Flood Victim Dredge Worker Drowned BELLINGEN
As one of the men employed on the dredge working on the Bellengen River, near the Heads, was going from Urunga to the dredge, on Saturday, he…
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Floods & storms, 1927
496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 25
Cyclonic Disturbance Heavy Rain on Coast. Sydney
Affected by the fringe of a big cyclonic disturbance, the eastern parts of New South Wales experienced very unsettled weather during the week-end. Rain, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Water Hunter-street West Heavy Storm
The rain storm during the lunch hour to-day was responsible for some flooding in the west end of Newcastle. The road opposite the Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Relief Carnival at Cessnock
Cessnock flood relief committee, at a meeting last night, fixed Saturday, June 11, as the date for the sports carnival to be held at Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclone in Texas
The fatalities occasioned by the cyclone at Rock Springs, in Texas, have reached 62. and many of the 150 injured will probably die…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hexham Swamps. Dealing with Flood Waters
The proposal to erect flood gates at Iron Bark Creek, below Hexham, has been reported upon by the officers of the Department of Public Works, whose view…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Gales Many Vessels Sunk Numerous Lives Lost (Australian Press Association.) MADRID
Violent gales are reported from Melilla. Numbers of vessels have grounded and sunk, rescue being impossible. The Greek steamer Nicolas Pateras, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storms Rage Hundreds Drowned oft Morocco Heroic Rescue Widespread and Swift Destruction on Land and Sea
Australia is not the only part of the world where wild weather is raging at present: Enormous damage and loss of life are reported from Spain and Morocco. There have been many shipwrecks, and in most cases the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Feels Safe Farm Lands Flooded Kurri-rd. Under Water
Although 880 points of rain has fallen at Maitland since Thursday, and the river at the Belmore Bridge is washing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Story of Floods in Newcastle District (See Page 5) Chinese Defiance Rejection of Nankin Demands More War Talk U.S.A. Naval Reinforcements Move
The Southern Chinese Government has practically rejected the American demand for reparation for the Nankin outrages, adding, in effect, that the foreign powers have brought these troubles on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Floods Eleven Inch Downpour in 48 Hours Midnight Evacuations Suburban Householders Forced to Leave Their Homes
Floods which brought disaster to householders in Hamilton, Smedmore, and Maryville at Christmas were as nothing compared with the serious inundation of the western suburbs last night and this morning. Nine inches of rain was recorded at Signal Hill in the torrential downpour,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rising Rivers Big American Flood New York
What promises to be the greatest flood in the history of the Mississippi is travelling down the Ohio and other tributaries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flooded Out Extensive Cessnock Damage Mine Dam Bursts Residents Driven From Home
Immense damage has been done in the Cessnock district owing to floods: Many houses in low lying areas,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On House-tops Floods at Wyong SYDNEY
Wyong Creek came down strongly this morning and many houses are under water. At Mardi, residents have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Storm Fears of Revolt in Morocco (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
A revolt in Spanish Morocco is feared as in aftermath of the Mediterranean storm, which has swept the Spanish and North African coasts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock in Flood
The heavy rainfall which commenced on Thursday night, and continued practically unceasingly until early on Friday morning, flooded the low-lying parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District South Maitland Floods December Losses Repeated
With drenching rain prevailing over the Lower hunter during Thursday and Friday, all the conditions for a big flood appeared to be present, but, fortunately,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods
Disaster has come to many people in the central coastal district of New South Wales as a result of the heavy rains and gales. The conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Rainstorm. Newcastle and Suburbs. Wide Area Flooded. Police Boats to the Rescue
The rain storms which drenched Newcastle in Friday, and which continued during the night, became even heavier in the very early hours of Saturday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Damage Floods at Cessnock Appeal for Relief
Cessnock residents living in the low-lying arena will remember Easter Sunday of 1927. They spent the day sweeping mud…
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