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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 10

Thunderstorms Forecast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 2

Unsettled, humid weather with scattered thunderstorms and rain is forecast to-day by Mr. Cyril Griffiths…

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Barque Wins Battle With 75 m.p.h. Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1945 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Nov. 30. A.A.P.—The New Zealand barque Pam[?] reached Vancouver after a terrific 10-hour fight against a 75 miles an…

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Ships Collide in Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Dec. 13. A.A.P.—Two British ships collided in a gale early this morning about four miles north of Flamborough Head…

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Stop Press Seamen Storm Office of Shipping Co

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 12

SYDNEY: Calling for food, about 150 Lascars and Indonesians from the Lido (North Sydney) raided the offices of the Dutch Royal Packet…

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French Artists Arouse Storm "Herald" Service."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 7

LONDON, Dec. 20.—The increasing number of protests from the public and responsible critics and artists against the exhibition of modernist…

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Gales Fill English Channel With Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 8

LONDON. Saturday: Every available British and Allied minesweeper Ls being mobilised to fight hundreds of mines driven through the…

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Britain Lashed By Furious Gale

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.—The furious gale which has swept the United Kingdom in the last few days continues unabated…

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Big Losses In Cork's Worst Flood

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 December 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.—The worst floods Cork has had for 50 years destroyed thousands of pounds worth of goods, mostly irreplaceable…

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Can Detect Storms at 2000 Miles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 23. A.A.P.—Development during the war of an electronics weather detector, by which storms can be picked up 2000…

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Calm Follows Storm At Sydney Station

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: After the greatest crush in N.S.W. railway history, trains for country centres left Sydney this morning with seats…

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Dust Storm Stopped Interstate Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A dust storm stopped play in the interstate cricket match between New South Wales and…

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19 Frenchmen Saved Schooner Adrift Before Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 27. A.A.P.—After drifting for eight days at the mercy of a gale which sometimes reached 100 miles an hour, 19 Frenchmen…

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Streets Flooded

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 9

THE HEAVY RAIN last night flooded many suburban streets and footpaths. The pools did not worry Mrs. F. Suckamore and…

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Severe Gale Hits England

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday: One of the worst gales for years struck south-east England yesterday and the wind in…

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Campers Did Not Mind Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 3

Campers on the waterfront at Nelson's Bay. The camping area was drenched by rain, but the spirit of holidaymakers…

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Bailing Out After the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 3

Flooded by rain, this small launch was submerged yesterday morning. It was dragged ashore and bailed out by Messrs. J. Harris (Lidcombe), H. Engisch (Bankstown), and S. Watson (Newcastle)…

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Gale Threatened 1000 Troops Returning to U.S. "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—More than 1000 American soldiers returning from Europe narrowly escaped disaster when raging Atlantic gales and…

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