No Danger River Falls at Maitland Farms Flooded. Coalfields Traffic Held Up
Maitland escaped the serious consequences of a big flood. After rising to 27 feet yesterday, the river has slowly…
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Floods & storms, 1927
496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 25
After the Flood Damp, But No Disorder Tudor-st. Extended
"There was more inconvenience that damage," said one resident of Tudor-street Extended, Hamilton, to-day, referring to Saturday's flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gales and Rain Floods in Storm-Swept District Shipping Paralysed 50 Miles an Hour Cyclone Whips Up Heavy Seas
Though only 124 points of rain had been recorded up to 2 p.m. to-day, rainfall was sufficient to send up the receding waters in Cottage and Throsby Creeks. More than 12 inches of rain has drenched the district since…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone in Sydney Sydney
Sydney was swept by a cyclonic storm to-night, and considerable damage was done in every direction. Blinding rain squalls swept the streets, which quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storm's Fury Sightseers on Foreshores Gigantic Waves
The promenade alone Newcastle waterfront to-day was strongly reminiscent of a snow storm. Foam, lashed up by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Killed Cyclone's Heavy Toll of Life Night of Terror Portion of Shopping Block Demolished SYDNEY
At least six persons were killed, many were injured, and tremendous damage was done by the cyclone which struck Sydney last night. The Royal Hotel, Enfield, together with portion of a block…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast Floods Sydney
The Commissioner for Police to-day received word that the roads between Berry and Jerringong were ten feet under water. Telephone and telegraph lines have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District South Maitland Flood
With the arrival of Wollombi Brook water, the Hunter rose to 27½ feet on Sunday night, but early on Monday morning started to fall, and continued to fall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN 1910 North-West's Biggest Flood Heavy Toll of Life
The torrential rains which have swept over New South Wales during the Easter holidays, following a similar visitation at Christmas, recall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Wyong District— Tree Felling at Sydney Show
WHEN MARDI was submerged. Residents in this flooded part of the Wyong district waved cloths and fired shots from rooftops to attract rescuers. ALL FLOORS AWASH.—Mr. George Simpson's home in the swirl of flood waters in the Wyong district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Roads Submerged Serious Floods at Wyong WYONG
The river at Wyong is rising again. The road from Wyong to Tuggerah is again submerged. The water is up to the running boards of motors, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Flood Cessnock Prepares No Trains
Preparations are being made for another flood at Cessnock. Lavender Creek already has overflowed. Most of the pits are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →15 Lives Lost Cyclone's Grim Toll Storm-lashed Sydney Five Bodies Found To-day SYDNEY
Five more bodies were found this morning in the track of the savage cyclone that lashed Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After the Deluge Damage to Roads WAUCHOPE
It is now possible to form some estimate of the enormous damage resulting from the deluge of rain. The Hastings Shire Council is among the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting the Gale Steamer off the Coast
The keep of the outer light at Nelson's Bay says that the steamer which was noticed off the coast last night is still in the same position, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney's Worst Cyclone Wreckage by Land and Sea
ROOFS OF SHOPS in Pymble, opposite the station, lifted bodily and hurled into Gordon-road. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE for the owners of this house is in store for them—their roof was blown clean off—at Pymble…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Tossed Steamer Near Port Stephens
Yesterday, at noon, Captain Sangster, Deputy Superintendent of Navigation at Newcastle, received a telephone message from the lighthouse-keeper at Nelson's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Caught in Storm Iron Baron Safe
A radio message was received this morning by the B.H.P. Proprietary that the steamer Iron Baron, which it was rumored had foundered, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight with Gale Steam Helps Anchors Narrow Shave Sydney
Battered by heavy seas and with both her cables veered out to their full length, the steamer Baron Androssan has been through an anxious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Still Storm Swept Conditions in Newcastle Shipping Interrupted
Newcastle was again storm-swept yesterday when a south-easterly to southerly gale, which between six and seven o'clock in the evening reached a velocity…
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