"Whole Gale" Steamer's Struggle 20 Hours Overdue Buffeted off Newcastle
With her bows burled deep in mountainous waves, and her propeller whirring madly high above the water, the Onward steamer…
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Floods & storms, 1926
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 22
Floods in West
Telegrams from Mudgee to-day stated that the Cudgegong River, and Lawson's Creek, both broke their banks this morning, and there is new a large sheet of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District Hunter River in Flood Remarkably Sudden Rise
On Wednesday evening although reports from the upper reaches of the river showed that there had been a heavy rainfall, there was no appearance of a flood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aberdare Colliery the Pit Flooded No Loss of Life
A serious flooding of Aberdare Colliery, likely to cost the Caledonian Collieries, Limited, a heavy financial loss, and the employees a lengthy period of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danger Past Hunter River Commences to Recede Flats Inundated Farming Areas Suffer Severely from Flood Water
Although the Hunter River had reached the 30 foot level at Belmore Bridge at noon to-day, and many acres of country surrounding Maitland are inundated, it is now believed that the flood waters are receding…
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A New York message, of January 30, stated:— The paw of the Atlantic's week-long gale has slapped at nine ships,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →S.s. Valacia in Gale
The steamer Valacia, which was due here about noon on Thursday, entered the port at 1.30 o'clock yesterday morning, and went up to the cranes in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conditions in Newcastle the Storm Passes
The southerly gale, which caused such inconvenience to shipping on Thursday, abated during the night, and yesterday morning the wind had dropped to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Hunter River in Flood River Slowly Falling
Although sensational rumours were circulated yesterday, away from Maitland, concerning the height or the river at West Maitland, the maximum height…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aberdare Colliery Flood
All efforts at Aberdare Colliery are now concentrated on the work of clearing the colliery of the enormous volume of water that swept into it on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Still Unsettled in Eastern Parts Flood Position Easier Sydney
Unsettled conditions over eastern and north-eastern parts, with fine weather inland, are expected during the next 24 hours. Owing to the absence of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Flood at Dubbo Sydney
According to a message received to-day from Dubbo, the Macquarie River is like a great sea at that town. The flood is the greatest since 1870, the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine Week-end Improvement in Weather Predicted Only Few More Showers Flood Waters Receding in the Inland Districts SYDNEY
Though there were heavy showers along the coast yesterday the weather over N.S.W. is gradually improving, and, by the week-end, fine and clear skies should once more be in evidence over practically the whole of the state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Back to Normal Flood at Maitland
The Hunter River is fast resuming its normal lovel. At noon to-day the gauge at the Belmore Bridge showed the height of the river to be 21 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Mine Bailing Out Aberdare MILLIONS oF GALLONS
The work of balling out Abordaro shaft is being carried on night and day. The large iron tank built into the cage is lifting out more than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Hunter River Flood
From a maximum height in the flood on Friday at midday, of 31½ feet, the river had fallen last evening to 16 feet, the low rate of falling being due to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Waters Recede Further Rain Expected Sydney
Although further rain is expected, the State Weather Divisional Officer is of the opinion that the worst is over as far as the flood position is concerned. Reports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain in Queensland Bulloo River in Flood. Sydney
Further splendid rains have fallen in the south-western portion of Queensland. Since the breaking of the drought some parts of the Cunnamulla district have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Commerce Stock Market Dull Flood of Capital Issues (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Business in most departments of the Stock Exchange has been extremely dull, with prices tending downwards, but gilt edged stock, after some uncertainty early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Aberdare No Resumption To-day
It was not possible to resume any coal mining works at Aberdare to-day. The management has been busily engaged over the week-end in getting…
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