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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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300 Drowned Indian Frontier Floods Engineering Works in Danger CALCUTTA, August 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 9

More than 300 inhabitants of Dora Inmail Kahn, a town on the north-west frontier of India, are believed to have been drowned in the floods that are…

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Gales in South Australia. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 6

A gale, which sometimes had a velocity of 50 miles an hour, swept South Australia yesterday. The wind lashed the city and suburbs. Building in the city were…

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Dust Storms Newcastle Obscured Mud-speckled Streets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 4

For the greater part of yesterday, a thick fog of dust blanketed Newcastle streets, and, although little rain fell, it was sufficient to speckle roads, footpaths,…

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Baradine's Passengers Lose Luggage in Oil Flood Colombo

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 1

With their property entirely ruined and no change of clothing, many [?]sengers by the P. and O. branch liner, Baradine, were in a sorry plight as a…

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Cyclone Coming! Gale Blowing Up From South

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 September 1929 · page 5

A cyclone along the New South Wales coast is predicted in a special weather warning issued by the…

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Grim Story of Lost Air Liner's Death Plunge in Storm 370 M.P.H. NEXT? British Aces to Attack Record Thrills To-morrow Attempt Over Calshot Air Course LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 September 1929 · page 1

Yesterday's race for the Schneider Trophy—the greatest race in flying history, is to be followed on Tuesday by another thrilling event. It is officially announced that Squadron-Leader…

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Heavy Rain Cyclone's Influence. Cold Snap Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 8

A cyclone is now working midway between Port Macquarie and Lord Howe Island, and for the next 24 hours rain, with cold…

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Gales and Floods Coastal Towns Warned Downpour at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 8

Newcastle was swept last night by a storm of great violence. It began to work up shortly after 6 o'clock, when thunder and lightning gave warning of…

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Gale Hinders Firemen SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 5

During the howling gale last night firemen fought Names which leaped 100ft into the air from the upholstery factory of H. Summerised and…

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Storm Off the Coast Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 8

A storm centred castward of Port macquarie was affecting the coast and tablelands areas this morning, and Mr. Mares, State Weather Officer, expects that…

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Battled Through Collier Stockrington's Trip Gale at Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 5

A mile a minute gate, with terrific seas, lashed Sydney Heads this morning, and shipping was completely paralysed…

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Faded Out Paganelli to Go Home Gallops in Gale Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 7

Paganelli, who was sensationally beaten by Amounts in the Canterbury Stakes last Saturday. is to be sent back to New Zealand next week. He…

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Steamer Pappinborra Blown Ashore at Point Stephens :: Crew Landed Message from Scene of Stranding Gale Lashed Coast Landslide Holds Up Trains on the Northern Line Floods Feared on Hunter

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 5

The Navigation Department at Newcastle received a message this afternoon that a steamer had gone ashore at Point Stephens, near the lighthouse. A later message said that the vessel is the North Coast Company's steamer Papinbarra. The message added that the crew had been landed safely…

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Flood Warnings

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 5

The following warning was issued by the Weather Bureau to-day:— "A severe cyclone is still operating on the New South Wales coast. Very…

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Cyclone Moves Flood Danger Passes SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 8

The cyclone is now moving away from the New South Wales coast. Further showers are exported on the coast north of Sydney, but the…

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Swansea the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 8

The storm which struck Swansea on Tuesday night, although exceptionally heavy, only did minor damage. It has been reported that some fences and…

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Steward Lost in Gale SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 8

The cyclone, which raged on the N.S.W. coast was responsible for the death of Edwin Chant, bedroom steward on the small coastal steamer…

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Waterloo Fire Battle in Gale Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 7

Only great work by over sixty firemen saved a whole block from being demolished at Waterloo early to-day, when fire broke out in Summerlad and Company's…

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Battle with Gale Bonalbo's Skipper Tells Didn't Sight Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 8

A thrilling story of his run before the gale was told by Captain Soderblom master of the Bonaldo, which was being searched for all day…

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The Cyclone Wild Night on Coast Wreck at Point Stephens Hunter Valley Drenched

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 9

Newcastle and the valley of the Hunter, were swept by storm and rain on Tuesday night and yesterday. The scene of wild grandeur presented by the ocean attracted numbers of sightseers to points of vantage near…

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