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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 22
Two ships are reported to be sinking in mid-Atlantic. The most violent storm in this winter is raging. Two lives were lost in rescue operations. Another steamer was sunk in a collision off the New Jersey coast. One…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Major Phillips, Australian member of the War Graves Commission, told the special representative of "The Sun" that the floods in France and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of the worst cyclones ever experienced in North Africa swept down on Fee recently, and, lasting only thirty seconds caused loss of life and damage estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrific storm struck Tamworth late yesterday afternoon. Extensive damage was done. Trees were blown down, roofs blown off,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The whole of the crew of the sinking British steamer Antinoe was rescued during a raging gale by the American steamer President Roosevelt. The vessel had been disabled and at the mercy of the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It was Leona Kearns, of West Union, Illinois, who was lost Iron the steamer Empress of Asia, and not Nora Shanks, of Philadelphia. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The British steamer Ryburn, 2974 tons, concerning whose safety fears have been expressed, has arrived at Philadelphia. She was 19 days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pacific coast was lashed by a terrific storm. Several beach bungalows were swept away at Santa Monica and piers were damaged. No lives…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further thunderstorms, accompanied by light to heavy rain, were experienced during the past 24 hours in the north-east districts, the chief registrations being 250…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty people are dead in the metropolitan district as the result of a storm which has closed the schools for the first time in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the opinion of the of the witnesses at Redhead inquest to-day, William Riley, the first victim of the explosion, seeing the fall on entering No. 6 bord climbed up to see what was the matter. There was, in this man's opinion, an ignition of gas probably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The correspondent of "The Times" at Paris says that news has been received that a cyclone entirely destroyed the town of Vapomandry, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Part of the village of Mock, in Southern Holland, where marooned inhabitants occupied the roof tops. It is only a fc[?] months since parts of the Riverina, in New South Wales, now being ravaged by bush fire, were in much the same condition as this flooded area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heat wave conditions prevailed in Sydney until after 1 p.m. to-day, when there was a severer thunderstorm over the city. The rain, however, did not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, passed over Kurri yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RELIEF PARTY, setting out to help the inhabitants of Serain, near Liege. SHOPPING BY BOAT, in Cologne during the Rhine floods. RESCUED FROM THE ROOF.—A scene during the New Year floods at Veszie, Hungary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Following on the foods in Townsville, a 4½ years old child. Hazel Hewitt, was found drowned in a pool of water. She ran cut of sight of her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The prevalence of drought and bushfires over a large area of Australia may be regarded as a natural sequence to the period of fair rainfall and good…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Considerable progress is being made pumping out Lily Rose colliery, at Wallsend, with the object of recovering the body of Edwin Cox, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Now York message states that the British steamer Errington Court, has arrived 31 days out from Swansea…
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