Flooded Golf Course Inter-club Match Is Postponed
Owing to the wet condition of the links at Cockle Creek, the A and R grade matches between Waratah and Steel Works Golf Clubs set down for…
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Floods & storms, 1934
645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 33
Flooded Bridge
SOUTH CREEK BRIDGE, on the main western road, at St. Mary's, covered by flood water. Motor and horse-drawn vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storms in England Perilous Search by Lifeboatmen for Unknown Ship London
Out all night in heavy seas and a 60 miles an hour gale, the Plymouth lifeboat failed to find an unknown vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gales in Britain Search for Ship in Distress Small Vessels Blown Ashore London, August 2
The Plymouth lifeboat spent the night in an unsuccessful search for an unknown vessel which sent up distress signals off Bigbury Bay. A 60-miles-an-hour gale…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Racing By Floodlight
A VIEW of the enclosures at the racecourse at Longchamps, sped ally floodlit for horse races.—Air Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Match Abandoned Australians at Swansea Heavy Rain Stops Play (Australian Press Association.) SWANSEA, August 7
The match between Australia and Glamorgan at Swansea was abandoned to-day on account of rain. Heavy rain fell overnight, and after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hail Storm Tnt Sydney Sydney
There was a particularly severe hailstorm over Sydney shortly alter 3 o'clock this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brisbane Weekly Notes Calm Before the Storm
Politically speaking, everything is quiet —outwardly. The rival organisations, however, behind the scenes, are working overtime perfecting their machinery for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Moves South Heavy Rain Over Most of State Sydney
The cyclonic depression mentioned yesterday, said Mr. Mares to-day, was moving in a south-easterly direction, but only slightly. It had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger in the South Sydney
As a result of recent heavy rain there is a danger of floods on the southern coastal rivers, said the State Meteorologist (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales, Snow and Hail Rough Prospects Inland Sydney
Extensive disturbances involving eastern waters and the whole eastern area of Australia promise a legacy of gales,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm in Channel Many Yachts Imperilled Cowes' Regatta Spoiled London, August 11
A storm in the Channel and off the east coast of England, imperilled many yachts and other small craft yesterday, and a number of rescues were effected…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales Expected Rain, Hail and Snow Prediction by Mr. Mares Sydney
The Government Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) expects the whole of the eastern area of Australia to be in the grip of rain, gales, snow, and hall within the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South-western Areas Prepare for Floods Rivers Are Rising Anxiety Felt at Wagga Rain Still Falling Sydney
With rivers rising and rain still falling to further swell them many towns in the South West, particularly along the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Westerly Gale Sweeps City
MALL STEAMERS WERE TOSSED LIKE CORKS IN NEWCASTLE HARBOR this morning when the westerly gale whipped the surface into miniature waves. Spectators on the waterfront saw many thrilling battles by steamers and tugs against the howling wind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bluebell Disaster Gale Holds Up Salvage Work Dragging Suspended
The violent westerly gale to-day resulted in a postponement of the attempt to raise the hull of the ferry Bluebell…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Golfers Played in Gale Many Competitors Tore Up Cards L.g.u. Championships
A strong westerly gale sweeping across the links played havoc with the scores of associate golfers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Howling Westerly Gale Causes Havoc In Many Parts 70 Miles Per Hour At Newcastle Remarkable Scenes on Waterfront Steamers' Thrilling Battle with Hurricane Winds Aeroplane Trips Were Cancelled
Reaching nearly 70 miles an hour in squalls one of the most violent westerly gales for years swept over the Newcastle district to-day. During the morning an average of about 50 miles an hour was recorded on the velocity gauge at Signal Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Voce Bumped Into New Storm: His Shin Mystery To Play For County To-day Wile Outburst of Hooting Even Members Joined in Demonstration Notts Crowd Castigated Nottingham
Newspapers throughout England emphasise that the "mystery" surrounding Voce's withdrawal from the Notts match to-day, for which the crowd so obviously and loudly blamed the Australians, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in South Many Rivers Overflow Position Is Serious Sydney
The Weather Bureau reported to-night that the position on the Murrumbidgee and possibly parts of the Murray and Snowy Rivers, was serious and…
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