Fifty Homes Flooded Severe Storm at Cessnock Police Warning
As a climax to the week of rain and foods, a severe storm broke over Cessnonk about seven p.m. yesterday. With heavy thunder…
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Floods & storms, 1931
579 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 29
Ambulance Flooded Manly Tram Service Stopped SYDNEY
As a result of further heavy rain this afternoon, flood waters from Manly golf course increased in area and invaded the Manly Ambulance Station. Officers did…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Alarms Hunter River Rises to 31ft 6in Train Traffic Interrupted Maitland and Cessnock Farm Areas Submerged
The river at West Maitland had risen to a height of 31 feet 6 inches at midnight. This was a rise of 6 inches in about 10 hours. The backwater flood was rising at the rate of 4 inches…
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The Heart of Cessnock Estate was flooded again last night, when the creek overflowed. The water rose considerably higher than on Thursday morning, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Waters Slowly Falling in Hunter Valley Danger Appears To Have Passed Position Easier Unless More Rain Falls Floods May Be Held in Check Tide Danger To-night Families Driven From Their Homes After Cloudburst Last Night
Unless more rain falls the danger of further serious flooding in the Hunter district seems to have passed. Very little rain fell at Maitland, Singleton and Muswellbrook to-day, and late this afternoon the river at Maitland commenced to drop…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Spirit Prevails at Maitland Celebration Held Despite Floods
The dominating spirit of Anzac. prevailed at Maitland, to-day when residents, despite, the hardships many of them faced, almost filled the Town…
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Tho following message was received at Newcastle police headquarters this afternoon from the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister Visits Flooded Areas to Place Position Before Cabinet
The flooded Mattland areas were to-day inspected by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Baddeley), who, in company with Mr. O'Hearn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Waters Disorganise Northern Railway: Services Maintained British Drive for Disarmament Henderson's Hopes for Next Parley New Diplomacy London
Speaking to-night at the annual dinner of the Foreign Press Association, the Foreign Secretary (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Deluge Eleven Inches Fell in Four Hours SOUTHPORT
Torrential rain fell over the South Coast district during the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. to-day, the average registration being more than five inches. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →92,000 Spectators Watch English Soccer Cup Final in Heavy Rain Preparations for Important Budget Speech Invalid Chancellor's Ordeal Tuesday's Fight London
In a half darkened room of his Surrey home, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Phillip Snowden) spent the day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keeping Faith Choral Society's Trip Through the Flood to Cessnock
That the spirit of adventure is not dimmed was evidenced by the exciting journey undertaken by the Newcastle Choral Society in order to be present at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Martinsville Damage by Flood Water
Incessant rain fell at Martinsville last week and all the creeks have been in exceptionally heavy flood since Thursday morning. The Forest Plantation…
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A meeting of citizens was held in the Parish Hall on Saturday afternoon to protest against delay on the part of the Government inputting into operation a scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Richmond Rises Parts of Lismore Flooded Shopkeepers Shift Stock Lismore
Residents of Lismore awoke this morning to find the lower parts of the town at North and Sooth Lismore under water, conditions resembling the big flood of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Abolish State Parliaments Next Election Issue Flood Waters Falling Crops Damaged Cattle Safe Mud-coated Houses
Flood Waters are falling rapidly from all the inundated areas of Hexham, Miller's Forest, Tarro,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Still Delay Trains Transhipping to Continue
Transhipping from all northern mail trains and expresses will, it is expected, be continued at Maitland throughout to-day, and there is little…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enterprising Farmer Makes Money Out of the Flood
While scores of farmers suffered as a result of the flood, one man turned it into good effect on the Raymond Terrace to Hexham road on Saturday and Sunday. The water, covered the road near "Windeyer's Flat, and on Saturday…
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A party on a motor lorry, in which were members of a girls' cricket team, got into difficulties in the flood waters on Maitland-road and some of the girls were carried to safety. At right: A traffic constable had a strenuous day yesterday at Hexham, warning motorists of the State of the road further on Seldom has motor traffic on Maitland-road been heavier than yesterday, when hundreds, drove up to see the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Caused Postponing of Rugby League Games First Time for Over Nine Years Roads to Coalfields Were Trouble Week Later
Saturday's postponement of Rugby League games is the first occasion that such an action has been taken for…
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