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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1920

142 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 8

Wallsend and Plattsburg to Mitigate Flood Damage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1920 · page 2

A meeting of owners and occupiers of properties which are affected by the overflowing of the main stormwater channel was held at Meyer's rooms on Monday…

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Tall Chimneys Wind and Gale Effects

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 December 1920 · page 5

There used to be, and possibly still is, in certain quarters of Glasgow, Scotland, where art two of the tallest chimneys, a belief that the tops of…

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Flooded with Oil Ship's Cargo Damaged VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 December 1920 · page 1

Advices from San Francisco state that an, escape of fuel oil flooded the bolds of the Waihemo damaging 100 tons of paper cargo. The ship will…

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