SHOCKED Two Women and a Girl Hanging on Line Storm Dislodges Live Wire
Three people hanging from a clothes line and writhing in agony was the extraordinary scene that confronted a City Council electric…
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Floods & storms, 1929
473 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 24
Flood Warnings
Acting under instructions, the police were very active yesterday in warning people on lowlying areas, of the risks of floods. The latest information was sought…
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At 6 p.m. the water was trickling over the top bar of the floodgates, in Wallis Creek, between East and West Maitland. Fortunately the rainfall in the Mulbring…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hunter River Rising Lowlands Flooded
The whole of the valley of the Hunter was swept by storm and rain on Tuesday night and yesterday morning, with the result that the river, with practically all…
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Railway officials were jubliant at the sudden subsidence of the flood waters near Paterson at about 3 a.m. to-day…
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The cyclone has moved eastward. A heavy sea, however, was still running along the coast last night, but did not interfere with slipping movements…
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The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Bonalbo arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Port Stephens, after having experienced a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →As Gale-lashed Seas Pounded Pappinbarra s Wreck
The wreck of the Pappinbarra, near the Port Stephens light, as it was being pounded by the huge seas. This special air picture gives a vivid idea of the plight of the stricken ship…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Embankment Slide Aftermath of Storm Mails Delayed
A railway embankment between Paterson and Martin's Creek subsided at 10.30 p.m. yesterday, and seriously dislocated the traffic…
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The weather had improved yesterday, and the vessels that had been sheltering at various points along the coast, were soon at sea. The gale had spent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Washed Overboard Steward Drowned in Storm Sydney
While the North Coast S. Company's steamer Pulganbar, which is engaged in the Sydney, Newcastle, and Byron Bay trade, was steaming into the teeth of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Losses of Sheep Cyclonic Storm Singleton District Singleton
Great disaster was wrought among the sheep in this district as the result of Tuesday night's cyclonic storm. The reported losses run into thousands. Few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fighting the Gale Motor Launch Thrilling Experiences Grafton
The Sydney motor launch Pelligan, 15 tons, with six well-known Sydney sportsmen aboard, whose names have not been disclosed, put into Yamba Bay, Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Relief Mr. Thorby to Visit Area Sydney
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.P., was informed to-day that Mr. Thorby, Minister for Agriculture, will make a special visit to Maitland on Friday next, to interview…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →European Storms Serious Damage Done Fatalities in England London, September 18
Remarkably warm, late-summer weather throughout the greater part of Europe culminated to-day in a series of terrific thunderstorms. Three people were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bruce Cheerful To Storm Hughes's Electorate "Much Encouraged" Scullin Policy Speech Well Received SYDNEY
The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) was in a mood of cheerful optimism when he arrived in Sydney by the Melbourne express this morning. "I am very much encouraged by what has happened to date, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Doubts About Jonah!'s Fish Story Cause Church Storm Huge Slump Shares in Hatry Group's Millions Four Arrests Other Companies. Fear Rebound LONDON
Following a severe slump in the market value of shares in the "Hairy Group", of companies, whose capital runs into millions of pounds, Clarence Hatry and three associates have been arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer on Reef Storm-swept Island Tug Racing to Rescue Colombo, September 22
The steamer Hochst, which sailed for Europe on Thursday, is aground off Minicoy Island, and is reported to be badly disabled. In response to an "S.O.S.," the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Deposits
Wherever the Hunter River water covered the land in the recent flood there is a substantial deposit of silt. No flood of similar dimensions has left so much. Its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer in Gale
The steamer Paheka, which arrived in Sydney yesterday, from Hamburg and London, met an unusually violent storm when crossing the Indian Ocean. For…
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