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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
499 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 25
Francis Neville Gilroy, 5, of Dennison-street, Carrington, was drowned when he fell into the foundation pit of the working house section of the wheat silos at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seven people had a desperate struggle for their lives, when a large motor van plunged into a creek, swollen by the torrential flood rains…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The illustration on this page is from the original painting of the warship Calliope, which, on the morning of March 16, 1889, escaped from the harbour at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Descending on the little town of Tabulam, near Grafton, with remarkable suddenness, a cyclonic storm burst about 8.30 o'clock this morning. A wind of great…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Seven passengers in a van which fell into the raging torrent of the flooded Jackson's Creek, in the Auckland district, had to fight for their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →What type of roof Is best fitted to withstand winds of gale force? An apparatus which will enable architects and householders to obtain this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Auckland Province is in the grip of floods almost as serious as those which did such damage in Victoria late last year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A sudden cessation of rain saved Taranaki form a disastrous flood last night. Nevertheless, considerable damage was done to roads, and pastures. Protection…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Middle West, which has been in the grip of continuous dust-storms since the beginning of the week, to-day awoke to find the situation exceptionally…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kookynic, on the Eastern Goldfields, has been isolated by heavy rain. Water is running waste-deep through the township, roads are impassable, and hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A violent storm, with torrential rain, forced Ronald Cropley, who flies for the Arnhem Land Gold Development Company, to make a forced landing in his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A form of pneumonia induced by breathing the dust-laden air claimed a heavy toll of human life and claimed a heavy day in Eastern Colorado and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Chinese steamer Sung Peng is almost two days overdue on the voyage from Philippine Islands to Newcastle, and it is assumed that she was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After a lull of three days, which had followed 12 consecutive days of howling gales and blinding dust, another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alter a battle with a sixtymiles-an-hour southerly gale off the Queensland coast, the Chinese steamer, Sung Peng, arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disaster is believed to have overtaken many pearling luggers in a cyclone that swept the sea and coast between Broome and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →As the news gradually trickles through from the stricken areas—all telegraph lines were down—the full effect of the disastrous cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →H. L. Brook arrived at Lympne at 3.55 p.m. to-day, 7 days 19 hours 50 minutes after leaving Darwin, creating a new record for a solo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The shipping world is awaiting with exceptional Interest the Board ol Trade inquiry law the loss, during the heavy gales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cyclonic storm swept through the orchards in Bickley Valley in the Kalamunda district, about 20 miles from Perth, yesterday…
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