The Second Deluge
It is the deliberate conclusion of certain eminent French scientists that humanity must inevitably be drowned out of existence by a world-wide flood far…
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Floods & storms, 1926
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 22
Held Up Storms Delay Cobham LONDON, Friday Night
"The Times" correspondent at Bandar Abbas says that storms are delaying Captain Cobham on his flight from London to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cobham at Karachi Storm Damage Repaired
"The Times" correspondent at Karachi, on the northern section of the Indian coast, reports that Cobham has arrived there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded' Area Adamstown Complaint'
Adamstown Council is urging the construction of a stormwater drain to drain the east end of Adamstown and a portion of the Merewether Estate,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm in Hongkong
A severe and prolonged thunder and rainstorm occurred last night and this morning. Many roads on the island of Hongkong and the peninsula of Kowloon were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After the Storm Cobham Pushes On Danger Survived
Captain Cobham, who is flying from England to Australia is expected at Calcutta to-morrow. ("Sun" Special)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wild Storm Destruction at Hongkong Flooded Streets Hongkong
A devastating storm broke over Hongkong at 2 o'clock this morning, accompanied by phenomenal rain and lightning. Many houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helped by Storm Cat Burglar's Haul LONDON
A cat burglar entered Sir Alfred Mond's house by climbing a drainpipe, during a thunder storm. Lightning revealed Jewellery on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood in Ireland
Owing to a torrential thunderstorm the River Dalua, in Ireland, has burst Its banks. It swept through the house of Michael Fitzgerald, a farm labourer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Test Weather Heavy Rain at Manchester LONDON
Heavy rain is falling at Manchester, where the fourth Test Match is to be commenced on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hongkong Storm
A message from Hongkong states that the storm damage is estimated at a million dollars, covering an extensive area of the island. It affected principally the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Storm in Teacup" New Lambton Row Mayor and Clerk
What Alderman Eddon described at "a storm in a teacup" disturbed the peace of New Lambton Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Vast Storm" Leeuwin to New Zealand MELBOURNE
That never before in the whole of his experience had he seen a storm so cast, was the declaration of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swept by Tornado Devastation in West Victorian Town One Killed, Many Injured Flood and Tempest Cause Havoc Near Perth
A child was killed, a number of persons were injured, and many houses were destroyed by a tornado which swept over the western district of Victoria late yesterday. The tornado followed upon the hottest day in Victoria in July for 50 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Rain Gives Fresh Impetus to Westralian Floods PERTH, Friday
Further rain and fierce south-westerly sales on Wednesday gave the Hoods in West Australia fresh Impetus. Along both sides of the Swan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Circus Cyclone" Bronco-rider Star
Art Acord, world's champion bronco rider, and celebrated star of western sensations, comes to the Theatre Royal on Wednesday, in Blue Streak's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm-wrecked Line in New Zealand
This is how a newly-laid railway line near Auckland looked after a severe storm had swept over it recently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Storm in Geelong District Small Boy Decapitated Melbourne
Torrential rain and a fierce gale wrought havoc in the Geelong district last night. A boy was killed, 30 people were injured, 30 homes were completely wrecked, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wild Floods Destruction in Korea TOKIO
Many-casualties are reported from various section of Korea, while rivers are ove[?]flowing and reservoirs breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Storms West Indies Devastated New Orleans
Terrific hurricanes have swept the West Indies, especially the Bahamas, where there has been extensive crop damage…
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