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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
673 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 34
Fears that the recent heavy rains, should they continue, would result in floods in certain areas, have been allayed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wintry weather prevents over the greater part of the British Isles, more or loss heavy snow falls being reported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Paris, March 19.—The official report on the recent floods in the south-west of France states that the dead totalled 206, the houses wrecked 2693, and acres flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Government has banned three films portraying Mahatma Gandhi's disobedience march. Gandhi's campaigners are nearing the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Amid uproar, H. J. Brennan, secretary of the Seamen's Union, F. Claydon, N.S.W. branch secretary, and the N.S.W. vigilant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remarkable escapes from death were reported from Sydney and Coff's Harbor to-day. Seven sleeping persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible fire hazard has been created close to the city by a gusher which for the last few days has been throwing 200,000 barrels of oil into the air daily, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The rainfall reported this morning consisted only of scattered thundershowers about the North Coast and Tablelands. A few moderate amounts were recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil wells . can produce so tremendously as to embarrass the whole countryside. The world's greatest gusher, named…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, broke over Newcastle about midnight, but only light rain fell for a brief time…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →One woman was killed and many accidents occurred during the height of a severe storm which swept over Sydney and the suburbs at 8.30…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →During the storm which passed over Swansea on Thursday night, there was a very heavy flash of lightning and a single crash of thunder at about 11.15 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rushing through the darkness in the early hours of this morning, a special train of empty carriages bound for T[?]ree, met disaster between Heron's Creek and Wauchope, on the North Coast line, about 170 miles from Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood washaways on the North Coast railway line, between Heron's Creek and Wauchope, about 170 miles from Newcastle, resulted in an empty passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fall of an inch of rain within an hour flooded streets to a depth of four feet. Motor cars were swamped,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A thick mist was quickly rising, In a gaunt and shapeless form; And the distant roar of thunder Heralded the coming storm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great relief was expressed this morning when brilliant sunshine removed all fears of floods, which threatened yesterday. Water from flooded creeks on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Torrential rain fell in the metropolitan area to-day and at one period of the morning 30 points were registered in 14 minutes. The downpour in some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday was the coldest Good Friday for 10 years. The beaches and country lanes were deserted in the showers, snow and sleet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A gale, accompanied by torrential rain, swept over Wagga to-day, and considerable damage was done in the town. The roof of a theatre in course of erection…
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