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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 26

On Way to N.Z. Cyclone Leaves Coast Ships Reach Port Cape Moreton Pilots Busy BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 8

Stormy conditions continue to affect a considerable area, and with strong southerlies blowing rough seas are still running along the coast. It is expected…

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"Shoot Looters" Orders to Militiamen United States Floods (Australian Associated Press.) New York, March 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 8

Militiamen have been ordered to shoot looters, and citizens are to submit to inoculation against disease in the State of Connecticut, which is in the throes of…

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Swept From Horse Man's Plight in Flooded Creek Saved by Companion Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 11

Knocked off his horse by floating logs when he was attempting to cross a flooded creek near Kyogle to-day, Victor Hart probably owes his life to a companion who…

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Malaita Reaches Port Behaved Well in Cyclone Pilot Service Criticised Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 9

Forty-eight hours late, the motor-ship Malaita reached Brisbane to-day. It had battled with wind and seas since leaving Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, last…

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Aerial Crossing Flooded Creek in Western Queensland BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 9

Fifteen miles south of Windorah, in the Quilpie district, flood waters from Cooper's Creek are 60 miles wide. Pilot Moody is carrying mails and passengers, including…

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Shops Flooded Gale and High Tide Damage at Auckland Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 11

Lashed by a strong easterly gale, the spring tide at Auckland rose to record heights this morning. Much damage was done to the waterfront and suburbs…

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President's Thanks Sympathy for U.S.A. Flood Victims CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 9

The Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) to-day received from President Roosevelt the following cablegram: "My fellow countrymen join with me in thanking you for…

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Train Gets Through Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 8

The Townsville mail train reaches, the Ayr tide of the Burdekin River at Inkerman Bridge. There were nine inches of water over the rails…

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Timber Ship Had Lively Time Deck Cargo Shifted During Gale Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 3

Listing dangerously, her main deck level with the water, after a light with a North Pacific gale, the British freighter Trelissick narrowly…

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In Pacific Gale

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 9

Two members of the crew of the British freighter Trelissick which was in distress in a gale in the North Pacific The vessel arrived at Sydney at the week-and…

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Another Cyclone Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 8

Another cyclonic formation was developing yesterday in a triangular area bounded by Port Moresby, Thursday Island, and Cooktown…

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Uneasiness Growing In Britain Staff Talks with France a Deluge Of Protests Cabinet Rift? London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 1

Uneasiness is increasing in Britain both inside and outside Parliament at the decision of the Cabinet to participate in…

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Sandbag Barricades Against Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 1

Men worked all night in Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.A., to make this sandbag barricade against the floods. Their object was to save stores and factories.—Air Mail…

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Havoc Of American Floods Riots In Spain And Japan

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 8

Above:—FRANCE prepares: A Belgian frontier…

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In the "Sun" Dust Storms

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 6

Honored Protector of the Humble (writes Babu Chunder Jibberjee) my eyes have been wrong with tears at reading of sad fate of humble camel…

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Flood Lighting at Aerodrome Satisfactory Test

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

The recently installed flood lighting at Newcastle aerodrome, which is claimed to be the most thorough od its kind in Australia, was tested by…

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Showers and Storm Wet Day in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 8

After several weeks' fine weather rain fell in Newcastle yesterday. Showers were frequent in the morning and late in the afternoon a storm broke over the city…

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Westerly Gale Still Hope for Fine Easter Snow on the Alps

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 8

After a spell of weather so warm that it was almost out of season, Newcastle awoke this morning to find itself buffeted…

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Valuable Rain Relief for Victoria Flooding in Some Areas Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 9

Anxiously awaited during months of dry weather, rain fell throughout Victoria overnight, and again to-day, greatly enhancing the prospects of the rural…

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U.S.A. 's Third Worst Disaster Tornado Death Roll More Than 500 Staggering Blow to Southern States Floods Add to Privations New York

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 1

It is believed that at least 500 lives have been lost in the tornadoes which have swept six Southern States. Already 450 bodies have been recovered while 1700…

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