Towns Isolated Terrible Indian Floods Heavy Losses Calcutta
"The scene is one of vast desolation" is [?]w the huge. areas affected by the floods in Southern India are described…
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Floods & storms, 1924
228 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 12
Chinese Flood Sufferers
It is reported from Pekin that the Cabinet has approved of a proposal to exempt from taxation for a period of four months all articles of clothing,…
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Thomas Barlett wrote to Wickham Council last night complaining of the state of the old shaft near Henry- street. Tigho's Hill, it was blocked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Awaiting the Deluge Cheap Foreign Goods for England McKENNA Duties Gone Helping Frenchmen Who Pay No War Taxes LONDON
Business men expect an immediate flood of cheap Continental watches, clocks, planes, and motor cars, resulting from the removal of the McKenna duties to-morrow. Sir Thomas Henley says that people are fools to spend millions in…
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A telegram from Madras reports that the floods are beginning to subside, and attention is being devoted to the relief of the sufferers…
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A Pekin message states that a party, including famine relief officials, correspondents, and cinematographers yesterday flew over the flooded areas between…
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It is reported from Tientsin that the Hsiho Dyke burst yesterday morning, near Yangliuchiung, flooding a depression southward, between the Grand Canal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ohio Gale
When the first news of the Ohio gale came through the American Consul-General thought that further inquiry would soften it. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Storm Farm Lands Devastated DENVER (Colorado)
The worst storm for twenty years has swept Iowa and Nebraska, and property damage amounts to £1,000,000. including numbers of live stock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm at Newcastle
Early yesterday morning there was a violent thunderstorm at Newcastle, and several very heavy claps were heard…
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Good rain has fallen in the wheat belt of Now South Wales, and more is expected. Farmers say that with another few points…
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At a meeting of the West Maitland Council last evening, Mr. Vitnell, overseer, reported that he had discovered five large stones in the bed of Fishery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blocked by Stones Maitland Flood Gates £100 REWARD
"This is a very serious matter, and It is up to the council to offer a substantial reward. We should offer a reward of £100. This could cause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Floods Great Loss of Life Widespread Damage Shanghai
Devastating floods, involving appalling loss of life and damage in widespread areas, have occurred in China. Many towns, tens of thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale on Lake
A westerly blow-struck Belmont on Wednesday night, and culminated about noon of Thursday, in a gale of almost hurricane force, with some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grounding of Milluna Anchor Dragged in Storm Repairs Cost £2000 SYDNEY
The grounding of the steamer M[?]iana at Port Kembla on August 2 was inquired into at the Water Police Court to-day. before Mr. Giles Shaw,…
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A message from Pekin states that the International Famine Relief Committee has received and verified the reports of the number of deaths from the flood,…
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Terrible thunderstorms and torrential rain have again been a feature of the most amazing English summer on record. The Stadium at Wembley resembled a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victorian Floods Yarra Still Rising MELBOURNE
Owing to heavy rain in the Yarra watershed areas, there are prospects of a very big flood. Rivers and creeks in the Warburton and Yarra areas are…
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The Ulimaroa ran into a heavy storm yesterday, and arrived at Sydney from Wellington over three hours behind schedule. The storm commenced about eight…
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