Fierce Gales in Scotland Trawler Lost with All Hands Ships Run for Shelter London
A fierce southerly gale which has been raging in the North Sea during the New Year celebrations,…
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Floods & storms, 1933
458 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 23
With All Hands Aberdeen Trawler Lost Gale in North Sea London, January 2
There was at least one shipping disaster as the result of the fierce southerly gale which raged in the North Sea to-day, being particularly severe on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War God Thundering At Great Wall Of China Japanese Storm Seaport Pekin May Be Objective Another Province Now Threatened Warning of Worse to Follow Pekin
After a triple bombardment from land, sea, and air, Japanese troops occupied the seaport of Shan Hai-kwan, on the south of Chih-li, to-day. The Chinese resisted the attack for a few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sudden Thunderstorm Wind at 50 Miles an Hour Heavy Rain at Maitland
Following a humid, cloudy day, Newcastle experienced a thunderstorm just after 9 o'clock last night, and from 10 to 11 o'clock an east-north-east wind…
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Following a sweltering hot day, with the temperature hovering in the vicinity of the century, yesterday, a heavy thunderstorm broke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southerly Gale English Coasts Swept Air Services Continue London, January 3
The southerly gale continued round the coasts to-day, and very heavy seas were experienced in most places. Air services between London and Paris were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Very Sudden Change From Sultry Morn to Chilly Eve Storm Threatening
While the air cooled appreciably during the afternoon, dark ominous clouds banked up over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Thunderstorm at Night
After an oppressive day a thunderstorm broke over Cessnock about 8.30 o'clock last night, and a good fall of rain was registered. Rain fell until well into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclonic Storm Wee Waa and Narrabri Extensive Damage Wee Waa
Damage running into some hundreds of rounds was caused by a cyclonic disturbance which passed over the district last night. Several buildings were unroofed,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hail Like Duck Eggs Terrific Storm at Forster Much Damage Done Forster
Probably the most devastating hail storm in the history of the Forster district broke over that township and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hill End Nuisance Grant Inadequate Storm Opens New Fissures
The heavy thunderstorm during the week opened up new fissures above the old workings of Hill End colliery, and caused a settling down for the filling which has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Battered by Cyclone Night of Terror on Maunganui Wellington
The Maunganui experienced a terrific tropical cyclone 100 miles south of Raratongo, being struck with amazing suddenness. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rough Voyage "Maunganui" in Cyclone Five of Crew Injured Wellington (N.z.)
Struck by a cyclone, the wind attaining a velocity of 100 miles an hour, the steamer Maunganui experienced an exceedingly rough passage from San…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Town Battered Cyclone in Gippsland MELBOURNE
The small dairying town of Boolarra, in Gippsland, was extensively damaged by a 70-miles-an-hour cyclone which swept it last night. One house was wrecked,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Violent Storm Store Unroofed at Bellbrook ARMIDALE
To-day was the hottest in Armidale this summer, the mercury reaching 93 degrees. Gale-like winds blew throughout the day, but threatening storm clouds…
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Considerable damage was done when a fierce storm, accompanied by great clouds of dust and vivid lighting, struck the district last night. Flying sheets of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Tragedy Tree Falls on Tent One Killed; Two Injured Lismore
Taking refuge from a storm in a tent with for other men, Mervyn Shelton, employed on the Bonalbo-road, was killed, and two others injured, when a tree was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Week-end Storms Deluge Yesterday No Damage Reported
Following excessive heat, spread over a lengthy period, a change came yesterday when storm clouds banked up in the south-west, converted daylight almost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Storms Damage in Queensland BRISBANE
A storm which swept the Clifton district, on the Darling Downs, on Saturday night, resulted in five chains of railway line being carried away south of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →House Demolished Cyclone on the Clarence Iluka Suffers Severely Grafton
Iluka and Yamba at the entrance to the Clarence River, suffered severely during a cyclonic storm on Saturday evening. Two and a half inches of rain fell at Iluka in…
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