Flood Damage
At a meeting of the administrator of the Ceesnock Shire, at Cessnock, yesterday, Mr W. J. Grieve, shire clerk, reported that he had replied to the…
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Floods & storms, 1926
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 22
Danger Past Bagdad Floods LONDON
The correspondent of "The Times" at Bagdad says that the floods are subsiding, and the danger to the city bas practically ended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Kill Oysters
A North Stockton oyster, lessee, whose leases deal mostly with drift oysters complains that the large amount of alit brought down the river…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain Storm Suburbs Flooded Tram Traffic Interrupted
Torrential rains fell at Newcastle during Saturday night and yesterday morning, and in a few hours all the low-lying parts of the suburbs were submerged. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wyong Deluge WYONG
A cyclonic disturbance struck Wyong and district on Saturday evening, and heavy rain, accompanied by high winds, continued until well into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Week-end Flood Newcastle Low Lands Under Water Torrential Rain Suburban Storm Channels Fail to Carry the Deluge
Torrents of rain fell in Newcastle during the week-end and the district received a severe drenching. Owing to the ground being soaked by the recent rains, and the heaviness of the downpour, the water could not escape through the stormtwater channels and street gutters, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mother Columba Memorial Ceremony Postponed Owing to Heavy Rain
The heavy rain that fell on Saturday night and yesterday morning was responsible for the postponement of the procession and unveiling of the memorial to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclonic Storm Warning to Shipping Sydney
Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, to-day issued the following warning to shipping:— "A severe cyclone is centred between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Drainage Cottage Creek Area Hamilton Work
The Public Works Department has advised Hamilton Council that the engineering committee dealing with the Newcastle stormwater drainage has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dire Peril Steamer Escapes Engineers' Feat Epic of Storm SYDNEY
"We can right her if tea stop the engines." "We can't stop, Chief. We mutt keep her moving."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods at Wallsend Business Places Inundated
The low-lying levels of Wallsend, especially those in the neighbourhood of the main stormwater channel, the smaller channel which runs parallel with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District Another Flood Fresh Pitnacree Flooded
Heavy rain fell over the Maitland district during Saturday night and early on Sunday morning, causing large patches of surface water to accumulate in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lake Floods Cockle Creek Overflows
people living near Cockle Creek had a trying time yesterday morning, when the creek overflowed its banks and ran into their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stormy Week-end Some Heavy Rain Sydney
The unsettled stormy weather of the week-end brought light to very heavy rain over the central and southern coastal areas, and on the central and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sun Stop-press Coastal Gales
Many south-bound steamers and small freighters are sheltering in coastal inlets. A gale has been travelling up the coast for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flooded Suburbs Water Board Problem New Drainage Work
Recent flooding of Hamilton streets was the subject of a strong protest from Alderman Cram at to-day's meeting of the Hunter Water Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. a Second Deluge
The European flood was a tremendous affair. Nothing like it in any part had been witnessed for a hundred years, but nothing like it, all parts taken together,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burst Tunnel Maitland Flood Water
Settlers who pioneered the Oakhampton and Aberglassyn district (Maitland) 71 years ego, constructed a large timber tunnel for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in Japan
Owing to storms sweeping the entire coast of the Japan Sea on Tuesday, more than one hundred fishermen are reported to be missing, and the local authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whose Fault? New Lambton Floods Council Action
Several of the streets is in a deplorable condition and many houses with, flooded yards were discoveries made by the Major of…
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