Walls Wanted Vandals and Floodgates Playing with Peril
At the meeting of the West Maitland Council last night, the inspector reported that a large stone had been found between the Wallis Creek flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1925
273 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 14
Flooded Street
In view of the banking-up of the water at the southern end of young-street, Carrington, Alderman Loade[?] moved at a meeting of the council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Smash Caused by Gale Pathetic Story London
FOUR personas were killed and nine injured owing to a train being deralied while on a viadcet in Donegal. The train was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burdekin in Flood Excitement in Queensland BRISBANE
Ferrying passengers across the Burdekin River, where flood waters are 3 ft. 6 in over the railway bridge, provides many thrills…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain Northern Falls
Very heavy rain fell in Maitland last night, and continued at intervals during the night. Up to 9 a.m to-day the following falls had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Quorum Cr. Scott's Lone Hand "Usual Meeting" Quiet After Cessnock Storm
"There's the usual council meeting this morning," remarked Councilor Scott, making his way to the council chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£200,000 DAMAGE Adelaide's Costly Floods ADELAIDE
The damage caused by the recent storm in Adelaide would not be covered by £200. 000. The damage to railway and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storm Deluge at Maitland River Rising
So heavy was the fall of rain [?] Maitland last night that many of the [?]utters cogio not carry off the water and several streets were flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Storm
After a hot, steamy morning a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by hall, passed over Maitland about 1 o'clock to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Travels Damage in Melbourne MELBOURNE. Wednesday
A storm very like the one which did so much damage in adelaide at the end of last week, reached Melbourne at 8.30 this morning and it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marella in a Cyclone Brisbane
A wireless message from the steamer Marella, bound from Thursday Island to Darwin, stated that the vessel was experiencing the full force of a gale,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two in One Day Maitland Storms
The second heavy thunderstorm of the day passed over Maitland between nine and ten o'clock last night. when there was another very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Prevent Floods Singleton Drainage SINGLETON
At the monthly meeting of the municipal council the Mayor (Alderman Waterhouse) submitted a minute outlining a scheme aiming at a more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teacup Storm Dogs' Home Trouble LONDON
Viscount Ullswater, who conducted an inquiry into the Dumb Friends' League (over which there has been a controversy among its titled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"I'll Have My Say" Stockton Storm Ald Cody Defiant
The Mayor, Alderman J. E. Murphy, threatened to send for the police at last night's meeting of the Stockton Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Kurri Motorist's Narrow Escape
A violent electrical storm occurred at Kurri yesterday the feature of which was extremely loud reports of thunder, Six points of rain fell, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Recent Gale
Vessels arriving at home ports report that they were buffeted by Thursday's gale. The Moldavia met its full force, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flood Anniversary
To-day is the anniversary of one of the Maitland floods, that of 1875. The year opened with a few weeks of dry weather, followed by a light rainfall, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Storm Sydney
During the first three days of her voyage from San Francisco, the Oceanic mail steamer Sonoma struck bad weather. She was buffeted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods Railways under Water BRISBANE
Coastal railway traffic between Townsville and Cairns has been again interrupted, as the result of heavy rain…
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