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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 10

Marine Inquiries Recent Gales Iron Monarch Damage SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 5

The Marine Court to-day inquired into the grounding of the steamer Belbowgie at Cronulla on June 26, and found that the mishap was…

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Storm Water West-end Flooding

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 6

A letter from the town clerk, Hamilton, was received at the meeting of the Newcastle City council, stating that the question of the Hooding of the western…

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Destructive Swiss Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1923 · page 5

A message from Geneva states that whole Cantons in Switzerland have been devasted by a storm. In the Zurish and Lucerne districts,…

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Cyclone at Hongkong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 5

A message from Hongkong states that a terrific cyclone, one of the wildest in history, has swept the city and surrounding districts. Enormous damage was…

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Storms in Korea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 5

It is reported from Tokio that there are over 350 dead, and a thousand missing, as the result of storms and tidal waves in Korea…

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Gale In Now Zealand

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 4

A southerly gale is interfering with shipping at Wellington. Several vessels have been obliged to put back. The sailing of the Mararoa for Lyttleton…

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Fierce Wind Cyclone Causes Damage Car In Theatre

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 September 1923 · page 8

A cyclone passed over Cessnock at 7.45 on Thursday evening. The wind for some time was terrific, and blew the iron off the roofs of various…

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Floods in Bihar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 5

A Calcutta telegram reports that widespread floods have occurred in the province on Bihar. The death roll is known to exceed 40, and may reach 100…

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Rush to Death Brain-storm Picture Imaginary Peril

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 6

That the girl had had a brain storm which produced in her a state of Intensive terror was the theory advanced by .Mr. lagleby Oddie, the…

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Cyclone Warnings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 September 1923 · page 3

Sir,—During the past few months several cyclones have given us a temporary look in, so to speak, but not approaching close enough to the coast to cause any…

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The Earthquake Yokohama's Experience Fire and Cyclone Eighty Per Cent. Killed Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

Router's special correspondent at Osaka states that no description could do anything approaching Justice to the awful experience of Yokohama, where…

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Westerly Gales. Telephone Lines Suffer. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 6

The strong westerly gales which have been sweeping over New South Wales to-day, have played havoc with the telephonic and telegraphic communications…

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Wind and Dust Blinding Storm Damage In The Suburbs

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 6

Great inconvenience was caused at several busy traffic centres in the city And suburbs by the blinding dust and wind yesterday afternoon and to-day…

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Cyclonic Storm Much Damage Reported. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 5

The worst of the cyclone is over, the centre passing to sea towards Gabo Island, but the wind was still blowing at 42 miles per hour this morning. Telephonic…

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Coalfields News and Concerns Dust Everywhere Coal Cloud Storm At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 8

At about five o'clock on Thursday evening a dust storm came over Cessnock, and the town was immediately deserted. Business firms closed their…

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The Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 7

In many respective the storm that swept over part of New South Wales and Victoria the other day was the worst on record, and certainly the…

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Sun Peeps Through the Window of the World Our Special Cable Service German Dumping Flooding British Market Manufacturers Alarmed Hope in the Economic Conference LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 1

The "Daily Mail" says that Leicester manufacturers are seriously alarmed at the low priced German goods, particularly stockings, socks, and women's woven underwear, which are flooding the markets…

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Forty-seven Entombed Falkirk Mine Flooding Terrible Trials Sacrifice For Comrades LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 6

There are still 47 miners entombed as the result of the flooding at Falkirk colliery in Scotland. Rescue operations have been…

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Japan's Troubles Storms and Floods Work of Reconstruction (Australian Cable Association.) SHANGHAI

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

The stricken areas in Tokio and Yokohama were again storm-beaten last night, especially the lowlying districts. The capital being flooded is greatly…

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Sun Peeps Through the Window, of the World 120,000 Tons of Steel Japan's Reconstruction Need Floods Cause New Damage Insurance Firms Held Responsible OSAKA

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 1

It is estimated that 2,000,000,000 feet of lumber, and 120,000 tons of steel and iron imports will be required in Japan in the coming 18 months. Two-thirds of the Honjo and Fuku-the existing fire insurance [?]…

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