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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
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Violent thunderstorms, with hail and heavy rain, swept over Newcastle, Maitland and Sydney yesterday. Much damage was done. West Maitland had one of the worst hailstorms in its…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was merely a rainy evening when Judith' Anders met John Blair by literally running into him on the steps of a public library, but there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A heavy storm was experienced in the Bulga district yesterday, and extensive damage was done at several homesteads, Mr. W. Hill lost two draught horses,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A 90 mile an hour gale ravaged the British Isles to-day. It demolished 80 per cent. of the partially-constructed Canadian Pavilion at the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Albert Hill, the l5-year-old Abernethy boy who was unconscious in the bush during a heavy storm yesterday, is in a satisfactory condition at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The most violent storm for years struck Kurri about 2.30 yesterday afternoon causing widespread damage and injuries to three persons and several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accompanied by a terrific clap of thunder, lightning struck a Coogee tram at Belmore-road, Randwick, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland district and the Coalfields were again swept by severe hailstorms yesterday. Damage was done at many centres…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For ten hours to-day Sydney experienced a terrific rain storm. Swirling flood waters swept into many houses and shops, carried away 300 yards of railway line at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racehorses did not have to leave the training tracks to-day for swimming exercises. Randwick was submerged to a depth of three feet on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →when a message was received a Paddington Court to-day from a Rose Bay resident that he was unable to attend the Court because his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The floor of a garage in Kensington wrecked by the heavy rain that fell in Sydney early yesterday morning. Above: Three old couples were rescued from this Paddington house when water rose 20 feet round it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After a torchlight parade in celebration of the Nazi anniversary last night, a motor-car containing two youths and two girls, all stated to have been dead…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A woman plays one of the important roles in the crisis affecting Germany's Cabinet. Marshal von Blomberg, the Minister for Defence, is likely to return from his honeymoon in Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rappville children, whose home was surrounded by water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential rain which fell early this morning caused considerable damage in the city and suburbs. Shopkeepers were heavy losers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LOOKING at ships of other nations is almost a routine for sailors. White-clad gobs from one of the visiting U.S. warships watching from their pinnace a flying-boat being lowered from H.M.A.S. Canberra. Hooded by thick blinds that American pilot uses only his instruments and radio to control the plane when flying "blind." A chief pilot is nothing all his acitons. These tests are carried out every 90 days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rain in Sydney on Monday has affected Newcastle shipping services. Loading and discharging were delayed there, with the result that many vessels,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Polar meteorological expedition reports that a cyclone that lasted six days cracked the ice floe on which they are drifting…
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