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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 33
Due chiefly to the operations of a loop or "tongue" of tropical low pressure, which extended through Western Queensland into Eastern New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A severe storm broke over Murrurundi at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, causing dislocation of the electric lighting service for about an hour. Severe damage was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The most violent storm that has swept Brisbane for many years occurred to-night. Damage in the city and suburbs will run into many…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →We have taken on full bunkers and coal and are now setting up the rigging taut, in preparation for the violent Antarctic gales, and are taking aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The K.L.M's. Douglas air liner which filled second place is the speed section of the Melbourne Centenary air race, is missing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The recommendation by the Tarro Shire Engineer (Mr. W. Lindsay), that repairs to Wallis Creek floodgates be carried out. was adopted at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gradually the storm which had reached great heights during the debate on the Charitable Collections Bill subsided in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Burnt to cinders, and with the crew of four and three passengers all dead, the missing Royal Dutch Air Line's Douglas machine was located to-day 250 miles from Baghdad. The position of the wreckage made it clear that the machine…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The question of reconditioning the flood boats in the Port Stephens Shire will he reviewed at the first meeting in the New Year. At the instance of the Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The necessity for urgent repairs to be carried out to the Wallis Creck floodgates was discussed at a conference between representatives of the West…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To fly home to Adelaide for Christmas, C. J. Melrose, the young South Australian pilot who last week added to his achievements a non-stop flight…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A blacksmith's shop was blown across the road at Parramatta, the roof of a house crashed on to the tramline at Five Dock and held up traffic, motor-lorries were overturned and live wires blown down, and numerous houses unroofed and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many homes were flooded and considerable damage was done by a cyclonic storm which struck the railway end of the town at 5 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Considerable damage was done by a cyclonic storm which struck Mungindi late yesterday. At times it was impossible to see even a few yards ahead in the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tropical depressions continue active over northern and eastern Australia Rain and thunderstorms were recorded this morning generally in the northern areas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Violent storms have been experienced in southern Queensland during the past 24 hours. Last night the worst storm in the history of Roma occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Joseph Burke, 66, a well-known pastoralist in the Warwick district lost his life to-day, while attempting to cross a flooded creek on Bottumba Station…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With blinding flashes of lightning, reverberating thunder peals and torrential rain, a terrific cyclone hit Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For two hours to-day—between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.— Melbourne was in the grip of a severe cyclonic storm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven persons were injured, and fatally, when a carriage attached to a special train from Burnie to Wynyard fell into a flooded creek near…
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