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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
168 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9
Maitland-street, Gunnedah, covered by water from flooded Namoi. Above right: Farmer on Hunter bank, Dalwood, shaking up ground after the rain. Below: New City Engineer, Mr. J. E. Knott, who took over yesterday. Below right: Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Through rail traffic on the Northern line was resumed to-day. Working unceasingly, construction gangs replaced the central pier of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy steady rain over most of the State, particularly in the north-eastern quarter, has aggravated the flood danger in many rivers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The prospect of further heavy rain in New South Wales during the next two or three days had added significance owing to the large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cut on by flood waters which have surrounded the town, residents of Pilliga are preparing to leave their homes and go to the high level of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A storm which swept Melbourne early this afternoon left in its train damaged powerlines, and hundreds of pounds worth of spoiled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. Mair) to-day refused to comment on a suggestion that the State Government was asking the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →With the crest of floodwaters of the Namoi and Barwon converging at Walgett, the town river level is still rising steadily, but the town is in no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Although rain in flood districts had abated, there was still danger of severe floodings said an official of the Weather Bureau to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—In the fiercest [?]ehour storm in Brisbane's history on Saturday afternoon a golfer. Lieutenant bank McCrystal, 22, of West End…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BUDAPEST, Jan. 19.—Widespread floods destroyed 130 houses in the Kecskemet region and seriously damaged 400 others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Sunday. —Although the height of water in most Northern rivers had risen, in most cases there was no imminent prospect of floodings said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LISMORE, Monday.—Many acres of maize were flattened and heavy damage done to properties and roads around Nimbin and Coffee Camp, near Lismore,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The N.R.M.A. reports that New England Highway, the popular inland route between Sydney and Brisbane, is in a safe condition throughout for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Indications are that extensive rains will fall over the eastern part of the continent by the week-end…
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →"The distribution of pressure is indicative of extensive rain over eastern parts of the continent," the State Meteorologist (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The District Council of Progress Associations decided last night to ask the Minister for Works to expedite his decision regarding the control of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"His ruler must have been a bit out," said Cr. A. G. Murison at Tarro Shire Council to-day, referring to a complaint by a Raworth resident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At least eight and possibly 12 lives have, been lost in widespread floods—the worst for many years —over most of the settled areas of South Australia, from Laura to the middle north…
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