Storm Worth £16 LITHGOW
The recent heavy rains were worth £16 to Mr. Herbert Shumack, of Sunny Corner. The heavy storm unearthed a fine nugget of gold worth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1922
204 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
Saved by Gale Aeroplane Thrill Engine Fails Over Channel LONDON
Mr. Gaits, an official of Australia House, was returning to London from Paris in an aeroplane, and had half crossed the Channel when one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swim to Work Flooded Wickham Invitation to Aldermen
Mr. C. Hendsall, secretary of the Plasterers' Union, takes exception to the Wickham council spending money on cricket pitches and other less…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wireless Wanted Newcastle's Need Ships Helpless in Gales
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce recently directed the attention of the Postmaster-General to the need for the estabhshment at Newcastle of a wireless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Roads No Flood Damage
Councillor Johns, President of the Cessnock shire, announced to-day that in spite of all the heavy rain no serious damage to any of the roads in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struck by Cyclone Queensland Town Terrifying Experience ROCKHAMPTON
Emerald, a rising township on the main central line, 167 miles from Rockhampton, was struck by a cyclone from the south-west yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Bolwarra Drainage Problem Farmers Disagree Minister Cannot Interfere
Bolwarra is greatly troubled about its drainage. The land is so low that even a reasonable rainfall does a couple of hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miraculous Escape Town Wrecked Cyclone in Queensland ROCKHAMPTON
On Sunday a cyclone played havoc, in Emerald. To-day, another cyclone wrecked Tambo at the Lead of the Barcoo River…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Destroys Fish Trawlers at Work Large Hauls Expected
The manager of the State Trawling industry (Mr. Summergreene) states that the recent storm killed immense numbers of fish. With mountainous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amateur Gardener After the Storm Making the Best Of It
Every man and woman on the coastline has reason to complain about the gruelling the garden got at the New Year. A lot of damage was done. Trees…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council's Flood Boat Where Is It?
Bolwarra Shire Council has a flood boat somewhere. Some think it is in one place, and some in another. The council yesterday appointed a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Roads Bolwarra Damage Traffic Suspended
Bolwarra is unfortunate. Every tune heavy rain falls, and there is a fresh in the Hunter River, the roads receive more than their due…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wickham Storm Drain £300 Voted for Clearing Work For Unemployed
Mr. H. Council, M.L.A., has received advice from the Under Secretary, Works Department, in reply to representations made by the member…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Flood Message
During a flood fresh in the Hunter River on July 1, 1921, Mrs. J. Groves, of Cheshunt, near Singleton, cast into the river a bottle containing a flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Droughts and Floods in the Hunter Valley During 65 Years
The diagram shows every fresh and flood in the Hunter River since 1856. It indicates more eloquently than words the cause of the present siltage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Calm After Storm Political Crisis Over Labor Remains United Defeat of Mr. McGIRR SYDNEY
There is at least outward peace in the Labor camp following upon yesterday's meeting of the Caucus. Mr. McGirr is out of the picture for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Out Cardiff Man's Luck
A Cardiff man who recently bought a piece of land is unable to build a house on it, because it is flooded by a creek that runs through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton storm water
At last night's meeting of the New Lambton Council the Mayor reported that the culvert at Bridges-street corner had been finished, but he desired that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sporting Brain Storm Ideas for January Handicap First Section
The sporty sports ideas for the January Handicap at Wallsend races on Saturday are coming in in their thousands. To-day we publish the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooded Maryville Residents' Petition
A number of residents of Maryville petitioned Wickham Council last night to prevent their properties in the flooded area from again suffering. A…
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