Flood Prevention Lower Hunter Schemes
With the object of minimising the possibility of the repetition of heavy losses sustained by Morpeth district farmers as the result of last year's…
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Floods & storms, 1930
673 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 34
Safety Men Withdrawn from All Pits on Newcastle Field March to Burwood Safety-men Prevented From Starting Flooding Danger Additional Police Arrive From Sydney Enginemen's Counter-action
Safety-men and deputies were withdrawn from associated collieries on the northern field this morning. From the owners' point of view this is the most serious development in the coal struggle to date, for by forcing the safety-men out, the miners have caused the cessation of ventilation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gorgeous Scenes Antarctic Seas Discovery Rides Out Storm CANBERRA
"During the evening hours of January 6, the Discovery steamed south-west through a loose pack towards the coast, where we hoped to effect a landing. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tug Engulfed Officer's Story of Naval Tragedy Survivors in Water Consort Rescues Five During Storm LONDON
After the five survivors of the crew of the naval tug, St Genny, had landed at Plymouth from the sloop H.M.S. Snapdragon and had re-equipped with new kits from the Naval Barracks, Lieutenant Henry Melville, one of whose…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Houses Unroofed Cyclone Near Rockhampton BRISBANE
Considerable damage was caused at Mount Larcom, near Rockhampton, yesterday, by a cyclone, which unroofed many houses and uprooted trees…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Field Menace of Flooding Burwood Pit
All Is quiet to-day on the Newcastle fields, but on unseen enemy —water—threatens to do many thousands of pounds of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Causing Alarm Wallsend C. Pit Flooding Threatens
A meeting of the Wallsend combined miners' lodges was held in Wallsend last night to discuss a further move in having safety men. reinstated at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Drainage at Singleton
The recent hailstorm which was experienced in, several parts of the Singleton district did not consist of the usual smooth pellets, for in some places big…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Jest 100 Miles Became 2600 Epic Cruise Yacht Swept Across Atlantic LONDON
Bound on a 100 miles coastal cruise to St. John's, New Foundland, the fishing schooner, Neptune, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms in America Blizzards and Floods Chicago, January 17
North America is suffering from freak weather, and hundreds of deaths have occurred in the past ten days. Chicago shivered with the theremometer 5deg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Peril Storm-battered Steamer Holds Filling Ships Rush to the Rescue VANCOUVER
Several steamers are racing to the aid of the storm battered British freighter North Pacific (3100 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Across Atlantic Steamer's Long Drift Disabled in Storm (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 18
At the conclusion of an amazing voyage, the coasting steamer "Neptune, of 129 tons. anchored to-day off Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Forty-seven days ago the tiny ship…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wallsend Fears Flooding of Collieries Position of Safety Men
A mayoral reception at Wallsend on Saturday night did not pass off without a number of references to the mining situation, particularly with regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone Near Cooktown Brisbane
A small but intense cyclone, moving west, was centred this morning near Cooktown. Under its influence squally conditions prevail at several northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prince at Capetown Steamer Buffeted by Gale Capetown, January 20
The steamer Kenilworth Castle, after being buffeted by a violent south-easterly gale, arrived at daybreak to-day with the Prince of Wales aboard. The Governor,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Maitland Flood Anniversary
To-day is the anniversary of the great Maitland flood of 1874. Rain set in on January 16 and, during the night, the river started to rise,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Torrential Rain North Queensland Deluge BRISBANE
North Queensland was [?] by torrential rain last night, as much as 9in falling. Low-lying parts were flooded, and rivers rose rapidly. To-day both the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Small Ketch Wrecked Dragged Anchor in Gale Melbourne
The mystery surrounding the wreck of a small vessel in Bass Strait was cleared up to-day by a wireless message from the Government lighthouse steamer Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Store Unroofed Cyclone On North Coast Telephonist Shocked Grafton
A cyclonic storm of unusual violence, visited Copmanhurst yesterday afternoon, and amongst other damage, took half the roof off Coheo and Ireland's store. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Great Gale
The description of the storm which we are still experiencing as the "greatest gale Britain has ever known" is probably correct, for a protracted period of high…
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