Maranoa Delayed by Cyclone
The Steamer Maranoa, which reached Sydney yesterday, experienced very rough weather down the coast, and it was found necessary to last down the dock cargo to…
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Floods & storms, 1929
473 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 24
Terrific Storm Sand and Dust West Queensland Suffers Brisbane
The Far West of Queensland has been visited by a terrific sand and dust storm. At Boulia the storm was seen at its worst, for the dust enveloped town and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →73 DIPPED Evangelist and Concrete Tub Amazing Scenes Huge Crowd Storms Cessnock Theatre
Standing in the specially constructed concrete tub, which contained about 2ft 6in of water, Mr. Van Eyk the South African evangelist, baptised by immersion 73 converts at the Strand Theatre, Cessnock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Town Inundated Flood Disaster in New Zealand River Overflows Banks Wellington (N.z.)
Disaster has again overtaken the west coast of New Zealand, the Moklhinui River having overflowed and inundated the whole of Seddonville township…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Frantic Rush N.Z. Flood Victims Night of Terror Christchurch (N.z.)
Detailed reports of a disastrous flood which on Thursday night overwhelmed the town of Seddonville, near Westport, show that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DEVASTATION Scene in Flood-swept Town Seven Houses Habitable Wellington (New Zealand), Sat
As the result, of the Mokihinui River having broken through the slips and this inundated Seddoaville, that township presents a heart-breaking seen of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Prevention Samdon-street Drain Work Started
A commencement with the scheme to prevent flooding of Tudor-street Extended, Hamilton, has been made. To-day preliminary work,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Face Storm Bruce and Page Prepare Crisis Looms Canberra
The Federal Cabinet, which will open & series of meetings in Canberra to-morrow, is preparing to face the first real crisis of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirty Villages Submerged by Floods in Asia Minor Empire Preferences Government Delays Action Wait for Dominions "Most Cordial Relations Desired" LONDON
There is good reason for believing, says the political correspondent of "The Sun" that the British Government intends to delay action in connection with the abolition of the Empire preferences until the matter has been discussed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500 DEAD Floods in Turkey £300,000 DAMAGE 30 Villages Submerged CONSTANTINOPLE
Torrential rains in the Trebizond district of Asiatic Turkey have been responsible for 500 deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Disaster in Turkey Constantinople, July 13
Torrential rains have resulted in 30 villages being submerged in the Trebizond district. The death roll is 300, and damage amounts to £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in India Twelve Deaths Reported Calcutta, July 18
Disastrous floods, following torrential rain, have occurred in Western and Southern India. Shikarpur, in the Slud district, was completely submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Liners in Storm Calcuta, July 18
Two River Hooghly shipping pilots now on an unexpected sea trip. They left Calcutta to guide liners bound for Japan and England to the mouth of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six Dead English Gale Havoc Terrific Storm Rain Follows Heat Wave LONDON
To date it is known that three persons were drowned and three killed by lightning, while many have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death and Desolation in Trail of Fierce English Gale Shots Fired Clash on Manchurian Front Unconfirmed Reports War Outbreak Still Doubted SHANGHAI
While further reports of actual fighting between Russian and Chinese outposts have been received, it is necessary to accept them with, caution. It is clear, however, that Soviet aeroplanes are engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Killed Drought Breaks in England Floods and Tidal Wave (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, July 21
The Government was becoming alarmed at the drought, and the Metropolitan Water Board had just forbidden the watering of gardens, when the heat wave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deaths Total Four Storm and Tidal Wave London, July 21
The total casualties in the storm and tidal wave, which swept the east and south coasts from Yarmouth to Worthing, were two drowned and two killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Droughts and Floods' Seedsman's Bankruptcy
Sickness, droughts, and floods. These, according to John Harold leslie Thomas, seed merchant, of Hunter-street, Newcastle, at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drastic Changes Labor's Attitude Towards Egypt Storm Grows Fewer Troops for Canal Guard ? LONDON
The storm following the resignation of the High Commissioner-of Egypt (Lord Lloyd), if anything, is intensified, says the political correspondent of "The Sun." The Dominions will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Warning
A special weather warning issued to the Commonwealth Navigation Service at Newcastle to-day, said that a severe cyclone…
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