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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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

Wild Storm Damage at Rockhampton Vivid Lightning Rockhampton

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 5

Another wild storm struck Clormont last night, and although full details are not available owing to an interruption of the telegraph and…

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Cyclone in Charleville Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1925 · page 5

The worst cyclonic storm in the history of the district swept Charleville early on Sunday afternoon, and wrought great damage. It shook the town to its…

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The Sun Stop-press Terrific Wind-storm

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 December 1925 · page 6

Sixty houses were damaged at Cunnamulla, Queensland, by one of the worst wind storms in the history of the district…

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"Ark of Refuge" Industrial Deluge LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 1

The "Morning Post" says that the extremists who control the Trades Union Council, propose a big stroke in the new year…

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Caught in the Storm Fisherman on the Lake Trying Ordeal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 December 1925 · page 5

The storm last night struck Lake Macquarie with unusual severity, and caught a visitor fishing from a small boat at Toronto by surprise…

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Gale in France PARIS

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 December 1925 · page 5

An 80-miles-an-hour gale swept over France, blowing down trees and buri[?]ng states from roofs. Boats were also capsized, resulting…

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Storm and Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1925 · page 14

Never have the vagaries of the English climate been more sharply exemplified then during the past few days. November opened in bright and sunny weather,…

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Europe's Winter Snow and Gales Hardships in Austria (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1925 · page 5

The ground sparkling with frost and a keen nipping air, following heavy rain early in the week, gave London its first touch of appropriate wintry weather…

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Baltic Storms LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 December 1925 · page 1

Wild weather in the Baltic has interrupted Swedish coastal shipping. Several small craft have been lost, but without loss of life…

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Houses Flooded Storm at Port Kembla Port Kembla

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 December 1925 · page 3

One of the most severe thunderstorms ever experienced here passed over the town last night. Rain fell in torrents, and 510 points of rain…

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Mile a Minute Cyclone Strikes Township BOBADAH

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 5

A cyclone hit Bobadah at 6 p.m. yesterday, travelling at 60 miles an hours. A hall was levelled to the ground,…

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Wild Seas Worst in Memory Channel Storm London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 4

The P. and O. liner Naldera, while on the way from Australia, met the worst storm in the officers' memory in the Bay of Biscay and the English…

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Death and Damage Great Floods in Europe Cities Threatened London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 5

Serious floods have occurred throughout Europe. A hundred have been drowned in Translvania, and special trains are succouring refugees…

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Kurri Streets Flooded

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 5

Owing to the rain Kurri back streets, which are still in their natural state, are at present seas of mud. Cesssnock-street is a cha[?]n of…

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