19 Drowned in Island Cutter in a Cyclone. Auckland
The steamer Matua on arrival from Nukualofa reported that 10 members of the native crew of an island cutter had been drowned when the craft capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1939
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 20
Riverina Floods Subsiding: More Rain on Way Sydney
Floods in the south-east are subsiding but further rain during the week-end, and in prospect, may cause a recurrence in a day or two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cutter Capsizes in Cyclone Nineteen Natives Drowned Wellington (N.z.)
During a cyclone 10 members of the native crew of an island cutter were drowned when the craft capsized on a voyage from Eua to Kologa, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Rain Continues in Flooded Fer West Many Towns Are Isolated More For Coast, Says Mares SYDNEY
Record rains are falling in the already flooded towns of the Far West. Far South-West and Southern Riverina districts of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone in North Queensland Rivers Swollen: Transport Held Up Big Floods Feared Brisbane
The cyclonic storm which is operating to the north-east of Cooktown, and is now tending to move south-west into the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Must Pay When Stranded Train Passengers In Floods IVANHOE
Some of the railway passengers stranded at Ivanhoe since Saturday on account of washaways on the railway, are without money for expenses,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Randwick Trials in Gale Impressive Four by Gold Rod Value Of Track Times Difficult To Assess SYDNEY
value of track tunes at Randwick to-day were difficult to assess .because of the howling gale and the difference in the choice of galloping grounds on the course proper. Horses galloped into the strong wind from the mile to the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Floods Inland One Town Short of Food Rail Services Held Up Sydney
As the result of heavy rains in the Far West, Far South-west, and Southern Riverina, floods were reported from several centres. There is a shortage of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Flood Has Been Averted Sydney
Yenda Irrigation Area, a few miles from Griffith, has been saved from what threatened to be the most disastrous Hood there for years…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Vessels Delayed by Storms
Adverse weather conditions at Newcastle and along the coast disorganised shipping during the last few days. Cargo handling has been interrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale and Rain Newcastle and Suburbs Drenched 934 Points for March
Driven by a moderate to fresh south-south-easterly gale, rain fell in Newcastle yesterday. Rainfall at Nobbys for the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. was 47 points;…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Week on Train Silver City Passengers Reach Parkes Flood-damaged Line Parkes
Sixty weary passengers on the Silver City Comet, who have been marooned at Ivanhoe for several days, reached Parkes last night. They were transported across…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£27,000 Flood Damage in Illabo Shire Junee
The Illabo Shire Clerk (Mr. J. R. Nugent) estimates that the road damage by flood last week will total between £12,000, and that £15,000 is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Still Submerged by Floodwaters Sydney
Fourteen miles of rail east of Ivanhoe are still submerged under floodwaters. The extent of the damage is not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Noumea in Storm French Flier at Bundaberg NEARLY 1000 Miles in Nine Hours Bundaberg
Bruised by the buffeting of his small machine in a storm, H. Martinet, a French pilot, who left Noumea about 5.30 a.m., Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Homes Abandoned North Queensland Floods Trains Still Held Up Cairns
For the fourth successive day no railway communication with the South is possible because bridges are submerged. A night of terror was experienced by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bulahdelah Show Exciting Ring Events Heavy Rain Falls Bulahdelah
The 18th annual Bulahdellah Show was continued to-day in squally weather. Despite the rain there was a steady stream of traffic to the ground from about 9…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Huge Seas Continue to Pound Coast Boisterous Weather to Continue Local Floodings Are Feared SYDNEY
For the third consecutive day, the New South Wales coast to-day was pounded by heavy seas as the cyclone raged up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After the Gale Ships Leave Newcastle No Damage by Big Seas
There was a lull yesterday in the windy, wet weather of the past four days. Except for a few sharp showers in the morning and one at night, there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rail Services Resume After Floods Sydney
After having been suspended for some days because flood waters caused washaways, full traffic was resumed on the Parkes-Broken Hill and the…
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