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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
645 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 33
Tiles and slates dislodged from roofs! Stonework and bits of brickwork sent crashing to the ground. A grey, rainy, gusty day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →That the discussion centring on the recent Abattoir Board election was nothing more than a "storm in a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Matters of importance to the welfare of the Hunter district will he discussed when the Hunter River Flood Prevention and Improvement League meets in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The prevailing snow storms In Ohio and the fog in Florida have been responsible for the deaths of two more Army pilots, whose machines crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It Is not known yet when the country railway services wlll .be restored, following the washaways, which are the worst in the history of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seven Storm Troopers were sentenced to terms ranging from three to six years' penal servitude for kidnapping, in order to extort money on pretence of political…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extensive damage was done by flood waters, which are now receding from the Swan Valley. Dried fruit owners were the worst sufferers, many of them losing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway services between Townsville and Cairns are held up by flooded rivers, as a result of heavy rain from a cyclonic disturbance. Up to six inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Sometimes it was bad, and when there was a change it grew worse," declared Captain English, master of the Bear of Oakland, Rear-admiral Byrd's supply ship,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thrilling rescues from the tops of houses almost covered by swirling flood waters were made to-day by two youths, V. Owen and J. Barr, on the Little…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is hoped, in view of the Visit of the Australian cricketers, that the weather history recorded in the Air Ministry's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A report from Mossman states that the Thursday Island lugger Mildred foundered during the cyclone which struck the coast between Schnapper Island and Cape Tribulation. Ten lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The known total deathroll of Monday's cyclone jumped from 10 to 50 when a report was received to-day. from Port Douglas, of a disaster which overtook…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Practically the whole country is under a deluge after a prolonged drought. The normal rainfall for the whole of March has already been exceeded. There have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A late survey shows that 72 persons were drowned, or are missing, as a result of luggers or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Although the battle between the "red" and the "blue" fleets was fought in a 50-mile-an-hour gale, the Admiralty considers that the "reds,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Those known to have been drowned when vessels were swamped or foundered, in the cyclone which struck the coast between Schnapper island and Cape Tribulation on Monday now number 53…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The news from Queensland of Monday's cyclone and its toll of 79 lives revives memories of the disaster in 1899 which practically wiped out the pearling fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is estimated that the death-roll, as a result of the cyclone, is 79. The list of boats lost, and an estimate of the persons aboard who were drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ninety British ships engaged in naval manoeuvres have returned to Gibraltar, where the docks are full of craft requiring repairs. It is significant that although…
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