Floods in Switzerland
A message from Borne states that Switzerland is suffering from devastating floods. Bridges have collapsed in many parts of…
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Floods & storms, 1927
496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 25
Death Roll Grows Floods in Switzerland LONDON
The death roll is increasing as the result of the great floods which are sweeping Switzerland, resulting in the bursting of a dam and the submersion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Record Time England-Africa Flight Against 70-Mile Gale Capetown
Captain Bentley, flying a "Star" Moth, has completed his great solo flight from Stag Lane, London, to Capetown, where he was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Notes Brisbane, September 29. the Labour Cyclone
The Labour Party's cyclone is gradually subsiding, but the atmosphere is still sultry and electric, exceedingly oppressive in places. At the moment, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Campers Leave Heavy Rain at Wyong WYONG
Two Ideal days on Saturday and Sunday were followed by an electric storm last night, during which heavy rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weathered Storms Dead Irish Leader Often Gaoled
A prominent figure through the stormiest period of Irish politics, the death has occurred in London, at the ago of 73, of Mr. John Dillon, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Sydney SYDNEY
Sydney experienced the fringe or a cyclone last night. It lashed up the water of th harbor and brought it with it. The wind at one stage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm in the Bonins
A telegram from Tokio states that messages from the Bonin Islands, in the Pacific, 700 miles south-south-east of Japan, have been swept by a devastating storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queer Weather Quick Changes in Newcastle Gale Last Night
Clouds and sunshine, rain, wind and cold. Newcastle has experienced all these extremes in weather conditions during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tossed in Gale H. M. A. S. Sydney Departs
Rolling and heaving as she heeled over in the teeth of the strong southerly wind, H. M. A. S. Sydney left Newcastle about mid-day to-day for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alien Flood Labor Market Suffers HOBART
Speaking at a meeting of the Marine Board, Mr. T. Murdoch, M.L.C., deplored the unemployment and distress which followed industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Must Borrow" Merewether Finances Flood Damage Costs
Unforeseen expenditure owing to flood damage had increased the council's overdraft from £1980 to £3006 this year said the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →97 DEGREES Newcastle Swelters Westerly Gale
96.3 degrees in the shade! That was the reading at Singnal Hill at 1 p.m. to-day. Newcastle sweltered under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storms
The ruin wrought and sorrow caused by these terrible storms in the Northern Hemisphere would appear to be largely cloaked. Take the Mississippi. The cables…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Raced in Gale Lake Macquarie Sailing Exciting Day
Racing in a gale on Lake Macquarie on Saturday skiffs in Toronto-Sailing. Club's point score handicap race provided a thrilling spectacle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heroic Fishermen Save Many Lives in Storm Heroic Rescues Another Italian Steamer Lost Lifeboat's Task Fishermen Brave Storm-lashed Seas
Despite heroic rescue efforts by Cornish fishermen, three lives are believed to have been lost in the wreck of the Italian steamer Isabo on the Scilly Islands. In a howling gale the fishermen rescued 27 of the crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck in a Storm
In a great storm on Friday the steamer. Isabo was driven on to a reef in Cornish waters. Heavy seas drove back the lifeboat while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unemployed Greek Attempts to Shoot President Storm's Heavy Toll Death and Damage in Britain Buildings Destroyed Irish Fishing Boats Meet Disaster LONDON, Sunday Night
Further messages, delayed owing to the wires having been blown down, emphasise the fierce nature of the gale which swept the British Isles on Friday night. It is estimated that 24 lives were lost in different parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civic Comedian Mayor of Chicago v. King George Flood of Ridicule Prominent Fellow Americans Refuse to Be Serious
"Don't let King George buy you off. Under your starry we will fight for the complete extermination of English pheasants, English sparrows, and English bulldogs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Gale Great Loss of Life Many Fishermen Drowned (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Messages, held up owing to the breaking of wires all over the country, are now revealing the fierce nature of the gale which swept the British Isles on Friday…
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