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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 28
Floods described as the worst April floods for years, have been responsible for nine deaths in the United States. Wide areas in Pennsylvania, Maryland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thousands of people are fleeing from their homes and industry is paralysed owing to floods in six Western Ontario cities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thousands of people are fleeing from their homes and industry is paralysed owing to floods in six Western Ontario cities. A train plunged through an undermined…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Australian airman, Mr. H. F. Broadbent, who is attempting to establish a record, for a flight from Australia to England, left Singapore at 1.45 a.m. to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →When the recent floods inundated the area between New Madrid and Charleston Missouri (U.S.A.), the water got into the home of Mr. Finlay Johnson,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Today marks the anniversary of the wreck, on May 6, 1898, near Broken Bay, of the steamer Maitland, with the loss of 25 lives…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In a storm a tree fell against an electric wire which made contact with a wire fence. This was responsible for the death of William Pollie, at Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Though there may be a thunderstorm during the week-end, the weather should be mostly fine with cool to moderate day temperature and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A storm was raised when it became known that consent had been given for the playing of Sunday football on the Despite the occasional criticism of outsiders. Australia is doing well in the markets of the Dutch East Indies, said Mr. C. H. Bardsley, a Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minister for Lands (Mr. E. A. Buttenshow) said to-day that Crown settlers who desired to apply for relief under the provisions of Section 4 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The German airship Hindenburg, which was destroyed in an explosion on Thursday, with great loss of life. Taken from the top of the airship's hanger, the photograph shows the Hindenburg approaching the mooring post at Lakehurst, New Jersey…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Owing to storms in the Tasman, the Niagara reached Sydney to-day from Auckland and Vancouver more than three and a half hours late…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floodlighting of a large area near the Broadmeadow railway station is being speeded up so that it may be completed by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It was announced by railway officials in Newcastle yesterday that it was hoped to have the floodlighting of a large area near the Broadmeadow railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A violent storm, with particularly heavy rain, battered the Auckland province during the week-end. The Waipa racecour [?] was under water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. H. S. Vanderbilt's candidate, Ranger, to defend the America's Cup wan dismasted in a gale, but the hull was not damaged, and no one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Country reports reveal widespread damage as the result of flooding during the gale. A large area of Hauraki Plains is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Considerable damage has been done in parts of the country as a result of heavy rain. Heavy losses of stock are reported from the Haukari Plains, a large portion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The heavy seas that lashed the wrecked collier Minmi yesterday, instead of making the salvage of gear hopeless, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A dust storm cut a 20-mile swathe in the Strathmore district to-day. Two farmers were injured, crops were destroyed and buildings were…
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