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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

488 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 25

Smuggled Away Archives of Austrian Government Suicides Continue Storm Troopers Persecute Jews (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 7

Refugees from Austria who have reached Czechoslovakia reveal that the archives of the Austrian Chancellery, and Foreign Office, hitherto…

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No Drinking Water Flood Near Launceston LAUNCESTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 9

Although millions of gallons of water surround Longford, 13 miles from Launceston, there is no drinking water. A flood has covered the pumping station for…

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Torrents in Gippsland Floods Worry The Bridge Builders

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 4

The Brodribb River in East Gippsland has been misbehaving again by flooding and overflowing the Orbost flats. The Brodribb flows into the Snowy just below Orbost. It usually does its worst when the Snowy is in flood, too, and its own waters cannot get away, but this time it…

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Storms, Domestic and Otherwise Puzzlers Put to Mr. Mares

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 7

An invitation from the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) at the end of his address at the Newcastle Business Men's Club luncheon to-day for…

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Northern Cyclone Heavy Falls of Rain Disturbance Moves Rapidly Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 13

A cyclonic disturbance has brought heavy rain along the central and southern seaboard of Queensland. At half past 4 this afternoon it was about 250 miles…

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Bring Rain Mr. Mares on Cyclone's Movement Warning to Shipping Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 12

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said to-day that the cyclonic disturbance off the North Coast of Queensland was likely to yield rain in dry inland…

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Still Slender Chance of Heavy Rain Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 1

A slender chance of welcome rain remains to-day, according to the State Meteorologist (Mr. Marcs), though indications are not as favorable as they…

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Ships Shelter Cyclone Still Raging Off Queensland Slow Southern Progress Townsville

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 7

A cyclone is raging off the coast, and seriously affecting shipping. It is making slow progress south. The interstate passenger ship Katoomba,…

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Cyclone Still Raging Off Queensland Almost Stationary for Five Days Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 7

Without any loss of intensity, "but without moving south, the cyclone which appeared last Thursday is still aging off Mackay…

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Cyclone Area Keeps the Rain to Itself Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 7

Somewhere along the Queensland coast there is lurking a meteorological "spoil sport." Mr. Mores described it to-day as a…

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Slender Chance Rain in Inland Areas Depends on Cyclone's Course Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 8

Although there are still possibilities of rain extending to inland areas from the cyclonic conditions in Northern Queensland, the chances to-day appeared, to be…

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Northern Cyclone More Damage at Mackay £16,000 Crane in Sea Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 9

The heavy seas which battered the southern breakwater at Mackay Harbour caused the Harbour Board's Telpher crane to fall into…

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Gradually Clearing Cyclone Off Queensland Coast BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 9

A gradual clearance along the southern coast is expected within the next few days as the cyclonic disturbance, which has been operating for the past six days,…

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Loyalists' Attack in Spain Flood Part of Battlefront London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 12

To delay the Rebel advance on Catalonia the Loyalists have flooded a part of the battlefront and are counter-attacking…

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Away From Coast Movement of Cyclone in North BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 14

The cyclonic disturbance which has been operating off the Queensland coast for the past week was centred this morning 100 miles east-north-east of Cape Moreton,…

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Save Lerida Loyalists' Courageous Stand Key to Barcelona Flooded Countryside Holds Up Rebels (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 31

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 13

The Spanish Republicans are making a courageous effort to save Lerida, key to Barcelona, which is now menaced by the rebels. The…

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Floods Devastate California Strike Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 11

Flood debris flung up on what was once a Californian boulevard. About 300 persons perished during devastating floods in the State early this month…

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Q. Election Fight in Newspapers Flood of Party Advertising Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 7

All the bitterness between the opposing parties in the election campaign is embodied in a series of advertisements in the…

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NAPOLEON Taken By Storm

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 3

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Cyclone Passes Some Rain on North Coast SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 9

Light to moderate rain was recorded at 9 o'clock this morning on the coast north from Manning Heads. The highest totals were 86 points at Ballina, 74 points…

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