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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Wild and Wet Storm-swept Newcastle Rain and Wind

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

Wild weather prevailed in Newcastle this morning with a blustering southerly wind, and sheets of driving rain…

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Flooded Basement

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

The basement of the Union Furnishing Company's shop in Vincent-street. Cessnock, had about a foot of vater in it when the manager opened…

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Punt Held Up Storm on Harbor

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 2

The weather was so severe on Newcastle harbor last night that the vehicular ferry could not leave the Newcastle side after the 10 p.m. trip…

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A Wonder Ship the Aorangi Arrives Battles Through a Pacific Storm. Wellington, February 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

Hitherio we have been used to designating our mail steamers with the letters R.M.S. It is a sign of the times that we are beginning to add another M. to…

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Maitland Storm Hospital Committee Annoyed Letter to Press

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 8

A heated discussion took place at the meeting of the Maitland hospital [?]ard last night regarding a letter which appeared in a Sydney paper…

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Heavy Rain Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 5

During the week-end 853 points of rain fell at Ballina. The whole district has been experiencing particularly heavy falls…

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Floods at Lismore Danger Over LISMORE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 2

It is now considered that the danger of the town being flooded has passed. Although the river is falling, the…

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Mediterranean Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

A Madrid message states that a violent storm occurred in the Mediterranean, which did severe damage in many localities…

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Flood Threatens Murwillambah's Plight Narrow Shaves Murwillumbah

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 5

For the second time within a week Murwillumbah was threatened with flood yesterday, all the creeks overflowing their banks…

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Heavy Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 5

The tremendous amount of rain in the north draws some attention to this subject as an item for reference purposes. Any fall of rain is heavy that causes…

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32 Years Ago Hunter's Biggest Flood

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 4

Just on 32 years ago last week the biggest flood which ever occurred on the Hunter took place. A storm broke in the west, and veering to…

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Floods in Africa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 7

All parts of the Union and Rhodesia experienced phenomenal rains during March. Crops were damaged, and dams burst…

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Aftermath of Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 6

The two floods which recently occurred on the Tweed, have left an unpleasant aftermath. The offensive smell from the decaying vegetation is…

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Heavy Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 13

It is many years since Brisbane has experienced the drenching it has had during the past few weeks. City folk very soon tire of wet weather,…

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Train Tragedy Were Floods The Cause ? LISMORE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 5

Fireman Curnow, who with J. Gleeson (driver) was killed in the train smash at Rappville last night, had been married only three months…

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Heavy Rain Maitland Registrations

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 6

Heavy rain fell in the Maitland district last night and early this morning. The heaviest fall occurred at about midnight…

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Smedmore Again Old Flooding Trouble Gates Not Closed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 8

An old, familiar subject came up at the Wickham Council meeting last night, when a ratepayer wrote with reference to the flooded state of…

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Blown to Sea Airship's Experience Rides Out the Gale (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 5

The airship R.33, which broke from her mooring most at Pulham with 20 men on board, and drifted out to sea, arrived back at her aeredrome shortly…

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Cyclone Disturbance Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 7

Commenting on conditions to-night, the State Meteorologist said a cyclonic disturbance occupied the New South Wales coast and highland districts and…

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Above Wind Airship Avoids Gale BOSTON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 1

Seven hours overdue, the U.S. airship Los Angeles returned successfully from its second trip to Bermuda. The vessel met gales off Hatteras…

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