Gale at Wybong
The fierce westerly gale which swept over the Lower Hunter River district during the week-end was very severe at Wybong, where trees were blown down…
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Floods & storms, 1928
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 19
"A Snorter" Schooner in Dust Storm SYDNEY
Unique in the experience of Captain Watchlin, who has sailed the Tasman Sea for 23 years, was the violent dust storm which the auxiliary schooner…
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The Government has been asked by the Mayor of Parkes to grant relief to isolated cases of hardship in the district, caused by Sunday's cyclonic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →STORMS'FURY Aeroplanes and Ships Suffer Blinding Snows Furious Gales in Hudson Bay Area WINNIPEG
Government wireless reports state that the steamer George Yates has arrived safely at Churchill with 33 passengers on board. She was delayed by blinding snow storms. Reports from Hudson Bay of terrible snows and storms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Zeppelin Approaching America Damage in Storm (Australian Press Association.) New York
At 6.30 on Saturday morning, when 1100 miles east of Bermuda the Graf Zeppelin sent a message that her port horizontal was damaged, and requested…
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According to a statement made by Mr. Kitto, Deputy Postmaster-General, in Sydney, yesterday, the cyclonic disturbance on Sunday week caused damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floodgates
In a report submitted to the West Maitland Council by the Works and Saleyards Committee, last evening, on the Wallis Creek Flood Gates, there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland Gale Fruit Trees Damaged
Though farming areas in the Maitland district benefited to a large extent as the result of yesterday's rain, considerable damage was done to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storms in Queensland Much Damage Done Brisbane
Destructive storms were experienced over a wide area of Southern Queensland last night. The wind was of cyclonic force, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roofs Torn Off Gales in South-west Amazing Escapes Temora
Terrific gales struck Temora and Ardlethan yesterday afternoon, and although they lasted only a few minutes did hundreds of pounds worth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in Madras Railway Disaster Calcutta
Unprecedented rainfall along the Madras coast has resulted in extensive flooding. The Madras and Southern Mahratta…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Madras Great Loss of Life Calcutta
The floods are increasing on the Madras Coast, and are the worst for twenty years. The countryside is inundated for hundreds of miles, and villages and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Tanker Lost With All Hands in Atlantic Lost with All Hands American Ship in Cyclone Rescue Impossible S.O.S. Messages Picked Up Too Late
It is believed that the American tanker David C. Reed (5674 tons) has sunk in mid-Atlantic. The master of the steamer Delilian (Captain Fulford) says that he received the sinking ship's radio S.O.S., but owing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Madras Floods Enormous Damage Calcutta
The Madras floods are subsiding, Twelve railway bridges have been washed away, and many lives have been lost. Food, for the passengers on the mail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Injured in Wind Storm
In addition to causing damage to property, a severe wind storm caused injury to six people at Condobolin during the week-end. The wind blew up suddenly,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heat and Gale Newcastle Swelters
Stifling conditions were experienced in Newcastle to-day. At 3 p.m. the temperature was 94.8 degrees. A gale, at times reaching 50…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Prevention Tudor-street Extended Work to Start
The work of constructing the drain from Samdon-street, Hamilton, to overcome the flooding of Tudor-street Extended, will be commenced next…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Electrical Storms
The weather during October, has been unusually unsettled for New Zealand, and varied samples have been distributed throughout the country. While the…
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The steamer King Edward, which has arrived in New Zealand from Tampico, Mexico had a somewhat unusual experience when on the Yucatan coast on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Flood of Trouble Chinese Missions New York
Doctor John Wood, secretory of the Episcopalian Missions, declared to-day that the situation of the Protestant churches in China was more…
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