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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 33
This photograph was taken in Hunter-street, near the Civic Theatre, and gives a vivid impression of the strong rush of water during the height of the rainstorm in Newcastle yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor traffic in the city streets during the rainstorm yesterday afternoon had a particularly difficult time. This photograph shows how the storm water swept over the roadway in Scott-street, near the Railway Station, during the heaviest period of the downpour between 4 and 5 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The report published in Sydney that members of the Australian Wine Marketing Board had resigned proves to have arisen from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two rainstorms of exceptional intensity swept Newcastle and suburbs yesterday and last night. The first storm, which broke about 4.30 p.m., caused severe damage, especially in the city. Torrential rain fell, filling the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The annual meeting of the Lower Hunter branch of the Primary Producers' Union was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond Terrace, on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thousands of acres of cultivated land and orchard properties on the banks of the Hawkesbury and Nepean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On this page we reproduce a barograph chart furnished by Mr. Cyril Griffiths, of Bar Beach, Newcastle, depicting the variations in the weather conditions last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods have receded in North Queensland, and railway traffic between Townsville and Cairns was resumed yesterday. A violent storm, accompanied by a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The leader of the Federal Country Party (Dr. Earle Page), his daughter, Mary, and his son, Douglas, aged 17, Mr. W. L. Taret, a journalist, and a boy named…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further heavy rain fell in the flooded Windsor District this morning, but generally the flood position showed a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fifty-five are dead as a result of winter storm tragedies throughout the United States and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disturbing rumors of business troubles caused a selling wave on Wall-street to-day. A quarrel between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defending the reputation of aldermen against unnamed accusers most of the discussion at the City Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy rain fell again in the Windsor district early this morning, and further flooding are feared. With the cessation of the cyclonic coil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The importance of flood mitigation of the Hunter District was stressed at Carrington Council-last night, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor (Ald. L. Grahame) was absent from the meeting of the Wickham Council last night on account of illhealth, and the Deputy Mayor (Ald. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The hon. secretary (Mr. Cummins) last night advised Wickham Council that the Hunter River Flood Prevention and Mitigation League would…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Public Works Department last night, informed - Wickham Council that the recent floodings in Wickham…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On March 2, 1875, the river at the Belmore Bridge, West Maitland, rose to a height of 33½ feet, and the town was flooded. Part of the High-street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A boy, about 9, a member of a party of visitors to Bonville Beach Reserve, got into difficulties in the flooded Bonville Creek, and was rescued by a woman. The…
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