American Floods Danger Increases More Towns Flooded (Australian Press Association.) New York
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 5
Louisiana is fighting a losing battle against the crest of the Mississippi flood waters. The homes of 200,00 people are, in the…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 7
Millions of acres in North Louisana have been inundated by the floods, which continued to sweep homes away…
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The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5
The steamer Raisdale, which left Newcastle at 4 p.m. yesterday had not reached Sydney at 4 p.m. to-day. A radio message from the vessel this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mississippi Flood Inland Sea Formed Waters Rushing on (Australian Press Association.) New York
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 7
The Mississippi broke through two more levees in Northern Louisiana yesterday, and the full force of the waters will be released into a region already partly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S.A. FLOODS Half Million Homeless New Orleans
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 1
New Orleans is still safe, but new Inundations 10 miles up the river have brought half the State of Louisana under water…
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The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 3
Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A. has been interesting himself in securing relief for sufferers by flood inundation at Weston and other portions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale at Newcastle. Steamer Macedon Buffetted
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 6
A south-east gale was blowing at Newcastle yesterday, and a rough sea was running. The coastal steamer Ready that left for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District South Maitland Flood Coalfields Damage
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 6
Mr. J. F. Shine, engineer to the Kearsley Shire Council, submitted a report at a meeting of the council last night in connection with the damage caused in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mississippi Flood Still More Damage Fresh Inundations (Australian Press Association.) New York
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 5
The crest of the Mississippi River flood is moving southward at the rate of 50 miles a day, leaving an increasingly large expanse of inundated territory in its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£3,000,000 WANTED American Flood Relief MEMPHIS (Tenneesee), Friday Night
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 1
Official figures show that 324,000 flood victims are under the care of the Red Cross Society. The society needs immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ruined Roads Suburban Councils' Problem Flood Damage
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 4
Recent heavy rains have intensified the bad street problem in Newcastle's outer suburbs, and every shower of rain from now on will increase the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extraordinary Flood Shine's Report at Kearsley
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 5
Some idea, of the enormous damage caused by the flood in the Kearsley Shire area was disclosed in a report' made by the engineer at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chichester Visit. Storm Damage Inspection
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 4
Water Board members, who were to have left for Chichester by train to-morrow night to discuss matters rising from the estimated £3000 storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Started in Storm Transatlantic Flight Taking Chances London, Sunday Night
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 1
In fierce thunderstorm, Captain Nungesser, the famous, French war ace, left Paris this morning on his flight to New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Floods Earthquake Shocks Increase the Danger (Australian Press Association.) New York
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 5
The anxiety created by the floods is increased by news that earthquake shocks and tornados have been experienced in five of the Mississippi States,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worst Over Mississippi Flood Relief New Orleans
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 1
With the Mississippi flood at its crest, and the worst probably over, the Government has begun the rehabilitation of the 3,000,000 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oyster Lease Losses Flood Damage at Karuah
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 3
During the wet weather no less than 11 launches, engaged in the oyster trade at Karuah, broke away from their moorings, and were all sunk in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Damage Vowell Leaves for Chichester
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 5
The president of the Hunter District Water Board (Mr. Vowell) left Newcastle for Chichester this afternoon…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 7
Sir,âIn naming Alderman Parker, I quoted from the report of the municipal meeting, and accept the correction by Alderman Parker. The main point is, can…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooded Tramlines Merewether's Mayor Objects Cornish Criticised
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 May 1927 · page 6
"His remarks were uncalled for," said the Mayor of Merewether (Alderman Lloyd), referring to Alderman Cornish's statement on the flooding of…
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