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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
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An air welcome to the Governor (Sir Philip Game), who is to officially open Newcastle Show on Thursday, February…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Following seven inches of rain in 24 hours, the upper Richmond River came down last night with a great rush. It broke over the bank into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following flood warning:—"Exceptionally heavy rain has fallen in the Far North Coast area. Some of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With the cessation of heavy rains in the city to-day, the flood position in the suburbs improved, and although the river is rising rapidly, due to torrential rain…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Commenting upon the weather reports this morning, the Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Camm) said that torrential rains had fallen during the past 24 hours on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FOLLOWED by an intense cyclone off the Queensland coast, many anxious hours wore spent by the passengers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Torrential rain has fallen on the North Coast of New South Wales. Telephone communication with Lismore has been interrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lismore last night passed through hours of intense anxiety as swirling waters crept higher in the streets of the town, flooding buildings and causing scores of residents to fly to safety on higher ground, leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The flood position in the Brisbane area is still menacing, and may reach a crisis to-day. Many houses in Brisbane suburbs were flooded last night, and damage was caused at Ipswich…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A denial that he had assisted to suppress the recommendation of the committee of experts was made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commenting upon the flood position in the Northern districts of New South Wales, the Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Camm) stated to-day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood danger has passed in the Lismore district. The receding waters have left a trail of havoc and destruction, the damage amounting to many thousand pounds. The Mayor of Lismore has already opened a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Far North Coast's record flood attained its maximum height of 35ft. 9in. in Lismore at 11 p.m. on Friday. The receding waters left behind them a trail…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floodwaters claimed two victims in the metropolitan area oil Saturday. Sydney Thrower, 8, of Toowong, while diving into the floodwaters, struck his head on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nothing is more astonishing than the stoical unconcern with which Lismore residents face flood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The water has receded in most of the flooded areas, but in the Oxley district, where the flood was most severe, many houses are still under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest N.R.M.A. reports regarding the roads in the flooded areas indicate that conditions are gradually improving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is fortunate that the Benledi, a steamer of 5942 tons, which entered Newcastle harbour undamaged on Saturday afternoon, was carrying a light cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific gales and snowstorms yesterday interrupted the northern railways communications. Numerous casualties were reported along the coast. A motor boat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leslie Shieb, 20, an apprentice machinist, at Brown and Jolly's furniture factory at South Lismore, was electrocuted this afternoon. Shieb was underneath…
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