Flood at Wagga River Still Rising. Sydney
Messages from Wagga state that the town is flooded, and people have been compelled to leave their homes in parts of the town. The Murrumbidgeo River…
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Floods & storms, 1922
204 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11
Typhoon and Flood Korean Disaster Shipping Damage Heavy Loss of Life TOKIO
For three days a typhoon ravaged the south-east coast of Korea, destroying 1000 houses and much shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Delungra in Cyclone
The Commonwealth Government steamer Delungra, which reached Newcastle yesterday, had a very rough passage from Melbourne to Sydney. She got…
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A violent storm, accompanied by a heavy fall of rain and hall, swept over Maitland yesterday afternoon, shortly after four o'clock, and continued for about…
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Alderman Brown moved at Wickham Council last night that the local members and the councils of the district be asked to protest to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale and Rainstorms. Sydney
The State Meteorologist stated to-night that as the winds were blowing off the land the cyclone would not affect this State to any appreciable extent, as by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abandoned in Gale Tugs' Race For Ship Port Patrick's Past Newcastle Visitor
The presence in port at Newcastle of the three-masted sailing ship Port Patrick recalls some interesting experiences of 15 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell in Sheets Rain at Wallsend Cloud-burst Causes Flood
Wallsend people got the scare of their lives last night. The town was swamped by a miniature cloud-burst about six O'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Knot an Hour Cyclone Terrors High Sea Off Port Stephens SYDNEY
All went well with the big Japanese merchantman Nanking Maru on her voyage from Japan until she was 100 miles from Sydney, and then the fury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Landmark Year of the Flood Pictures of the Past "The Old Order changeth, yielding place to the New."
One by one, the old landmarks of this ancient settlement are disappearing. It is only a matter of time when, in the matter of buildings, not a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Too Much Water Rechabites' Plight Experiences in the Flood
Rechabites are strong advocates for water-drinking in preference to the indulgences in ardent spirits. It is, however, possible for the sons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harassed Mayor Storm Water New Lambton Troubles
There was a brief disturbance in the calm of New Lambton Council meeting last night, when Alderman Murray inquired of the Mayor when some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Channels Waratah Gets £10,000
Waratah aldermen heard some good news last night from Alderman Cram, of the Water Board, who came to return thanks for his…
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Wickham Council, not being in accord with the proposed bill to hand over to the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodgates Dispute Awaiting Conference
At a meeting of the Tarro Shire Council the matter of a proposed conference with the East Maitland Council on the dispute regarding floodgates…
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The Newcastle Navigation Department received the following telegram from the Sydney Observatory this morning:— Meteorological office notifies cyclonic conditions advancing centre north coast within next 24 hours. Strong south-east gales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Drainage Storm Water Relief
The acting engineer reported to the Water and Sewerage Board, in connection with the Waratah stormwater drainage relief works, that during the past fortnight the progress was satisfactory…
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Official advice from Sydney this afternoon states that floods are likely on coastal rivers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain in the State. Floods Probable on Coast. Sydney
The monsoonal and cyclonic disturbance which has been operating over the north-eastern part of New South Wales during the past 24 hours, have resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Weather Wind and Rain Will Hunter Flood?
"Still unsettled and showery, with occasional rain squalls and strong cast to south-easterly winds, reaching gale force at…
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