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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
579 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 29
At Gosford post office 1320 points of rain were recorded for the 24 hours up to 9 a.m. to-day, and the total since Sunday night was 1890 points,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road traffic to Sydney by all routes from the North was still blocked to-day. The Maitland-Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residents of the low-lying parts of Cessnock spent a night of misery last night. Many never went to bed, but remained up in pitch darkness in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was done when the Water Board dam at Botany broke dam banks to-day. A violent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The surf-bathing season is over, but there's still work for the lifesavers—you ask Mrs. John Cit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The State Meteorologist (Mr. D. J. Mares) stated to-night that the cyclone was passing away from the New South Wales coast. The centre at 8 p.m. was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The body of an elderly man was found in a storm-water channel in Morrickville to-day, making the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indications are that the Southerly cyclone, which has been raging since Monday, is gradually blowing itself out,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway passenger trains were considerably retarded again yesterday by the necessity for single-line working near the Hawkesbury, though the running of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although the cyclone was reported to be passing away from the coast last night, the flood danger is regarded as imminent in all coastal rivers. Further rain is expected. The State Meteorologist reported last night that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The foundations and terraces of the beautification scheme on the banks of the Maequarie River at Dubbo have been rained by recent floods. The people of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another victim of the cyclonic storm was discovered to-day. Children playing near a deep stormwater drain at Marrickville this afternoon noticed the body of a mall…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Order is being rapidly restored from the chaos left in the wake of the cyclone Passenger train services yesterday afternoon and last night were little below normal,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The end of the cyclone resulted in rush conditions in the Newcastle Harbor coal trade to-day. Orders for the day at 9 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Interstate freighter, William McArthur, arrived in Newcastle this morning more than a day late, after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The river at the Belmore Bridge, West Maitland, reached 29½ feet early yesterday morning, and remained almost stationary during the day. A good deal of debris…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hunter River at the Belmore Bridge, West Maitland, dropped to the 27 feet mark on the gunge this morning, and was still falling steadily. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Transport services affected by the recent cyclonic disturbance were practically normal yesterday, though, according to a warning issued by the Weather Bureau,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"In my 28 years of experience on the eastern coast, this is the first time I have missed Newcastle." said an engineer on the William McArthur, an interstate…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Bolwarra Shire Council, which met at Lorn, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon, ratified the recommendations agreed upon at a recent conference of local…
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