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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
96 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 5
LONDON, October 1. A.A.P.—Heavy rain continues on the front in Italy. Although major operations are still impossible on the Adriatic sector, troops of the Eighth Army have cleared the Germans out of the town of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Oct. 1. A.A.P.—Reports from Mexico state that disastrous floods are sweeping the province of Vera Cruz…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday.âA great torrent of water rushing through the bombed seawall on Walchren Island (Holland) is engulfing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Monday.—Very heavy continuous rains restricted large scale operations along the entire front of the Eighth Army, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy consignments of beans from the North Coast and Lake Macquarie district flooded Newcastle markets yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steady rain fell for several hours at Newcastle last night. Eight points had been registered to 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cyclonic disturbance of unusual intensity in the Cobar district is ascribed by Mr. Mark Howarth of "Grange Mount" Observatory, Mayfield, as the cause of that rare phenomenon "red rain" in Newcastle last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE.—Almost the whole of Queensland was enveloped in a dust haze yesterday. Weather bureau officials said this morning that it was the most widespread dust haze ever experienced in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twenty-eight points of rain fell in two thunder storms yesterday. In the first, about 4 p.m., 12 points were registered. Sixteen points were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Council decided to bring under the notice of the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) the question of the Wallis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Friday—Apparently becoming lost in a rainstrom on a voyage from Geelong to Melbourne, a 40ft Army launch, with a crew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Oct. 27. A.A.P.—Heavy rain on the Appenines and in the valley of the Po has turned all rivers into formidable obstacles, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Oct. 29. A.A.P.—Torrential rain, floods and gales in Italy have almost brought. Allied operations to a standstill. The lull has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BEFORE LEAVING Newcastle last night the Organiser of the Travelling Art Exhibition (Mr. Bernard Smith) described…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOSFORD.— When the strong southerly struck Gosford last night a bush fire, which had been raging all day around Springfield, threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Although much surface work has yet to be done before the structure is put into commission. Sydney's new naval…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the night Newcastle was swept by a north-westerly gale which reached 75 miles an hour at 2 a.m. Actually the wind reached gale maximum, being described officially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A gale which reached 50 miles an hour in gusts blew a small yacht ashore at Belmont and forced the relief ferry at Hexham to stop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: Practically the whole of the State is in the grip of a heat wave which deevloped during the week-end. Inland fierce duststorms are raging extending from the western border to as far east as the Blue Mountains and covering at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of two acacia trees, planted over 40 years ago, crashed during a storm on Monday. It fell on to the house in which the…
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