Lights Fail at Cessnock Furious Storm on Coalfields Flood Threat
Cessnock Council conducted the greater part of its meeting by candle-light. The lights failed when the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1932
319 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 16
Caught by the Storm Trail
While G. Harris, a milk vendor, of Fern-street. Randwick, was driving along a lane off Govett-street. Randwick, his car settled down into this hole, when the old roadway collapsed beneath it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Inches of Rain Yesterday's Deluge in Newcastle Anxious Night
The rainfall recorded an a result of the deluges which commenced yesterday afternoon and terminated about 7 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain at Singleton Singleton
The heaviest downpour for several months occurred yesterday afternoon and last night, 332 points being registered. The fall was general throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cardiff Storm Drainage
The storm on Tuesday night caused extensive damage to the stormwater channel under construction through Cardiff. When the stormwater overflows at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Tuesday's Storm Lower Hunter Benefits
The farming areas of the Lower Hunter were in a very bad state following the recent intensely hot weather, which caused havoc to crops and practically destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wallsend Small Coal Pits Flooded
The recent rain at Wallsend have caused three of the "baby" mines, which employ nearly 30 men, to close down through flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forced Down in Gale Hamilton and Coupland Much Time Lost in Italy Rome, February 19
Flight-Lieutenant Leslie Hamilton and Flying-Officer R. J. Coupland, who left Lympne yesterday morning in a Puss Moth on a flight to Darwin and back,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Parliament Opened Scramble to Catch the Speaker's Eye a Flood of Questions Mr. Gosling and the Gun Act Caused Uproar Sydney
There was a mad scramble by members of the Assembly to catch the Speakers's eye at the resumption of the Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ashore in Gale Ketch Grounds at Port Stephens Salvage Attempts
All attempts to refloat the Sydney ketch, Edris, which was blown ashore at Narrowgut, near Port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Storm at Katoomba Katoomba
A violent storm, preceded by vivid flashes of lightning and mighty roars of thunder, struck Katoomba at 1.30 a.m. to-day and lasted for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wickham Council Islington Park Control Flooded Streets
Those present at the meeting of the Wickham Council last night were the Mayor (Ald. M. Clark), sad Ald. C. Croft, J. Kirk, A. F. Toll, J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Storm Damage at Katoomba KATOOMBA
A hailstorm, remarkable for its intensity, occurred here this afternoon, lasting for only half an hour. Resounding claps of thunder caused…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gulmarn Safe Buffeted by Heavy Gales "Suitable for World Trip" Melbourne
After being buffeted by gales for several days and causing anxiety for the safety of the party of five people on board, the cutter Gulmarn reached…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Fatality Maitland Dead Woman's Statement Struck by Car
Struck by a car in the height of a violent storm at Maitland on February 16, Mrs. Alma Pritchard, of Bull-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Carburettor Floods
"F.S.," Rothbury, writes: "My car is fitted with a Stromberg carburettor, which has given me some trouble. When going into neutral the engine persists in stopping…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newnes Shale Mine Flooding of Channel Production Suspended Sydney
Production at the Newnes shale mine has been partially disorganised through the flooding of a channel leading to the works. A compression plant was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Severe Thunderstorm Bathurst
During a severe thunderstorm, which preceded a cloudburst at O'Connell early to-day, a number of campers narrowly escaped injury when lightning struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Deluge Hobart Shops Flooded Late Apple Crop Saved Hobart
Although considerable damage was done in the city by a heavy downpour of rain, the fall was welcomed with delight by fruitgrowers, for it has occurred after an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Isis Wrecked Storm Overwhelms Yacht Crew's Narrow Escape Melbourne
The auxiliary yacht, Isis, valued at £6000, was completely wrecked on a reef during a violent storm off Frankston early to-day…
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