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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
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Franco's bombing of Barcelona and his torpedoing of the British steamer Endymion, with the loss of 11 lives, have deeply stirred public opinion in Britain. The comment is heard that the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brighter Newcastle: A city building floodlit for the celebrations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the floods receding and train services restored to normal, the serious position on the North Coast, brought about by torrential rains since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sweeping from the west at 20 miles an hour, another extensive rain phase should reach the coast to-morrow morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →During a thunderstorm last night the electric light service at Neath and a section of Abermain failed at 7.30 o'clock. The service was not restored…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Chiefly because of a moderate southerly change, further light to heavy rain, with some thunderstorms, was recorded along the New South Wales coast on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stormy conditions prevail at Auckland. The seas along the coast are exceptionally big, and shipping is disorganised. Inland, torrential rain is likely to cause…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Exceptional summer rain has caused floods in the Midlands. To-day the Macquarie River at Ross was over the main Hobart road, and motorists were compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wingham Municipal Council has been asked for a special grant for flood damage repairs. It will cost at least £600 to replace a culvert on the road to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Reports from Boorooloola state that a cyclone last Friday, which lasted for six hours blew down a portion of the police station and other buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A goods train was derailed by a wash-away, several houses were damaged by lightning, and more than 100 telephones were put out of commission in a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At most of the vineyards north-west of Cessnock the annual vintage opened this week. More than ever this season luck has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nervous passengers bundled together a few of their belongings, seized lifebelts and hurried upon deck when the Oronsay ran into a severe cyclone on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five persons are known to be dead as a result of an 80 miles an hour gale in California. The storm swept in from the sea,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five persons are known to be dead, and property damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars (£250,0000 Australian), as a result of an 80-mile an hour gale, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Allegations and dentals were expressed to-day following the disqualification of Johannes Coleman, of South Africa, in the six miles Emoire Games race at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The party of Russian scientists, under M. Papanin, who are marooned on a drifting ice floe in the Arctic, failed to send regular wireless messages to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Responding to an S.O.S. call during a storm off the German coast, the cruiser Deutschland was unable to reach the French steamer Baoul, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The storm which swept through California, causing damage estimated at £250,000, extended over three-quarters of the California coastline, from Los Angeles…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Delayed reports of the severe electrical storm accompanied by torrential rain which swept North Auckland district show that the…
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