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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 33
The President (Cr. W. J. Read) presided at a meeting of the Bolwarra Shire Council, held at Lorn, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon. There were also…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Weather Bureau to-day Issued the following flood warning:— "An extensive tropical disturbance covers the State, and general rain is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increasing alarm is felt by residents of towns on the South Coast as a result of the substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Several centres on the South Coast are isolated by flood waters, and many settlements on the main reaches of the Wollondilly and Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many South Coast towns are still isolated owing to flood waters, while parts of the Prince's Highway, besides being blocked by landfalls, are impassable. During…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Owing to the flood in the Orara River, a young woman who sustained spinal injuries at her home at Cangai, 28 miles from Grafton, early yesterday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"The Nazi revolution is comparable only to the introduction of Christianity. the invention of printing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne was again in the grip of cold weather and fierce winds, which had the effect of whipping up angry seas, causing dislocation of shipping to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minister for Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) has addressed a letter to Municipal and Shire Councils, dealing with claims for Government grants to repair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That another club had interfered to prevent members of the Lambton-New Lambton District Cricket Club…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It was definitely established to-day that the fishing ketches Saguenay, of Port Fairy, and the Star, of Queenscliff, had been wrecked with the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There is a possibility of another cyclone striking Queensland. This morning it was apparently midway between Port Moresby and Cooktown, but the direction in which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Weather Bureau issued the following warning to shipping on Saturday—Strong southerly winds to gales and rough seas are expected around Tasmania and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A rain storm of almost tropical intensity deluged Newcastle and the surrounding district this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day marks the anniversary of the wreck of the steamers Maitland and Merksworth, both with heavy loss of life, as most of the older residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle's May Day holiday, considered as a day set apart for the celebration of the achievements of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Severe damage was caused by a storm which broke over the Little River district on Saturday afternoon. Railway premises suffered damage, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blinding rain driven by wind that at times reached gale velocity descended upon all sections of the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When parts of London were flooded in January 1928, it soon became known that a very high tide was the chief cause, but that there was at the same time a flood…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Because there is a possible danger of floods in rivers north of Jervis Bay, the Weather Bureau has supplied all police stations with a warning, to be issued in…
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