House Split by Lightning Storm's Fury at Singleton' Family's Narrow Escape Singleton
Lightning is reported to have severely damaged a house at Wylle's Flat, near Singleton, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1932
319 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 16
Mrs. Mollison Worries and Mishaps Flight to Cape Terrifying Ordeal in Storm (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, November 20
In the course of a whole-page story which she telephoned exclusively to the "Sunday Express," Mrs. J .A. Mollison revealed that her record-making flight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Deluged. Water Enters Shops Streets Flooded Heaviest Rain for 10 Years SYDNEY
Streets, and in some suburbs houses, were flooded by an exceptionally heavy rainstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, which passed over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Upsets Telephones
During Sunday's storm 800 telephones were temporarily put out of action in Sydney and suburbs. The Acting Chief of the C.I.B. (Inspector Miller) was one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colombia Floods Bogota (Colombia), Nov. 22
One hundred persons were drowned and many left homeless as a result of floods in the Huila department. Crops are reported to have been ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flooding Expected Central Queensland Barcoo Rising Rapidly Brisbane
A big flood is expected at Blackall, Central Queensland, as a result of heavy rain, which averaged up to 600 points, in the past 48 hours. The Barcoo River…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cool Change in City Sweltering Heat in Morning Thunderstorm Coming
Conditions in the city this morning were made uncomfortable by the sweltering heat, but at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Panama Canal Is Out of Action Flood's Fury Too Strong Lock Gates Had to Be Kept Open River on Rampage Balboa (Canal Zone)
The Panama Canal was closed to traffic early to-day, because 13 of the Gatun Dam spillway gates…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Panama Canal Closed to Traffic Floodgates Open Balboa (Canal Zone), November 29
The Panama Canal was closed to traffic early to-day, as 13 of the Gatun Dam spillway gates stood open to let pass a torrent of floodwater from the rampaging…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria Deluged Heavy Rain Sweeps State MELBOURNE
A heavy rainstorm swept across Victoria to-day, resulting in the temperature dropping 20 degrees in 15 minutes. Over an inch of rain fell in the city in three…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Unsettled Weather Approaching May Be Storm This Evening Sydney
A tendency towards unsettled weather in Sydney to-day need cause little worry to cricket followers, as Mr. Mares expects the rain to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →G. B. Shaw Again Arouses Violent Storm Among Clergy "Black Girl's Search for a God" Irreverent Book by G. B. Shaw Says Bible Is Obsolete "Offensive Sarcasm" London
Describing himself as "Bishop of Everywhere," in his preface to his latest book, "The Adventures of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mulbring Flood Information
In response to representations made by Mr. R. James, M.H.R. on behalf of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce, urging that rain gauges be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Drainage South Maitland Area Councils Confer
A conference of representatives of shires, municipalities, and other public bodies interested in the proposal to provide for the drainage of floodwaters from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Cruiser Sinks in Violent Storm TOKIO, December 5
The cruiser Sawarabi, which was proceeding from Kure to Formosa, is reported to have sunk in a violent storm 100 miles from its destination. Over 100…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seaman's Pluck Repaired Leak in Storm on Luxury Liner London
Five hundred passengers on the luxury non-rolling line Conte Di Savoia, breathlessly watched a seaman, Amatruda…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ministers Favor Flooding More Appointments to Upper House Moratorium Bill Deadlock Sydney
A state of truce exists in the Moratorium Bill dispute between the Government and the hostile majority in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclonic Storm Train Cars Blown Off Line Three Passengers Injured Rockhampton
During a terrific cyclonic storm at Cocneel in Dawson Valley, a mixed train from Lawgi, standing at Cooneel, received the full force of the blow, and six carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Swept Along Road Child Badly Injured Rockhampton Cyclone Rockhampton
The cyclone which struck the city with terrific force yesterday, and overturned six carriages of a train standing at the Cooneel station, injuring three of the 15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hot Weather Thunderstorm at Night
Distinctly unpleasant weather conditions prevailed in Newcastle yesterday, and although the maximum temperature, recorded at Signal Hill at 3 o'clock was…
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