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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
473 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 24
For the fifth day in succession, Southern England was again swept by gales. All day long frantic calls for assistance were received from ships in distress, and another batch of fatal land accidents is reported. Rivers throughout England are swelling ominously, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The exceptionally violent gale which struck Southern England on Friday night and continued yesterday, was renewed with severity to-day, and the forecast indicates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. W. Cameron, M.L.A., in reply to representations for a special grant for expenditure on the repair of flood damage in Patrick Plains Shire, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Mayor of Cessnock, Ald. Hunter, reported to a meeting of his council yesterday that, with Ald. Pryor and Elliott, and the, Town Clerk. Mr. Cooksley, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stormy conditions prevail in Central Queensland. A cyclone struck Kynuna last night, causing considerable damage, a number of premises being unroofed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →When Saturday's roaring gale in the Channel forced a suspension of all boat and aeroplane cross-Channel services, Mr. A. S. Butler Chairman of the De…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the fifth day in succession Southern England was again swept by gales, and gusts blowing at between 70 and 80 miles an hour were recorded inland. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over £1000 worth of damage was done in less than a minute by a cyclone which struck the township of Burren Junction. There has also been serious damage in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A renewal of the southerly gales, caused by a very deep depression approaching from the Atlantic, is, according to weather forecasts, likely to be severe…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"There was just a little [?]ull in the tempest just as if the[?]ghty [?] stopped the storm, enabling us to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The centre of the hurricane is north of Suva, and it is apparently travelling to the south-east. Taveuni Island apparently received the brunt of the storm, but there…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A serious situation has arisen in the Athelney district of Somerset, where a large area of country is flooded. The water is lashed into huge waves by high…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The hurricane centre is now east of Suva, and is moving to the south-east. Probably the southern portion of the Lau group will suffer heavily. The storm centre…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It is believed that the floods in the Thames Valley have now reached their worst. No further heavy rain is expected in the immediate future, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The auxiliary cutter, Tui Cakau, struck the Wakaya reef and disappeared in a a squall yesterday. It is feared that her owner, Mr. J. Hennings, and 11 others,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After a thrilling battle with gules, three Dutch tugs brought the disabled liner Jamaica Settler (7000 tons) into Falmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The attempt to establish a new longdistance flying record for Britain has ended in tragedy. The R.A.F. Fairey monoplane used for the attempt crashed near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Due to the abnormal tides along the coast in the vicinity of Port Stephens, Pilligarry Creek, in the Anna Bay district, overflowed its banks, and water…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There is still no connected story of the disaster near Tunis, when the R.A.F. Fairey monoplane crashed while on a non-stop flight to the Cape, killing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In considering the matter of flood mitigation on the Hunter, Mr. George Gordon, C.E., assumed that the maximum flood to be provided against is similar…
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