, and Spottiswood. The Flemington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flemington Flooded Course Under Water Melbourne
At the Central Weather Bureau, 118 points of rain were recorded for the 24 hours ended at nine o'clock to-day. Flood water in the Footscray district…
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