Original Verse The Storm
The day was hot and sultry. The sun so red a'glow; And round the lofty hill-tops, A heavy mist hung low…
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Floods & storms, 1928
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 19
Storms Likely Hunter A.L.P. Meeting Ballot Trouble
When the adjourned conference of A.L.P. branches and affiliated unions in Hunter Electorate again meets at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mercury Falls Lowest Reading on Record Big Storm
To-day'a barometric reading of 29.14 Inches is the lowest on record at Newcastle, according to Signal Bill officials to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter-st. Flooding Its Causes and Council Considering
The causes of the floods in Hunter street West, especially at the corner of Hunter and Union streets, were reported by the city engineer (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Gales in North Sea Storms in France (Australian Press Association.) LONDON
Terrific gales in the North Sea have caused havoc along the Belgian coast, flooding the country, which was inundated by the Belgian in 1914 to save their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Westerly Gale Nearly a Hurricane 70 M.P.H. VELOCITY Big Drop in Temperature
An average velocity of from 55 to 65 miles an hour was recorded to-day. Between 4.30 a.m. and 5.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Midnight Blaze Cessnock Buildings Destroyed £6000 DAMAGE 60 m.p.h. Gale Fans the Flames
While a north-west gale was blowing at Cessnock at three o'clock this morning, £6000 damage was done by fire, which totally destroyed four business premises in Main-street. They comprised Cessnock Publishing Company, Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thames Tide Flood Precautions LONDON
The River Thames to-day was due to have its highest spring tide level for the year, and officials of the Port of London and of the Westminster…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Swept District
The whole of the Maitland and Maitland and coalfield district were in the track of the gale which swept the district during Tuesday night and yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good Rains Over Eastern Areas Gales and Snow Sydney
Practically the whole of the eastern half of New South Wales received splendid rains during the 24 hours ending at 9 o'clock this morning. The Riverina, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →STORM-DRIVEN Zeppelin Over England Air Raids Recalled Berlin
The German Zeppelin L2127, which deflected by storms yesterday, flew over England, landed at Friedrich[?] on Lake Constance after it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sea Rescue Schooner in Gale Two Overboard Sydney
A stirring story of the sea was told by the crew of the auxillary schooner, Piri, which reached sydney from Greymouth to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale at Bathurst Grammar School Unroofed
At the service at the Newcastle Cathedral last evening, the Very Rev. W. H. Johnson, Dean of Newcastle, said he know members of the Cathedral congregation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. William Green Injury in Gale
Mr. William Green, aged 55 years, fiving in Kemp-street, Hamilton, employed as a chief clerk at Tooth and Company's Frewery, Newcastle West, was inspecting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrible Day Gales and Fires Newcastle Surrounded
Practically the whole of the district, from Port Stephens to Gosford, was ablaze yesterday, when bush fires, fanned by the strong westerly gales, literally raced through and destroyed the dry undergrowth and scrub-lands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battered on Lake Palomah in Gale Ran for Shelter
Mr. Lance Lawson had an opportunity of trying out his recently acquired crusier, palomah, under particulary trying conditions yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hit by Gale Yachtmen's Plight Off Nobbys Birubi to the Rescue
Four men in a yacht 10 miles from Nobbys were threatened with swamping in the gale, and had a graclling flight before they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale Fans Fires Flames Sweep Bush in Outer Suburbs Houses Destroyed Volunteer Fire-Fighters Save Many Homes
Swept by a huge ring of bushfires, a 60 miles an hour gale and the temperature at times reaching 97.8 degress, Newcastle had a terrible time yesterday. Considering the wide circle of flame and the force of the wind, the actual damage to property was slight, but there were many narrow escapes in which life and property were in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Rises Albury Flood Expected ALBURY
People living along the flats of the Murray Valley have been warned to be ready to move to higher ground at any moment as the river is rising and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car in Gale Blown Off Road Recovered in Creek
During an exceptionally vi[?]ient gust of wind, while the storm raged on Sunday, a motor car bas blown from a road at Awaba, and raced dawn a steep…
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