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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 22
High seas, described as almost the worst on record, were experienced along the coast to-day. Coastal shipping had to shelter. The boats of the Hunter River Company did not run between Sydney and Newcastle last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"If they continue to treat us like this, it is up to the council to take drastic action," said Alderman Fry, at the meeting of the West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The swollen condition of the Hunter River is the cause of sonic conster[?]tion at Maitland at Present, and should it rise as it did…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Mares, the State Meteorologist, said to-night that he had received wireless messages from the steamer Makambo, at Lord Howe Island, to the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The cyclone, which for the past three days has been confined to the vicinity of Lord Howe Island, and the effects of which have been felt off the Australian coast, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrific storm at Salisbury this morning bent eight iron telegraph poles till the crossbars touched the ground. It also uprooted 12 huge gum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, stated this afternoon that the cyclone is now operating on the western coast and northern parts of New Zealand. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—My prediction, published in your issue of Saturday, the 15th May, that a cyclone was developing off the Queensland coast, was justified by what followed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The volcano Two on Yezo Island, Japan, belched lava over eight square miles of country on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The army dirigible "RS-1" was victorious January 1 in one of they most furious battles ever fought in the air against the wind. Two struts on her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Florence Gilbert, beautiful Fox Film star, who portrays the feminine loading role in "The Johnstown Flood," playing at Herbert's Theatres on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There is a possibility of Billy Edwards being matched against Frisco MeGale, at Brisbane, next Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty-eight square miles has been devastated by a cyclone and tidal bore on the Maungdaw Coast, near Akyab…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is reported from Santiago (Chili) that several seamen have been drowned when two coastal steamers collided in a gale near Valparaiso…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is unlikely that there will be a good wicket at Nottingham for the first test match, and the beautiful pitch which had been prepared has been soaked by torrential rain. If the wicket is slow both Mailey and Grimmett may be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Widespread havoc has been caused at Chaux de Fonds, in Switzerland, and neighbourhood, as the result of a cyclone in which three persons were killed and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A flood that destroyed most of the stock in his shop at Broken Hill and sickness in the family were attributed by Frederick Albert Rufus for his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To walk through tho now "Sun" offices in Hunter-street. Newcastle is like walking in a conservatory. Glass has been used unsparingly and it has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During a severe storm at Saran, the wall of a sugar factory where 400 coolies were working, collapsed, seven being killed and 40 seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A hundred people are dead and 15,000 homeless; while property has been damaged to the extent of many millions of dollars, following…
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