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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 33
Twelve are known to be dead and two others are believed to have lost their lives in widespread damage to shipping and property following an 80 to 90…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A conference between representatives of the West Maitland Municipal and Tarro Shire Councils, held at West Maitland last night, decided to request the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Newcastle City Council approved last night of the action of the Electric Supply Department in deferring the closing date for tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Melbourne has been deluged with rain since early last night, and there seems no sign yet of a cessation of the steady…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Visitors to Canberra for the arrival of the Prince yesterday have been marooned in the capital by torrential rain, which fell throughout the night, recording more than three inches, and which is still falling…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The secretary of the Moonee Valley Club, Mr. A. V. Hiskens, reported to-day that, althouh the creek at the back of the course…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Drenching rain overnight and torrents at daybreak disposed of any idea of fast galloping on the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Torrential rain last night and to-day caused the Yarra and creeks in the metropolitan area to rise suddenly, with the result that low-lying areas were very…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The problem of the drainage of the low-lying areas south of Maitland after floods has been under consideration for many years. One of the suggested solutions has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The torrential downpours which have inundated Canberra since last night have turned the city area and the surrounding low-lying country into an immense lake…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Torrential rain over south-eastern Australia has caused serious floodings in New South Wales and Victoria. The position seems to be most serious in the Riverina. Tumut was menaced by floods last night, and the water was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →High floods are imminent at Wagga and Gundagai. Fifty-eight families have been moved from danger areas in the municipality of Wagga, and accommodated in pavilions and stalls at the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With the return of fine weather, the general flood position in New South Wales has cased considerably. Except for showers in the extreme western districts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The flooded aerodrome at Alor Star caused trouble to two aeroplanes in the Centenary air race to-day. Squadron-Leader Stodart nearly met with disaster,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Arthur Howarth, M.L.A., had been requested to arrange for a deputation from the West Maitland and Tarro Councils to meet the Minister for Works (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →FLOOD WATERS surrounding the offices of the Commonwealth Bank at Orange…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In bright sunshine to-day residents of Wagga are surrounded by flood waters, which are gradually rising over low-lying areas and approaching the town. The Murrumbidgee is several feet above the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE BELUBULA RIVER is in flood at Canowindra.--Top: Travellers using the railway viaduct to cross the flood because the bridge on the main road to Cowra is under water. Bottom: Fences almost submerged in the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The floodwaters reached their peak at Wagga this afternoon at 30ft. 3in. They remained at that level for four hours, but early to-night has receded half an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warning of the approach of floods has been given at Albury and Narrandera, and residents of the low-lying…
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