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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 10

Gales Expected Cyclone Moving East SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 November 1923 · page 5

A cyclone is operating over the Tasman Sea, with its centre between Lord Howe Island and Newcastle. It is probable that this will move…

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Violent Gale Raymond Terrace Damage

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 November 1923 · page 6

[?] violent wind storm struck Raymond Terrace on Tuesday afternoon, [?] considerable damage to several [?] by carrying away the roofs,…

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Two Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1923 · page 12

Some description was given of a series of terrific storms in England, the other day. None of them was the storm of storms that occurred on July 9-10. This…

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Flood Menace Wallsend Bridge Considered By Council

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 December 1923 · page 8

The overseer gave wallsend Council an estimate of the cost of putting down a new bridge in Mary-street, with concrete tops and a 21ft…

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Floods in Egypt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1923 · page 5

A Cairo message states that terrific rainstorms swept away whole villages and rendered hundreds homolean in the Assouan region…

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Italian Fatality a Terrible Deluge Over 600 DEATHS. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1923 · page 7

Further advices regarding the Bergamo disaster state that the embankment of the dam which burst was constructed two Years ago. It was 2000 meters long…

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Storm in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1923 · page 7

A severe storm, accompanied by half and vivid lightning passed over most of the townships situated around Moreton Bay between 6 and 7 o'clock on Saturday…

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Severe Storm Goannas Frozen In Piled-up Hailstones ROCKHAMPTON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 December 1923 · page 7

A storm occurred between Raby Creek and Eastbrook stations, accompanied by a fail of large lumps , of Jagged ice, which stripped trees of…

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Cyclone Coming Warning To Shipping

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 5

The Deputy Superintendent of Navigation in Newcastle was advised from Sydney at two o'clock this afternoon that there is…

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Short of Petrol Airship Lands During Gale LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 December 1923 · page 1

The French naval airship Dixmude, formerly the Zeppelin C7, cruising in the north of Africa, wirelessed from Toulon that it was compelled to land…

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Drought Broken State's Christmas Box Heavy Rain in West Beneficial Downpour General SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 December 1923 · page 5

The drought in the west has broken. Heavy rain has fallen as far out as Bourke, and the Darling River is rising. At nine o'clock this morning rain was fulling in most parts of the State. Brewarrina was the centre of the…

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Storm in the Pacific

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1923 · page 5

A radiogram received at Seattle stated that a heavy wind and rain storm was sweeping the waters of the North-west Pacific during the night, and claimed five…

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Storm in Pretoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 5

It is reported from Pretoria that Christmas Day was signalised by (an unprecedented hailstorm. The hall stones ware really Jagged lumps of…

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Worst in Twenty Years New Hebrides' Storm Murderers Perished SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 5

Passengers by the Makambe, which arrived to-day, described the recent storms in the New Hebrides group as the worst experienced In 20 years…

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Fire on Moldavia Hold Flooded Voyage Postponed PERTH

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 4

When the eastern-bound passengers were returning to the Moldavia to continue their voyage from Fromantle, they discovered that No. 3 hold of the vessel…

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Sudden Storms Lake Townships Small Floods Caused

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 6

The district to tho south of Newcastle wan deluged yesterday afternoon and last night by storms which came up with hardly any warning. In some…

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DIXMUDE'S S.O.S. Storm On Sunday LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 6

A message from Rome states that the papers report that an airship sent out S.O.S. calls in the midst of a heavy storm on Sunday…

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Verandah in Tree Storm Effect Damage On The Clarence GRAFTON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 5

The Coledale district, on the Clarence River, was visited by a violent storm on Thursday. On a strip three miles wide not one homestead escaped…

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Gale in Cook Strait Steamer in Peril Damage In New Zealand WELLINGTON, N.Z.

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1923 · page 5

A wild storm, with heavy rain, lashed Cook Strait during Thursday night. The effects were felt in neighboring…

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