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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
362 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 19
Torrential rain commenced to fall shortly before 11 a.m. to-day, and by 1 p.m. many low-lying places in the district were in flood. The water in Tudor-street Extended, Hamilton, was within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merewether and portions of Hamilton seem to have suffered the worst of the Newcastle suburbs by yesterday's deluge. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taken in tow off the Oregon coast on Friday in a battered condition, the five-masted schooner K. V. Kruze, 115 days out from Adelaide, broke the hawser, and has since completely disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junction Progress Association members last night expressed dissatisfaction at the stoppage of the Globe and Merewether trams during the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Possibility of extensive damage to the business area of West Maitland as the result of a sudden downpour on the upper reaches of the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After one of the hottest days for some time, a severe thunderstorm broke over Kurrl about 7.30 p.m. yesterday and lasted till about 9 p.m. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →'A' severe storm, with heavy thunder and vivid lightning, broke over Cessnock about 6.45 last night. The storm approached from the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The requests mole to the Works Department for the services of dredges have for some months been insistent. The pressure is due to the silting at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported from Kansas City that cloudbursts and cyclonic windstorms have swept through the south-west. Four lives are known to be lost, five persons are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The cessation of the rain this morning saved many paris of the district from serious flooding, The heavy rain that fell during last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A message from Omaha states that the whole of eastern Nebraska is suffering from one of the worst storms ever experienced. Telegraphic communications…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The liner Leviathan, 59,957 tons, was struck by a huge wave when in midocean, and was docked in a battered and damaged condition…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is reported from Quebec that extensive floods have taken toll of four lives. Two men were swept away from a bridge, and two more were lost when an engine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good ruins fell over many of the eastern and north-eastern districts of New South Wales during the past week, particularly between Thursday [?] Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Berlin Tuesday ("Sun" Special).—The airship Italia, in which General Nobile act out from Milan with his ultimate objective Spitzbergen, landed at Seddin (Pommerania) with great difficulty, after a thrilling 20 hours flight. Considerable damage was done during the storm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further rain was recorded over a wide area of New Smith Wales this morning, more particularly coastal areas, the northern tablelands, the north-west slopes and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further heavy rain fell on the north coast during the 24 hours ending at nine o'clock the morning. The Richmond, and Tweed districts received over three and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Further torrential rains as the result of the cyclonic disturbance fell over practically the whole of the south-eastern quarter of the State during the 24 hours ended…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation comprising A. Burns, President of the Kearsley Shire Council, Councillor W. Bendeich, and W. J. Grieve, shire clerk, was introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thoughts of the possibilities of flooding were nupermost in the mild of a large portion of the population to-day. The wharves were being cleared, and the…
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