War on Floods East Maitland Moves
East Maitland has declared was on floods, and another campaign towards flood mitigation was launched at a welt-attended meeting of East…
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Floods & storms, 1926
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 22
Our New Zealand Letter the Gale at Raratonga. Wellington, April 16
The great storm which struck Raratonga on March 31st, lasted for fifteen hours, and while at its lasted it did much damage to property. Fortunately,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Open Boat in Gale Waterman's Adventure
While the south-westerly blow, which suddenly developed at Newcastle on Saturday afternoon was at its height, few people realised that a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah Storm Water Throsby Creek Channel Board's Negotiations
The debatable question of the Waratah-Tarro stormwater drainage was again considered at last week's meeting of the Hunter River District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Drainage Throsby Creek Work
A deputation introduced by Mr. Connell, M.L.A., made representations to the Minister for Works in February that improvements should be made to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Works Problem "Thousand Things to Do" Storm Drainage
The necessity of providing for storm water drainage in certain areas in Newcastle suburbs was again stressed by members of the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Russia
A message from Moscow reports that the Volga and its upper tributaries have overflowed their banks. The river Klazma has flooded the town of Orekhovo, 45…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Area New Lambton Grievance
For some time residents of the eastern portion of New Lambton have been suffering a great deal of damage to their properties. from flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merewether Complaint Foundations and Floods
Merewether had the usual budget of complaints to deal with at the council meeting last night. A. Ellis wrote that owing to there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Park Damage Result of Wallsend Floods
Considerable damage was done in Wallsend and Federal Parks by the recent rains. The gardener reported at last night's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooded Streets Better Drainage Wanted
Reporting to Hamilton Council on the recent inundations on Cooranbong-road and Tudor-street Extended, the overseer (Mr. Hassall) stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Twice Flooded". Merewether Man Complains
A Merewether resident, S. Currie, in a letter to Merewether Council last night, said that his house in Curry-street had been twice flooded. If…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Breaks British Coal Upheaval Begins Baldwin Fails General Strike Discussed by Unions LONDON, Friday Night
It is officially announced that Mr. Baldwin's mediation in the coal crisis has failed. All the mines in great Britain will close at midnight…
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At a meeting of the Administrator of the Cessnock Shire, held at Cessnock yesterday. Mr. W. R. Lindsay, engineer, reported that Oakhampton-road had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Adrift in a Gale Punt Loaded with Explosives
During the gale that blew at Newcastle on Sunday night a punt belonging to the Explosives Department, and loaded with explosives, broke adrift from its moorings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matter of Money Water Board Does Its Best Hamilton Floods
"We are here to do the best we can with the money at our disposal. We are not doing too badly, having secured about £40,000 from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tarro Roads Extensive Flood Damage
The engineer of Tarro Shire Council (Mr. Stevens) reported to the meeting of the council concerning road damage by floods in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Before the Storm Broke
Representatives of the coal-owners arriving at No. 10 Downing-street, for the conference with the Prime Minister and the miners' executive. Left to right: Mr. W. A. Leo (owners' secretary). Sir Adam Nimmo, Mr. C. B. Crawshaw, and Mr. Evan Williams (owners' president)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two for Five Essex Opens Badly Against Australia Dismal Weather Heavy Rain and Sleet Bring Match to an End
After a few overs on the last day of the match against Essex, the Australian innings was closed, and the county side opened in dismal weather conditions. After Essex had scored five runs, with two batsmen dismissed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Damage Blocked by Sand. A.A. Coy. Complains
The works committee of, Newcastle City Council will make an inspection of the stormwater damage complained of by the A.A. Company…
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