Saturday's Storm
A light storm swept over Maitland at about one o'clock in the afternoon, and was followed an hour late by one of the heaviest rainstorms of recent years, over…
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Floods & storms, 1927
496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 25
Herbert's Double Bill "Wings of the Storm"
"Wings of the Storm,' a new Fox presentation, in which William Russell and Virginia Brown Faire are featured, is the attraction at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain in Queenland Flooded Creeks Brisbane
Abnormally heavy rain has fallen between Brisbane and Gympie during the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. on Saturday. Cooran registered nine inches, while at Kin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone in Madagascar
The Port Louis correspondent of the Cape "Argus" reports that appalling destruction has been caused by a cyclone on the east coast of Madagascar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Prize Sealy-Ham Terrier Great Storm in Britain
TO DEFEND SHANGHAI.—Guns of the Royal Artillery being shipped to China from England. SLEDGE DOGS in their snowbound kennels. These dogs are used on a mail service in the Jungfrau railway, in Switzerland. A SEALYHAM TERRIER, which has won five "firsts" at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tudor-street Flooding Questions by Mr. Murray. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Murray asked Mr. Flannery, the Minister for Works, if he was aware that as a result of heavy rains during the last couple…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Floods. Disaster in Argentine Buenos Aires
A message from Junjul, in the Argentine, says, that eleven are known to be dead as a result of record-breaking floods and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Madagascar Cyclone
A later message from Port Louis states that while the death roll by the cyclone at Tamatave was exaggerated the destruction of property is fully confirmed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Will Help Flood Prevention
The Railway Commissioners have written to West Maitland Council say that the representations for steps to guard against flood damage at West…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rolling Thunder Newcastle Storm
Vivid flashes of lightning around the horizon just after dusk last evening showed indications of a thunderstorm to follow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Japanese Floods
The earthquake returns are slow, but it is now believed that the deaths number 2301, and known injured 4252. The number of houses destroyed is 6109…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend-Deluge
The stormwater channel at Wallsend broke its banks yesterday morning. With heavy downpours coming from the South Wallsend section the…
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The main storm water channel of Wallsend as well as the smaller bricked channel in Irving-street, proved unequal to the demands made upon them by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Throsby Creek Drainage Flood Damage Report to be Called For Flannery's Promise Sydney
Mr. Murray, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works (Mr. Flannery) to-day to take special steps in reference to the flood damage in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DELUGED! Week-End Downpour Four Inches of Rain Low Levels Flooded
Up to 9 a.m. to-day, 368 points of rain had bnen recorded from the torrential downpours that have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Building, Engineering & Machinery Flood Waters Problem for Carrington Fighting Tide
The heavy rain experienced during the last few months has caused considerable concern to the Carrington Council. After a downpour the water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Christie's Chant 'Knee Deep in Bruce-Street' Week-end Floods
Alderman Christis is thinking about composing a new song, "I'm Knee Deep in Bruce-street." It's mud and water, not daisies…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Original Verse The Storm
The air was hot and stifling, and a yellow fog hung low, Obscuring all the bright rod sun and sky;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods and Droughts
Last evening in the Australasian Hull, under the auspices of the Australasian Society, Mr. F H. Kelly delivered an instructive lecture before a large and deeply…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railways Blamed Floods at Waratah
Mush of the flooding at Waratah on Sunday was caused by the overflow from the railway drain, says the council's engineer…
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