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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 19

ADRIFT! Light Ship's Peril in Christmas Gale Crew's Anxious Time LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 December 1928 · page 1

How the East Goodwin lightship, one of the most important in the world, familiar to all Australian passengers by steamer to…

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Postal Rush Mails by the Million Christmas Flood

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 December 1928 · page 4

Letters, cards, packets, parcels. Thousands of Christmas gifts anil greetings—millions of them. Postal figures show that all previous…

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Calm Before Wilkins Prepares for Storms Polar Preparations December 12

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1928 · page 1

Polar regions are places where nothing can be foretold. Meteorological records for the last 23 years show that this area in the…

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