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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 33
Wreckage of Brogo Creek Bridge, 12 miles north of Bega. Floodwaters broke it down on Saturday night, holding up traffic on either side along the main coastal road. First pictures from this flooded area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As was expected, a big volume of water has come down the Murrumbidgee and the river is now up to 19ft…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Much damage was caused by a cyclonic storm over the Rappville district and many trees were uprooted, and buildings unroofed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The flood position in New South Wales is better than for the last week. A report from Wagga states that a big volume of water from the Murrumbidgee came…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TEAM OF EIGHT BULLOCKS drawing a motor car and trailer, owned bn Mr. Fretus, of Hurstville, through the main street of Bega, after the car and trailer had been salvaged from the flood water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FLOODED CAMPS on the cricket around at Narooma, South Coast. More than 60 people who were driven out of these camps by the rising water were given accommodation in the soldiers' memorial hall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damage to crops and property, totalling 100,000,000 dollars, and a death toll of between 50 and 60, are estimated as a result of the floods which have swept…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last week's severe storm cost West Maitland Council almost £16 in overtime, which was paid to employee who worked to 10 p.m. to restore…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest earthquake reports indicate that over 1000 people are dead. Bodies are lying in the streets, or being recovered from beneath the ruins. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The State Cabinet held a lengthy sitting to-day, and consideration of the details of the amending Western Lands Bill was completed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It was reported to the meeting of the Wickham Council last night that 122 tins of foodstuffs and other food had been condemned and destroyed, as being unfit for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A severe north-westerly gale swept over the British Isles this afternoon gusts at times registering 80 miles an hour. In parts of Scotland considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crashing from' the top to bottom, and then collapsing like a house of cards, a six-storey warehouse, occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The severe north-westerly gale which swept the British Isles yesterday afternoon and last night was responsible for at least two disasters…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After having visited districts on the South Coast affected by the recent floods, the Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced last night that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Faith in Australia suffered minor damage to-day, when making a landing at Rongotai Aerodrome. Mr. G. U. Allen was piloting the machine. A 55…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather Bureau reported this morning that a special message from Innisfail at 6 o'clock showed that the cyclone reported yesterday had suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Herbert River is in high flood, and in the Ingham and Cordelia districts the flood waters are within two inches of the 1927 flood level. With the experience of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work is rapidly nearing completion at St. Brigid's Church, Raymond Terrace where a new cross is being erected to replace, the one dislodged in the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood waters in the North were receding to-day, but had not gone down sufficiently to allow railway services to be resumed. Mails and passengers who left…
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