Wild Storm Damage in Brazil Rio Janeiro
A violent cyclone did great damage yesterday in the fruit-growing districts of South and Eastern Brazil. A number of plantations were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1927
496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 25
Terrific Rain Storm at Brisbane BRISBANE
A terrific rainstorm that begun at 3 a.m. and continued for seven hours swept over Brisbane to-day. The rain covered the landscape like a thick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Diverted a Creek Railway Department Blamed Cardiff Flood
The inefficient drainage of lover Cardiff has for a long time been a matter of grave concern to the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blackall-street, Hamilton, During the Recent Flood
A deputation from Homilton Council to-day received a promise from the Minister for Works that a report would be called for an the Question of taking action to prevent future inundations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Danger Hamilton Council Meets Minister Report Promised A.A. Company Offers Loan for New Drains SYDNEY
That the A.A. Company would lend the Government money at nominal interest, to construct drain in Hamilton, was the assurance given to the Minister for Works (Mr. Flannery) to-day, by a deputation from Hamilton Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Drowned Caught by Gale Boat Swamped Tuggerah Lakes Tragedy Tuggerah
Caught in a sudden and boisterous southerly that was blowing at midnight, a boating party on the lake,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recent Flood Damage Wider Drains Needed Deputation to Minister Sydney
A deputation, consisting of Aldermen Jenner (Mayor), Cram, Brien, Melville, of the Hamilton Council; Alderman Jefferson, a member of the Hunter District…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waratah Floods Report of Engineer Damage Minimised
The flooding of properties during the storm towards the end of last year Plaints to Waratah Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Victims Relief Work at Cessnock
To arrange assistance for those who suffered as a result of the recent floods at Cessnock, a committee comprising representatives of church, police,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Queensland Rain BRISBANE
Floods have followed the torrential rain along the Queensland coast—in one place over 11 inches fell in four hours—and many trains have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost No Time Inspection of Flood Areas
"I think our interview with the Minister for Works will bear fruit." the Mayor (Alderman Jenner), in reporting to Hamilton Council last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Le Maire in a Storm Gladstone (Qld.)
The steamer Le Maire, bound from Sydney to Batavia, arrived at Gladstone early this moving to ship horses, after an adventurous and perilous trip aruound…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Warning Hunter Rising Fast
The inspector of police at West Maitland has received a warning from Muswellbrook and Singleton that in consequence of heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Threaten Heavy Rain, at Murwillumbah MURWILLUMBAH
Rain, which has been falling incessantly since late on Saturday afternoon, threatens the town of Murwillumbah with floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Floods Heavy Damage in North Queensland Toll of Human Life Tin Mining Township Completely Washed Away, BRISBANE
With the partial restoration of communications, graphic stories are coming through of terrific flood damage in Queensland's coastal belt. One man has been drowned, and another is missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nearly Three Inches Heavy Kurri Rain
Since Monday 299 points of rain has been registered at Kurri. Up to yesterday only light showers had falle, but about 1 p.m. yesterday there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Relief Carnival at Cessnock
The committee formed to raise relief funds for Cessnock flood victims, has prepared an elaborate programme has prepared an elaborate programme of sports and displays, which will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five Days' Deluge Clarence River Rises 38 Feet Grafton in Danger Grafton
Rainfall over the Clarence Valley for the past five days has averaged 12 inches. Residents along the river have a had attack of flood nerves…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Drowned Queensland Flood Mate's Heroism Waters Slowly Receding MARYBOROUGH (Queensland)
Submerged flats on the bank of the Mary River at the foot of Bazaar-street, where the flood waters are from twelve to fourteen feet deep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale in Britain
Fifteen deaths are directly or indirectly attributed to a great gale, which extended over the whole of Britain. The wind reached a velocity on Friday of 102 miles…
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