After the Gale Shipping Resumed Vessels Leave Newcastle
With the moderation of the gale on Saturday afternoon, shipping operations were resumed and the cranes re-commenced work. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1920
142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 8
Police Launch in the Gale. a Strenuous Night
A party of water police, under Sergeant Bell, that left Newcastle for Raymond Terrace with a flood boat on Friday evening, had some adventurous and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trams in the Storm How Juggernaut Behaved Some Real Grievances
"Vigilante" puts the case for steelworkers:—For the last five days it has been raining. Yes, I know that Queen Anne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →14 Inches of Rain Sydney Record Week Track of the Cyclone SYDNEY
During the past eight days Sydney received the enormous rainfall of 13.98 inches. The winds have moderated and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Storm Counting the Cost Washaways in the City Damage at Bishopscourt
Damag to the extent or from £500 to £750 was done to municipal property by the storm. A complete estimate is impossible at present, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grateful Storm Sufferers
"One Who Suffered" writes to express his obligation to Constable Knox, of the Islington police force, for his untiring work in the rescue of several people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Back to Normal. Storm Damage Reviewed
Weather conditions in the Newcastle district yesterday were back to normal, with the wind from the north-west early in the day and north-east at night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pole Crashes Linesman's Fall Result of the Storm
An accident that occurred this morning may be regarded as an alter-math of the recent storm, Owing of the ground being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Summer Returns Sydney's First Fine Day Heat after the Storm SYDNEY
This morning for the first time over a week Sydney saw the sun. The appearances were that further rain threatened but at intervals clouds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland District. the Flood
The weather yesterday was fine but towards evening the sky was dull land cloudy. The Hunter River at the Belmore…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm
A good deal of discussion occurred with the storm, and continues in its wake, and now when it is over. Was it a worse gale than this and that one, such being of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£400 Damage Storm at Waratah New Roads Stand
The terrific storm on Thursday night caused considerable damage to streets, gutters, drains, and watercourses throughout the whole area of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams in the Storm "A Guard" in reply
"Vigilante" tries to make a name for himself as a critic on the Newcastle trams, in your Issue of December 13. First, he squeals about a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After the Flood. Good Advice
THOSE persons who were unfortunate during the recent storm, and had most of their furniture damaged with water, will be pleased to know that the famous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hunter Floods
Sir,—It may interest your readers to know that a higher flood than that of 1893 actually occurred in the Hunter in the early part of last century. There…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shop Flooded Council Not Responsible
Messrs, Reld and Reld, solicitors, informed the council that they had been consulted by Mr. Arthur Thomson, who had stated that his premises and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Faulty Drainage Lessons of the Flood Question of Control
That the effects of the extensive flooding of the whole of the low-lying lands of the district form another strong argument in favor of the early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hamilton Streets Storm After-Effects
In a minute submitted to Hamilton Council last night, the ex-Mayor (Aid. Alexander) reports that during the recent flood everything possible was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Teams in the Storm
"Vigilant" returns to the attack:—When an Institution purporting to be a public convenience becomes a public nuisance, the proper channel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams in the Storm
"A Guard" comes back:—"Vigliant" is quite correct in his statement that that the press is the proper channel through which to make a…
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