Producers Meet Lower Hunter and District Flood Mitigation
Favourable reports dealing with the activities of the year were presented to a meeting of Lower Hunter and District Primary Producers, held in the Oddfellows'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1936
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 26
50 Men in Peril Impossible to Approach Camp Floods in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
Fifty relief workers are in a perilous position in the Canterbury floods. Their camp is on island between the Ashley River and Saltwater Creek. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Rain
Sixty points of rain fell at Newcastle yesterday afternoon during a severe electrical storm. The rainfall for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m., was 19 points…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Flooded River Taxi-driver Drowned BRISBANE
Walter Lollo, 39, a taxi-driver, was drowned to-day when a taxi he was negotiating through flood waters at Townsville overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Huts Flooded River Bursts Banks Relief Workers' Ordeal Wellington (N.z.)
Forty relief workers had an unenviable experience last night when the Ashley River burst its banks. The men were in huts on the bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Subside in Queensland Railways Resuming Brisbane
Water was still over several railway bridges in North Queensland early to-day, but the floods are fulling, and it is hoped to resume railway services…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone Plays Up at Ballina Ballina
Houses were unroofed, the hoods were torn from cars, trees were uprooted and the town light supply wires were cut in several places by flying debris when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Terrigal Hail Punctures Iron Tanks GOSFORD
Galvanised iron water tanks were punctured by hail at the residence of Mr. F. L. Young, of Kulnurra near Terrigal, in a severe storm yesterday. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone Damage Woman Hurt When Home Collapses Churches Wrecked Southern Queensland Blow BRISBANE
Homes, churches, and a railway station were wrecked in a cyclone at Loganlea, on the South Coast line, yesterday. The home of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Severe Storm Damage at Ballina Woman Struck by Iron Lismore
Accompanied by a wind of hurricane force, a storm which passed over the eastern portion of Ballina last night caused damage in the residential area…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gales and Floods Queer New Zealand Summer Wellington (N.z.)
The vagaries of the New Zealand summer continues A stiff gale, with heavy rain, struck Wellington Province early today and flooding is reported from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Comedy Sydney
During a storm to-night, traffic was delayed at the corner of Park and Castlereagh Streets, but not by the elements. Motorists observed a figure, partly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Storm Tramway Wire Falls SYDNEY
At the height of to-night's thunder-storm rain short-circuited the overhead tramway wiring at the corner of King and Elizabeth Streets, and portion of the wire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fight with Shark and Storm Sydney
Hooking and subduing a 13ft. tiger shark, and then a battle against great seas in an open 18ft. launch were the adventures off Sydney Heads last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Showery Day Heavy Rain at Midnight
Although intermittent rain throughout yesterday amounted to only eight points for the 12 hours between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., the city experienced a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Billowing Canvas Sideshowmen in the Rain Gale Last Night
Sideshowmen at the Newcastle Show had moments fraught with anxiety early this morning as they battled in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shipping Warned of Tasman Cyclone Sydney
The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following warning to shipping:— A suspicion of a moderate cyclone is developing between the central east…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Drenched 216 Points Yesterday Flooding at Smedmore
The heaviest fall of rain for some time —216 points between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.—drenched Newcastle and district yesterday. Gutters overflowed and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Threaten In Hunter Sharp Rise in River the Position at Maitland
During the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day 324 points of rain fell in the Maitland District, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Marooned by Floods Held Up in Central Australia Melbourne
Sixteen passengers and some railway engineers and workmen are marooned by floods at the Finke River crossing, 142 miles south of Alice Springs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →