Gale in Britain
A severe gale swept Britain on Friday, doing considerable damage. It is still raging in the South of England. Heavy rain and melting snow caused…
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Floods & storms, 1922
204 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
English Gales Worst for Years Vessels In Distress LONDON
The worst gale for many years swept England yesterday. While no great disaster has been reported, there were many serious accidents. A lifeboat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toronto Sailing Three Boats Finish Gale on the Lake
A sou'-sou-east gale was blowing on Saturday afternoon, when the crews were rigging their skiffs for the club's point-score handicaps…
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Despite the severe weather conditions the officials of the Hunter River Sculling Club decided early to carry out their annual regatta to-day on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm in Sydney Shipping in Refuge SYDNEY
The holiday in Sydney was partially spoilt by wet stormy weather. Fierce gusts from the south blow across the city, and at South Head the velocity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flannels and Overcoats Another Spoiled Holiday 90 Miles an Hour Gale Newcastle Bar Impassable
The New Year holiday was completely spoiled. All this morning the wind blow at 65 miles an hour. This afternoon several gusts attained a velocity of 90 miles an hour. The bar was impassible, and it was impossible to walk along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unlucky Thirteen Choir Boys Flooded Voices Turn To Bass
Twenty-six boys, happy in the prospects of a glorious summer camp at Dora Creek, left Newcastle early last Monday morning, in perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale and Floods Damage in England London
The worst gale for many years swept over England on Friday. While no great disaster is reported, there have been many serious accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm-swept Coast. Sydney
Boisterous weather conditons prevailed along the coast this morning, and the wind reached the force of a whole gale. From Tweed Heads in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Gales Cyclones Expected Big Sea Running Bar Still Dangerous
Although the wind at Newcastle dropped this morning from a cyclone to a strong breeze—25 to 30 miles an hour—there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales and Rain. Violent Blow in Newcastle Squalls Reach 85 Miles an Hour
Wind and rain were combined forces which completely spoiled yesterday for all outdoor pleasures. The rain fell incessantly, and was driven, at times with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop-press Flooded Smedmore
No pumping of harbor water to Smedmore land has been done for ten days. Yet the water there is ten inches higher…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Suburbs Wickham Houses Isolated Thousands of Frogs Shoes and Socks Superfluous
Kwaw-w-k: Kwawk! Kwawk! This is the first sound heard on arrival in the low-lying suburbs of Newcastle. Thousands of frogs are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nearly a Flood Wallsend and Waratah
"It was only Providence that saved the town from a flooding last night," said a Wallsend man this morning. The water in the canal which runs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Gone Sea Nearly Normal Improved Surfing
Shipping resumed its normal course to-day, the sea having moderated considerably. The gale died down at Newcastle last night…
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Seven people were drowned and five are missing as the result of the capsizing of the German steamer Fehmarn, in the North Sea gale on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of Interest to Hamilton Free From Flood Tudor-street Extended Council Work Effective
The Tudor-strel Extended locality In Hamilton, which suffered so much 13 months ago from the ravages of heavy rainfall, was during the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales at Toronto
Toronto business people have suffered financially through the recent bad weather. When the rains and wind set in most of the picnickers and campers left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Channel Storm Water Provision
The Water and Sewerage Board engineer reported yesterday that progress had been made with the construction of the Waratah storm water…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Iron Baron. Experiences of the Gale
After being storm-tossed off the coast of Newcastle for four days waiting for a safe crossing of the bar, the steamer Iron Baron entered the port at 12.47…
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