Seine in Flood London
The Paris correspondent of "The Times" reports that the River Seine has overflowed its banks and several streets of Passy have been flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1920
142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 8
Floods in Paris
It is reported from, Paris that the Seine has risen nineteen inches in forty-eight hours. The lower part of the city is at the mercy of the flood…
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A message from Paris states that the seine has ceased rising in the upper valleys, but the streets in the outskirts of Paris are still submerged two feet. Boats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods at Amerongen
Amsterdam reports that the rising of the Rhine is threatening Amerongen. The ex-Kaiser is busily engaged in carrying wood to the menaced parts of the castle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire and Flood Family's Sore Peril YOUNG
It was the grim task of Mr. Charles Master, of Sawtit Gully, to rescue his family first from fire and then from a flood on Saturday last. While their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Making. a "Chemical Flood."
Rain-makers are generally classed in much the same category as water diviners by scientific men, but one cannot deny that both classes of persons have a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tuesday's Storm How Sydney Suffered SYDNEY
Last night a heavy storm, accompanied by vivid lightning and terrific thunder passed over Sydney. It was the most violent outbreak for the year,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Week-end Gales Principessa Mafalda Safe Rafts From Afrique London, Wednesday Night
The loss of the Principessa Mafalda has been officially denied. The reported loss of the Principessa Mafalda, according to a cable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Gales Last of the Afrique Channel Tragedy Passengers Swept From Decks LONDON, January 14
Only 30 survivors have so far been recovered from the Afrique. Several empty rafts and boats have been picked up. The missing include two British families…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Off Britain
Gales are general in the British and French seas, and there have been numerous wrecks of coastal vessels. Two enormous seas swept the deck of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Sydney Letter. the Ship Engineers.—a Proposed Boycott.—five Shilling and Other Notes.—kirribilli Resumed.—the Fair or the Advertisement?—a Belittled Storm.—hill End Reports. Sydney
It is generally felt that the ship engineers' strike may be settled any moment. The professional optimist is not in any way responsible for the feeling. Once…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last Night's Gale
A fresh southeasterly gale sprang up off the coast at Newcastle late yesterday afternoon, and quickly increased in velocity in a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After Thirty Years Flooded Mine Salved
The Lymington Collieries, Ltd.. has bad pumping operations In full swing at their Cardiff colliery, under the supervision of Mr. R. Dawson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Barque Dartford. Gales and Thunderstorms
The barque Dartford, which arrived at Newcastle from Melbourne at midnight on Friday, received the full force of some of the heavy weather which prevailed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclonic Storm. in North Queensland. Brisbane
Considerable damage was done to northern inland towns yesterday by a cyclonic storm which has been operating off the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Queensland Storm. Great Damage Done. Brisbane
Details of the effect of the tropical storm in the north are still meagre, but the reports indicate that widespread devastation has been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Queensland Cyclone. Brisbane
News is still meagre regarding the cyclone in the north of Queensland, Police telegram from Cairns state that the damage there amounts to £60,000. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cyclone at Cairns. Brisbane
Details of the Cairns cyclone show that heavy rain accompanied the wind, which attained a velocity of 90 miles an hour. Small harbour craft were sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Queensland Floods. Brisbane
A telegram from the Gulf country states the floods in the Norman River are slowly subsiding. There have been enormous losses of cattle and horses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queensland Cyclone. Brisbane
Restored communication in revealing scores of instances of people being entirely ruined as the result of the cyclone. At Mossman and Gordonvale hundreds…
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