Thunderstorm in Sydney. Sydney
A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, broke over Sydney shortly after nine o'clock tonight. Torrential rain fell for a few minutes, and picnic…
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Floods & storms, 1924
228 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
Throsby Creek Storm Water Trouble
Relating to the state of Throsby [?]reek, at the end of Mitchell-street, Tighe's Hill, the Works Department advised Wickham Council that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Orsova in a Gale Delayed 24 Hours LONDON
The Orsova was delayed for 24 hours by gales in the Gulf of Lyons. No damage was sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood in Paris Seine Still Rising. Suburbs in Difficulties. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
It is reported from Paris that the Seine has risen six metres above normal, and is still rising. It has reached the disastrous flood level…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seine in Flood Pumps at Work Suburbs Under Water LONDON
Flood waters rising in the Scino compelled the closing of the d'Orsay station, the railway terminus for the Bordeaux and Spanish lines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Paris Floods
It is reported from Paris that the Seine has risen another eighteen inches. If it rises another 4½ feet Paris will experience a flood equalling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Waters Steady Paris Danger Precautions Holding LONDON
A Paris message states that municipal experts visited the points threatened by the Seine flood, and were gratified to find that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weather in Queensland. Heavy Rain and Gales. Brisbane
Splendid falls of rain have been experienced in various parts of Queensland. During the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. Saturday the south-eastern parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Seine Floods
The Seine is still rising, but less rapidly. The flood is expected to reach a level of 24 feet to-day, when it is believed that the maximum will be attained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paris Threatened with a Record Flood Seine Rises to Limit Retaining Wall Collapses Railwaymen's Narrow Escape Distress Signals from Roofs of Houses LONDON
It is reported from Paris that the Seine is still rising, and it is predicted that it will rise another four inches to-night, which is the limit. A section of the great wall separating the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Floods Decreasing
The fall of the flood waters of the River Seine has begun. A decrease of three inches was registered at Paris yesterday morning, and 10…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Organ "Storm."
The legitimate concert organist is at a disadvantage in respect of his brethren who play other instruments (says a writer In a London magazine). The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storms in Europe Blizzard in Britain Gale on French Coast (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
A remarkable blizzard has swept over Southern England, and the worst snow-storms have been experienced since 1919. In some places snow fell continuously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Seine Floods
Although the River Seine is falling slowly, the outlook is not reassuring, for damper weather has returned. Meanwhile the situation in Paris and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales Off Victoria. Melbourne
Fierce gales have been lashing the Victorian coast for the last five days, and shipping has been seriously delayed. The rough weather in the Tasman Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Port Elliot Wreck Gale Stops Salvaging Vessel Safe Crews All Well Wellington (N.z.)
A heavy N.W. gale and a rough sea prevailed yesterday at the scene of the Port Elliot wreck, and consequently lightering steamers had to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America's Big Dirigible Weathers a Terrific Storm Shenandoah Safe Landed by German Pilot Is Polar Flight Foolish? Gale Causes Heavy Damage in New York New York
A duplicate of the Dixmude disaster was avoided when the Shenandoah made a descent early to-day, in charge of Captain Hinen, the German expert who came to superintend the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fish in Street Floods In Ireland. LONDON
A vast area in Central Ireland is flooded. Many houses have been evacuated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →20 Below Zero Pennsylvania Gale PITTSBURG
A fierce Rule is raging in Pennsylvania. The thermometer stands at 20 degrees below zero…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merewether Flats Flooded
Along Macauarie-street, Merewether, the channels would not carry off the water this, morning, ana at Farquhar-street the water completely…
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