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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
499 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 25
Tragedy followed a severe thunderstorm at Talimba, near Wyalong, last night. Lightning accompanied the storm, which burst suddenly, and considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The possibility of draining the South Maitland district of flood waters was discussed by a deputation which to-day asked the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In a cloud of spume and spray, the Joseph Conrad is literally flung across the Southern Ocean. Onwards and onwards she runs—1000, 1500 miles in a week, great speed for a sailing ship only 100 feet long…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Details of the giant British flying boat built by Short Bros. for the Air Ministry, the largest aeroplane of any type vet built in Britain, have been released…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Army pontoon transporting residents of Avignon through the flooded streets of the township, when the River Rhone overflowed and flooded a big region of the South of France last month…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A thunderstorm along the North Coast on Sunday resulted in two inches of rain in less than an hour. Motorists were held up by flooded streams. Three inches…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Torn from the roof of the Cessnock Cooperative Store, masses of tangled iron and timber were strewn over the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Travelling along a bolt about two miles wide, a gale in the Huntly and Goornong districts thin afternoon unroofed houses, blew down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The British Government, and to some extent, the Dominion Governments—because of their unqualified support of British foreign policy—are entangled in a grave dilemma…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From dawn to-day unpleasant conditions obtained, and towards mid-day the temperature was over 100 deg. at manly places. Early this afternoon dense clouds banked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When the Channel steamer Biarritz arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne this afternoon she was the first passenger boat to berth since the port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two views of the two-roomed building which was turned completely over at the unemployed settlement at Aberdare, near Cessnock, during the storm on Wednesday afternoon. The building originally faced the south-east, but now is facing south-east…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When the Channel steamer Biarritz arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne this afternoon she was the first passenger boat to berth since the port was closed 24…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A heavy thunderstorm, with torrential rain, broke over this evening. Kingsmead cricket ground is sodden, but the pitch covered, was not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A howling gale, so strong that it blew a tea kiosk clean out of the ground, and continually dislodged the bails, made batting conditions most difficult for the Australians when the Test match was resumed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One man was killed and another was admitted to hospital suffering from shock when they were struck by lightning in a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A violent storm, with thunder and lightning, broke over the Maitland district yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock. Peals of thunder and continuous flashes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Homes were razed, windows were shattered, roofs lifted and trees uprooted during a gale last night at Belmont, a suburb of Brisbane. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →John Reid, 20, of Cessnock, was struck dead by lightning when a heavy thunderstorm broke over Murrurundi at 1.50 p.m. to-day. His…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Something has happened that has affected the deepest feelings of our countrymen. Some note has been struck that brings back to them a response from the depths." "If a storm arises and I know I am right, I will let it break on me, and I will survive it or I will break, feel that I have done something wrong, then I bow to it"…
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