Disastrous Gale Seventeen Lives Lost LONDON, Thursday Night
The steamer Hartley, during a 60-mile gale, which in causing widespread damage, foundered off the Dorset coast. Seventeen were drowned…
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Floods & storms, 1924
228 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12
British Storm Shipping Disasters Some Gallant Rescues (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
A tempest which raged off the coast of England wrought havoc among shipping. The wrecks include that of the 2000-ton steamer Hartley, of Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Flooded Nine Men Entombed One Miner Killed (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The "Daily Express" reports that nine miners are imprisoned in a flooded mine near Swansea. A sudden Inrush of water occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Entombed Welsh Colliery Flooded Many Rescued London
A sudden Inrush of water flooded the Killan Colliery, near Swansea, where 82 miners were working. Some of the men waded to safety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Damage Heavy Hailstones SINGLETON
A hailstorm of unprecedented violence struck "Baroona," Whittingham, the residence of Mrs. M. P. Dangar, about 3 p.m. yesterday. The storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulldog Pluck Storm-tossed Seamen Dredge in Gale Auckland
For [?] British pluck, congratulations must be extended to Captain Sydney James, one of the old Union Company commanders, and the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Deluged Sports Interrupted Severe Storm
A storm of almost dramatic suddenness and heaviness passed over Newcastle this afternoon, accompanied by heavy thunder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone in Queensland Brisbane
A terrific storm struck Blackall on Saturday afternoon, about 5.15. Cyclonic wind developed, accompanied by torrential rain and vivid lightning. Trees were…
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The dredge Korua has arrived at Auckland from Melbourne after an adventurous voyage of sixteen days On the fourth day the weather became…
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Exceptionally heavy rain fell at Maitland over the week end. Various gauge owners report that a little over three inches of rain fell from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week-end Storm Heavy Rains on Coast. 650 Points at Clarencetown. Sydney
Strong gales, accompanied by heavy rains and high seas, were reported along the New South Wales coast, as a result of the storm which raged during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea of Water Barber's Shop Flooded SINGLETON
For about half an hour on Saturday afternoon Singleton was deluged by rain. At half-past four a thunderstorm broke over the town, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Rider New Strand Feature
Speed, action and surprises are the outstanding features of "The Cyclone Rider." the star picture at the Strand Theatre, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beach Offences "Storm in Tea Cup" Bad Language Surf Shed Equipment
As the season advances the attendance on the Newcastle beaches increases. last week-end was particularly busy. Criticism has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boundless Wealth Hunter Valley as the Garden of the State Historic Towns Years of Progress in Spite of Periodical Floods
The valley of the Hunter has long been regarded as "the garden of New South Wales." because of the wealth of its agricultural resources and of the beauty of its river seen cry. It now claims to be the "Rhomrda Valley" of Australia—and none…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm in Sydney Sydney
A terrific duststorm struck Sydney most unexpectedly at 4.50 this afternoon, and continued almost unabated until after eight o'clock. Huge clouds of dust made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eighty Miles an Hour Great Gale in Newcastle Wind and Dust
Between 70 and 80 miles an hour was the highest velocity of the wind in the storm last night. The hot and sultry condition that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Clouds Gather Exodus from Beaches Boy Lost
Sitting on a table in the police station this afternoon was small boy. crying lustily. It was the old domestic tragedy. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Ground No Sheffield Shield Play MELBOURNE
Rain commenced to and at 2 a.m., and has continued ever since. It was still raining at 11 o'clock and parts of the Melbourne Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone. Sydney
The State Weather Officer said to-night that the centre of the cyclone was moving to the central Tasman Sea, and the weather on the New South Wales coast…
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