Great Storm in the Atlantic London
Leonardo Fiorni, a cook, was killed, and 13 other people narrowly escaped drowning, when a mammoth wave crashed over the White Star liner…
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Floods & storms, 1929
473 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 24
Rain Soon Mares Confident Floods Too Deluge on North Coast SYDNEY
Rain is coming. Queensland got it first, rather too much it, and the North Coast was drenched during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twelve Dead Salt Lake City Storm Salt Lake City
Twelve deaths marked tho worst storm of the winter in the mid-west States. An unexpected fall of 15 inches of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Enough to Pay" City Council Protest Storm Drainage
Agreeing with Alderman Christie that it had "enough to pay for now," Newcastle City Council decided last night to protest against any city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flooded Rivers Rain in Queensland Conditions Improving Brisbane
The Weather Burean reported this afternoon that, in view of the fact that barometers, are rising over South-eastern Queensland and Southern New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wharves Covered Flood at Bundaberg Bundaberg
As the result of heavy rains on the watershed, the Burnett River commenced to rise rapidly at 2 a.m. to-day. By 10 o'clock it had reached the decking of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MISLAID! Searching for Cyclone SYDNEY
Mr. Mares, the weather man, is searching for a cyclone which somehow has mislaid itself. How, he doesn't know; and why, he doesn't…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Seas Cyclone in the Pacific Cutter Sinks Near Suva Suva
Cyclonic disturbances in the Pacific during the past two days have caused anxiety. Yesterday a cyclone was approaching Fiji from the New Hebrides…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Floods More Rain in Far North Railway Lines Covered Brisbane
Although weather conditions improved over the sub-tropical portion of the State to-day very heavy rainfalls were again experienced in the Central and Far…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sinking Ships Gale in the Atlantic Liner Battling to Rescue New York
The liner America, under the charge of Captain George Fried, the hero of many rescues, is battling against mountainous seas in an endeavour to reach two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential Rain Floods in Queensland Disturbance Still Feared Brisbane
The Weather Bureau this afternoon reported that the centre of the cyclonic disturbance was still north-east from Cape Cleveland. Though it appeared to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Lost All Hands Missing Gale in the Atlantic (Australian Press Association.) New York
No trace has been found by ships which answered her S.O.S. call of the British steamer Tees Bridge, 3898 tones, and she is believed to have been lost with all hands,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Floods Disturbance Passing Brisbane
The cylonic disturbance, which has menaced the Queensland coast for the past few days, was centred at 9 o'clock this morning south-east from Willis Island. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm in Atlantic Four Vessels Disabled New York
Rescue ships and salvage tugs were steaming last night to aid four vessels reported to be disabled in the high seas and the gales which are sweeping the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North-east Gale Temperature Drops
The unusual phenomenon of a north-east gale, blowing at 45 miles an hour, made conditions in Newcastle a little less stifling this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saved by Peanuts Steamer in Heavy Gale LONDON
Tons of peanuts, shovelled into the furnaces, saved the French cargo steamer, Belgar[?], 4943 tons, telegraphs the Marseilles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hot Gale Newcastle Weather a Change—perhaps
A slight casing in the 40-mile-an-hour westerly gale at 2 p.m. to-day allowed the mercury in the Signal Hill thermometer to shoot up from 97 to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hope Diminishing Distressed Vessels Atlantic Storms Increase New York
Hope of saving three distressed vessels, bearing over 75 men, dwindled further to-night, as storms increased in fury, after having battered shipping for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Stop Mad Train
During the floods which swept many parts of the coastal belt of North Queensland last week, many trains were stopped. This picture shows a malt train held up on the Herbert River at Ingham, between Townsville and Cairns. Passengers were taken across the river in boats…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Lights At Merewether Beach
Merewcthor Council has installed four 1000 watt electric flood lights on Merewether beach, and at 8 p.m. to-night the Mayor will switch them on…
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