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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 28
Serious damage has been caused by big floods in the North Auckland district, the greatest loss being at Hikurangi, where the coalmines were flooded. Work will be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hailstones, thunder and lightning and torrential rain were features of a storm which burst over Newcastle early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEWCASTLE will be assuming a new title—the "rainy city"—If it docs not do something about this weather problem. One wonders what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, and her navigator, Captain Fred Noonan, who were on the last stages of their flight around the world, have been forced down on the Pacific Ocean. Their exact position is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Between 9 o'clock lost night and 6 a.m. to-day 101 points of rain were registered at Victoria Park course, and as a consequence all the tracks were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hikurang township is threatened with ruin following a decision by the Hikirangi Coal Company to abandon operations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Morinda which arrived at Sydney to-day, was battered by gales on the voyage from Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands and was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Following the flooding of the coalmines at Hikurangi last week, as the result of torrential rain, the Hikurangi Coal Company has decided to abandon operations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As no formal permission had been received from the Lands and Fisheries Departments, the Engineer of Erina Shire (Mr. C. Morris) was unable to start work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dozens of buildings have collapsed in Cooktown where a terrific cyclone is threatening the town's existence, Heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A freak storm, of very brief duration, caused alarm at Lord Howe Island a few days ago, according to a letter received in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A cyclone has struck North Queensland and Cooktown has been badly damaged. Many buildings have collapsed in the town, and the streets are strewn with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamers off the coast have been delayed and a number of trains have been unable to keep to schedule owing to the worst storm this winter. All transport…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The calm which prevailed at the Broadway Association's luncheon to-day was suddenly disturbed when, in moving a vote of thanks to Mr. A. Lane, M.H.R., the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a reserved judgment, Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at the Hornsby Small Debts Court to-day, awarded damages to nine persons who sued the Kuring-gai…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The vice-president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlan) said to-day that a new scale of relief work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thunderstorms, described as the worst in living memory, occurred in various parts of England to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extraordinary havoc was done by lightning during heavy thunder-storms in various parts of Britain to-day. At least 20 houses and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hundreds of people flocked to The Entrance yesterday to see the local rapids caused through the opening of a channel from the lake to the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Council last night dealt with a recommendation of the Parks Committee for the erection on one of the lawn plots in the Rotunda Reserve of the…
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