Flood Water Overturned Lorry in River
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—James Wyld, sen., of Jerry's Plains, was caught by flood waters when crossing the Hunter River near Singleton, in a lorry loaded…
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Floods & storms, 1941
168 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 9
Heavy Rain in Drought Areas Sydney
Heavy rain has fallen over the drought-stricken areas in the west and the far west. Mr. Mares described the fall as the best monsoonal…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.—Two villages have been destroyed by violent storms at Penrhyn Island, of the Cook Group, in the Southern Pacific…
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THE following weather forecasts were issued at 9 o'clock last night for the ensuing 24 hours—Newcastle, Hunter and Manning:…
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LONDON, Jan 3. A.A.P.—A blinding snowstorm is sweeping the Straits of Dover. A thick white carpet, covers the frozen coasts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential Rain Causes Floods in Queensland Brisbane
Torrential rains in parts of northern Queensland have caused flooding. Alpha Creek, which had more than seven inches in 24 hours. is 19 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Tennis Players Swam Flooded Creek Sydney
Flooded creeks were swum by J. B. and C. McFeeters, cousins, from Belmont, near Gunning, before they could reach the railway line to travel to Sydney for the Country Lawn Tennis carnival…
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After a Journey of 31[?] hours, '400 holiday-makers returning from Sydney to start work yesterday, did hot reach Broken Hill until 3.50 a.m…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In addition to the loss of two lives, heavy floods in the Western districts of the State to-day caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Expresses Delayed Floods Dislocate Several Services Passengers Marooned at Werris Creek
Washaways by floods at more than 50 places on the western and north-western railway system have caused one of the greatest railway dislocations for years. Five expresses have been held up…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—North-western and Northern parts of New South Wales were cut off from railway communication with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Like Storm of Steel" Torrid Period in Front of Bardia Cairo
"It was like walking into a storm of steel and the air was filled with flying metal and the deafening roar of artillery," was the description given to me of a torrid half hour during the height of our attack by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Roads N.r.m.a.'s Special Bulletin
Information about the condition of roads recently affected by floods was issued to-day by the N.R.M.A. The New England Highway from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Causing Meat Shortage Sydney
A meat shortage is threatened by the washaways in the country, which have prevented the transport of cattle to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macquarie Breaks Its Banks Floods Menace Warren Sydney
Floodwaters, which broke the banks of the Macquarie River at Dubbo have now moved on to Warren, where…
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Hillsborough Bridge had so far withstood the strain of hundreds of tons of logs, trees and other debris brought down by the flood waters, but the Kearsley Shire Council Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) considers there is still danger of its collapsing. The weight of the debris has forced a bulge in the woodwork of the bridge. The river had dropped four feet this morning, and this photograph, taken by a "Newcastle Sun" photographer, shows the debris jam med against the bridge. It covers an area of approximately 75…
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Flood damage in Hunter, General scene of debris piled up at Hillsborough Bridge. Right: Pier (foreground) from wrecked Dalwood Bridge, swept to Hillsborough Bridge…
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The Assistant State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said to-day that the flood crisis in N.S.W. river systems has…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Private planes dropped rations yesterday to homesteads in all the flood-bound western areas…
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Fairly general rain over "the Central and North-Western Slopes is accentuating the flood danger in the Macquarie,…
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