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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 20
Badly battered in the worst storm known on the Cornish Coast for many years, no fewer than eight steamers put into Falmouth Harbor to-day. Four others are on their way to port. Yesterday seven lives were lost off the Cornish Coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As the result of the bursting of a watermain at the Town Hall railway station early to-day, the low-level tracks between Town Hall station and Wyuyard…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Badly battered in the worst storm known on the Cornish coast for many years, no fewer than eight steamers put into Falmouth Harbour to-day and four…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A large centipede crawled over the face and body of Mr. J. B. Richardson, 75, as he lay under the wreckage of a shed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The flood situation over southern England is likely to be aggravated by a heavy fall of snow which occurred last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) issued a warning to-day that coastal floods may result from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It takes a lot of rain to stop a war and it will take heavy rain to upset the arrangements made for the military parad, and militia recruiting campaign in new…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A severe storm, with a strong southerly wind, broke over Sydney Harbour late this afternoon, and forced yachts and launches to dash for shelter. The second heat…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Most of the New South Wales coast was lashed to-day by a south-easterly gale which tent coasters scuttling for shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Considerable damage was caused by a storm which passed over the outskirts of the town yesterday afternoon. Fences on farming properties were broken by falling…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The flood situation over Southern England is likely to be aggravated by a heavy fall of snow last night. Snow continued to fall throughout to-day and turned to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rain in the morning. A gale during the rest of the day. This was Newcastle's weather yesterday. For the 12 hours ended 9 a.m. a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On the way from Newcastle last night, the passenger steamer Gwydir struck the full blast of a south-easterly gale,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The prospect of very serious diplomatic squalls next spring is believed to have been responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is recognised in the Maitland district that the carrying out of water conservation schemes in the upper reaches of the Hunter River will mean a lessening of the flood danger in the Lower Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Skein after skein of knitting wool, books of knitting instructions, and patterns for garments, have been pouring into the offices of the agents for the British freighter Trewellard, now in port…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eighteen men are missing in the Mourn district 29 miles north of Theodore, Central Queensland. They left their camp on Saturday, fearing that they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To rescue 18 men, who have taken refuge in trees, a party is making a dash across the flooded Dawson Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Breaking from their lashings during a Pacific gale, 40 big logs stowed on the deck of the British motorship Jersey caused extensive damage before they were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floodings on the Adelaide-Darwin air route last-week revealed the urgent need for better aerodromes and radio communication on this 1700-mile course…
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