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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 25

Cessnock Flood Damage

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 6

Mr. Booth, M.L.A., has Interviewed the Minister for Local Government, relative to a grant for relief on behalf of the Cessnock Shire Council, to…

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Maitland's Dilemma Damaged Flood Bank

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 10

West Maitland's fractured flood embankment will eventually be repaired. In its endeavor to have, the work done, the council has struck a series…

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Ruined by Cyclone Villages in Germany Destroyed Many Deaths Storm Leaves Hundreds of Families Homeless LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

The cyclone that caused many deaths and did a great deal of damage in Holland on Wednesday continued its destructive career in Germany, but though houses were razed or unroofed, the inhabitants were able to take refuge in cellars…

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Great Cyclone Holland and Belgium Much Damage Done (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 7

In a great cyclone that swept the province of Gelderland, in Holland, 33 were killed and 300 injured. The centre of the storm struck…

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Magnificent Success Remaking Flood Swept Areas

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

NEW ORLEANS. Thursday, Already cotton is being planted in the area bared by the receding floods. The work of rehabilitation is…

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European Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

A Hague telegram states that eyesitnesses of the cyclone area in Holland, describe its approach as representing a heavy black pillar of smoke like a distant…

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Great Bridge Wrecked by Flood— —King Joins in Community Singing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 8

BRIDGE WRECKED BY FLOOD—Only two spans of this Missouri-Pacific railway bridge were left after it had felt the full battering of the disastrous American flood. SALUTES FASCISTI IN NEW YORK.—Commander de Pinedo, on the way to the City Hall to be welcomed by the Mayor. He is now at the Azores, but is determined…

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Floods in Kentucky

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 5

Floods, following on disastrous storms in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky last week-end, have resulted in more than 100 deaths, and loss of property estimated at…

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£1000 DAMAGE Floods in Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 2

Some time since the town clerk, Merewether, Mr. E. Kerr, made representations on behalf of the Merewether Municipal Council to the…

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America's Flood Relief Chicago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 5

A flood conference, terminating a three-day session, will request President Coolldge to call out out civilian engineers for the purpose of formulating a plan for…

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"Flooded Out" Did Not Go to Work Should He Be Paid?

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 4

If a man's house is flooded four feet six inches up the walls, and all his clothing is soaked, should a deduction be made in his wages for a few days…

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Warning of Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 3

The following weather warning was received yesterday from the Commonwealth Navigation Service:—Very severe cyclone indicated over Central and South Tasman…

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Terrible Gale Sailing Ship Battered. LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 1

The German sailing ship, Grelf (2214 tons), which arrived at Falmouth to day from Port Pirie (South Australia), encountered a four-day…

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More American Floods New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 7

It is reported from Little rock that the farmers engaged in the work of rehabilitation have been again driven to the hills. A new flood threatened to…

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Flood Heroine

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 3

Miss Nell Williams, a Red Cross worker from St. Louis, who crossed the seething Mississippi in an open boat to get supplies to refugees…

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The Greif in a Gale London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 5

After a terrific fight with the elements, in which two seamen were washed overboard the German sailing ship Greif arrived at Falmouth…

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"Caused Flooding" Hamilton Objects to Drain

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 3

Recently a deputation from Hamilton waited on New Lambton Council concerning drainage matters near the Sunnyside Hotel…

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'At Mercy of Elements' Echo of Maitland Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 6

A complaint was made at the Maitland Chamber of commerce meeting last night by Mr. T. B. Trebeck, of the lack of police control to regulate…

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Flood Relief Cessnock Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 5

The carnival organised by the Cessnock flood relief committee will be held at Cessnock showground to-morrow. A large and comprehensive…

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Wheat Lower U.S.A. Recovers From Floods CHICAGO

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 4

Wheat prices tumbled six cents., when traders realised the extent of the rehabilitation of the flooded areas. July wheat lumped three cents, to…

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