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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

273 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14

Storms in Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 5

A terrific rainstorm in the Tokio district on Wednesday night resulted in 42,000 houses being partially submerged in Tokio, and landslides which resulted…

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Great Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1925 · page 6

Japan reports one by cable—a terrific affair, causing a certain amount of loss of life and no end of destruction, but she might have reported one before, as…

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Wind and Lightning Severe Queensland Storms Town Hall' Struck Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 October 1925 · page 7

A cyclonic gale swept over Brisbane last night. When a section of the scaffolding around the a uncompleted portion of…

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Wall Collapses Storm at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 5

Hot westerly and north-west winds, travelling at 60 miles an hour, prevailed at Maitland to-day. The air was thick with dust…

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Newcastle Gale Fifty Miles an Hour Blinding Dust No Water for Carts

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 5

With a hot westerly wind wind blowing at fifty miles an hour, bringing with it heaps of dust, weather conditions in Newcastle to-day…

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Maitland District Gale at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 6

A fierce gale swept over the Maitland district yesterday, causing much damage to property in various parts of the district. It started during the morning,…

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Shooting Stopped Anzac Range Gale SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 5

Owing to the gale which blew yesterday the Newcastle event at the N.R.A. meeting was abandoned after about half of the competitors had…

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Tale of Woe Small Boat's Voyage Calms and Gales London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 1

In a letter to his wife, William Unitt, the ex-naval man who set out with his 15-year-old daughter to sail a small yawl from Plymouth to New…

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Storm in Sydney Much Damage Done. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 4

A cyclonic wind storm, which suddenly wept over the metropolitan area to-day, caused damage everywhere. The sky was overcast most of the day, but the…

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Gale at Newcastle Wind 65 Miles an Hour Buildings Unroofed Electric Service Interrupted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 4

A violent westerly gale raged at Newcastle yesterday. The wind blew with terrific force and at times reached a velocity of 65 miles per hour. The city and…

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Storm Fury Thousands of Pounds Damage in Suburbs Gardens Ruined Many Narrow Escapes From Flying Roofs

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 5

As if an earthquake had been experienced, there were many signs of devastation in the city and suburbs to-day. The toll of the storm was heavy. The damage is estimated at some thousands of pounds…

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Alien Flood Doctor Sounds Warning PREMANTLE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 1

Dr. R. C. H. Forster, of Sydney. who reached Fremantle on Saturday by the French steamer Ville de Verdun, from Marseilles, said that his…

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Toronto. Monday's Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1925 · page 7

The westerly gale on Monday was severely felt at Toronto and surrounding districts. Bush fires raged during the day at various parts, and many private…

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The Gale Passes. Southerly Change

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1925 · page 7

The wind from the west, which had blown, with the force of a violent gate on Monday, died away in the early hours of yesterday morning. Shortly after one…

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Storm in a Bunker

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 October 1925 · page 7

An incident of the country golf championship tournament at Kensington—the sand in a bunker gets disturbed. In the cap is Mr. W. F. McManamey (Dubbe), and in the hal C. Marshal (Cowra)…

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WHAFFOR! Chinaman in the Gale

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 4

The sale on Monday was not without its humor. A Chinaman in west. Maitland stood in front of his shop…

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Cooranbong. Damage by the Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 9

Monday last may well be remembered as "Black Monday" in the Cooranbong district. On Sunday night the highlands Were, ablaze, affording a brilliant…

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Effect of Storm Damage at Singleton

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 4

During a heavy gale the new Roman Catholic Church at Glenntle's Creek. which was almost completed. was partially destroyed, a large…

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A Great Wind Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 4

It was the one that at occurred on October 13. The various descriptions of it were with the usual disregard for the meaning of terms. In some quarters it…

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Touched Ground Liner's Gale Mishap SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 5

When the R.M.S. Maloja broke away from her tug in Woollomooloo Bay during the week-end gale she was in greater danger even than was…

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