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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

228 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 12

Gale Expected Rough Seas off South Coast

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1924 · page 5

The District Superintendent of Navigation in Newcastle has received (he following telegram from the secretary of the Navigation Department,…

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Work Nearly Done Waratah Storm Drains Expenditure of £2100

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 9

Men who have been employed by the Water and Sewerage Board for about three years on stormwater drainage work will shortly be paid…

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Thunderstorms and Milk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 11

It is a popular belief that thunderstorms sour milk, a belief so widespread that it would seem there must be some foundation for it. It is questionable, however,…

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Storm and Stress Monkbarns' Bad Trip

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1924 · page 3

The ship Monkbar[?], which had such an eventful trip from England some months ago. has again l[?]n in trouble, and arrival in Melbourne last…

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Medic in a Gale Niglitwatchman Injured .MELbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 5

Tremendous seas br[?]ko over tho s.s. Me[?]dle on her way from Capetown, which damaged tho strum pipes and cas[?]ngins. One wave left…

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Floods Around Tientsin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 7

Disastrous floods are threatening Tientsin, caused by abnormal rains in the hinterland. Experts advocated cutting a dyke,…

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Floods in China

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1924 · page 5

Al message from Pekin reports that prolonged rains have caused the swollen rivers to flood the provinces of Honan, Hunan, Anhul, and Kiangsi, devastating…

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Wrecked in Gale Lemkenhafen And Fjong Both Capsized Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 6

Reports have been received in Sydney that two galling vessels, well-known in Australia the Flong and the lemkenhafen,…

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Amateur Sailors Movie Vessel's Remarkable Cruise Fighting Wild Gales i Colored Assistants Try to Make Trouble During Crisis SYDNKY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 5

New of Anmnd[?] old bar[?] the Narvhal, which was in Sydney in octobcr in manned by [?]ter of land[?]bhcre in scartrcli of adwenture and Meaning for uniting pictures coniinue to c[?]c from [?]ako lands…

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Stowaway on Barque Newcastle Boy at Sea Bravery in Storm .Ten Months' Adventure MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 8

A youthful Newcastle adventurer, John Hall, has Just arjust arrived here from Seattle as rived here from Seattle as…

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Fog and Gale MacLaren Held Hp LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 1

Squadron Leader MacLaren is still Held up by fog and gale. His machine is snugly sheltered. TOKIO, Monday…

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Gales on Coast Weather Moderates SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 6

The cyclonic disturbance which was reported yesterday is moving eastward, and is now centered north of Lord Howe Island. According to the…

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Australia Leads Empire Rifle Match Dodging the Storm Rapid Fire Methods LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 1

A thunderstorm Interrupted the Empire rifle match at Bisley, Australia at this stage having a commanding lead…

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Floods in Korea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 7

A Reuter telegram from Tokio reports that three days of heavy rains have resulted in severe floods in Korea throughout the country…

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Tientsin Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 7

Reuter's Tientsin correspondent says that the city is again menaced by flood waters, which have risen to a depth of 22 feet at a distance of 15 miles from…

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Floods in South India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 5

An official message from Simla reports persistent heavy rain last week in Travancore and Cochin States, in South India. The railway was seriously…

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Floods in India River Breaks Loose Great Damage Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 1

Heavy rain in the Madras Presidency caused the River Cauvery to burst Its banks and Inundate a great area to a depth of 8 feet…

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Appalling Loss Floods in India Rivers Burst Banks Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 1

bnndred and ten-lives are officially reported as having been lost In the heavy floods caused by persistent rain for 17 days in…

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The Storm Daughter

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 July 1924 · page 7

The Sterm Daughter, featuring Prscilla [?] the big attraction to bo shown at the Union pictures, •Junk's Hill, next Thursday…

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The Indian Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 5

A message from Bombay states that the first information now coming in from Madras indicates the gravity of the floods, and the widespread damage that…

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