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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Street Battles Berlin Communists Death Roll Increases Police Storm Barricades (Australian Press Association.) BERLIN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 5

Following a day of comparative quiet, with armed police patrolling the city, Berlin's May Day battles flared up again last night…

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Death Roll 44 United States' Storms New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 5

Forty-four persons lost their lives in the violent storms which have swept the Middle West and the Southern States in the past few days…

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"WORDS!" "Grandfather King" Millions of Them Election Flood London, Monday. LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 1

"The ten thousand million word election" will probably be the title by which the present general election will go down to history. It Ever since the return from Craigwell House, Boguor, says the "Daily Sketch," Princess Elizabeth, the three-year-old daughter of the…

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Maitland District East Maitland Council Flood Protection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 8

The East Maitland Embankment Committee wrote to the East Maitland Council last night, relative to the proposed construction of a channel from…

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Flood Havoc Rivers Break Banks Crops Destroyed London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

After the melting of the snows on the Anatolian Mountains, says the Bagadad correspondent of "The Times," the Euphrates and Tigris…

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Hagen Wins British Open Championship Golf in a Gale American Champion Retains Title LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 1

Walter Hagen, (U.S.A.). bolder of the British Open Golf Championship to-day retained his title with a round of 292. PERFECT golfing weather yesterday, which Walter Hagen said…

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Heavy Rain on Coast and Tablelands Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 6

The rain recorded in New South Wales during the 48 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning, covered all of the coastal areas, most of the tablelands and parts of the…

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Severe Storms in Japan KOBE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 1

Heavy storms have caused widespread damage in the north. Alarm, had been felt concerning the fate of a steamer, which was…

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Heavy Rain Tram Held Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 5

Newcastle residents left their beds grudgingly yesterday morning, when they awoke to see dull leaden skies from which came a constant drizzle, punctuated now…

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Escaped Floods Newcastle Deluged by Rain Trams Held Dp Weather Might Improve To-morrow'

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 7

The Stale Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, is hopeful that by tonight the rain should be departing. Fears of floods in Newcastle suburbs were expressed in Newcastle yesterday when the rain, which bad been falling…

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Drains Fail Wickham Flooded

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 7

The low-lying portions of Wickham, Smedmore, Linwood and Maryville suffered most during last night's downpour…

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Loan Flood Dr. Page Tries to Limit States Disagree Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 5

The State Treasurers have pressed their claims so strongly at the Loan Council meetings that it seems as if. Dr. Earle Page's…

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Flood Havoc Railways Cut in Iraq LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 1

Noah's Ark is not mentioned in the despatches from Baghdad, but reports glate that all manner of dugouts have been recommissioned in order to…

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"I'll Resign" New Lambton Storm Mayor's Threat

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 9

Atmosphere at New Lambton Council was electric last night when the Mayor (Alderman Brown) threatened to resign…

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Radio Fakes "Noise King's" Secrets Imitating a Flood

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 6

Major K. V. Wright, the B.B.C.s "master of noises," who is leaving to Join his chief, Mr. R. E. Jeffrey, in the "talkies, told a London…

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Cyclone Fences

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 2

W. Savage and Co., Ltd., has been appointed Newcastle and district agents for the Cyclone Fence and Gate Co., Pty., Ltd. The name "Cyclone"…

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One Man Missing Catherine Hill Bay Wreck Yacht Dashed To Pieces Torn From Moorings in Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1929 · page 7

Thinking they were in a safe haven, James Carpenter and Geoffrey Jacoby, who were on their way from Broken Bay to Brisbane, in the 25-ton auxiliary yacht Erica, put into Catherine Hill Bay when they stuck engine trouble on…

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Wet Feet Union-street Floods Boat Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 4

"If the Main Roads Board is not prepared to raise the level or Union-street, near National Park, it should be compelled to provide a boat so that…

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Icy Gale Westerly Sweeps Newcastle Low Temperature

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 4

Like a blast from the polar regions, the worst westerly of this winter swept through Newcastle yesterday at 60 miles an hour…

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Gale in Sydney Much Damage Done Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 6

Sydney was struck by a violent gale, which reached a velocity of 52 miles an hour this afternoon, and it was still blowing strongly at a late hour to-night…

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