79 Points in Newcastle Wyong Homes Unroofed in Severe Storm
The fierce storm which travelled along the coast yesterday after-noon and hit Newcastle about 6.45, caused extensive damage at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1945
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
Heavy Rain in Brief Storm
Heavy rain fell in a brief storm which started about 8 p.m. yesterday. Many picture-goers in the city were drenched. The rain was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Marooned by N.Z. Floods
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thursday.—Floods in the South Island have marooned many people who cannot be rescued until daylight to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Third Brief Storm Over Newcastle
For the third successive day heavy rain fell in a brief storm yesterday, following sultry conditions. In a little over half an hour 32…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail Washaway in Tamworth Storm
TAMWORTH, Sunday.—Torrential rains throughout the Tamworth district caused a washaway on the railway line, 12 miles from Tamworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Fliers Killed When Planes Caught in Storm
MELBOURNE, Monday.—When a sudden storm struck a south-east Victorian training unit, two R.R.A.A.F. aircrew on flying exercises were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Losses in N.z. Floods
WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Tuesday.— Floods have become serious in some parts of Otago and thousands of acres of farm land are inundated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain Caused Big Washaways
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A huge wall of water caused by yesterday's torrential rain swept away a quarter of a mile of railway track near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →183 Points in Storms
In storms over the last two weeks 183 points of rain have been registered for Newcastle by Mr. Cyril Griffiths…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soccer Storm Brewing Over Breakaway and Confused Control
SYDNEY: The members of the New South Wales Soccer Association, who have joined the N.S.W, Soccer League, propose to attend the Association's annual meeting on Sunday. They are Messrs. R6y Grieves (President of the Association), Roy Druery…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fish in Thousands Stranded by Flood
SINGLETON, Friday.—Thousands of dead fish are lying buried in mud on the banks of some district creeks, particularly Glennie's Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Floods Cairns
CAIRNS, Monday.—Shops and houses were flooded by torrential rain during the week-end, and children in tin canoes paddled through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspension of Life Savers Raises Storm at Meeting of S.l.s.a
With the main discussion centred on the suspension of four members of Cook's Hill Club in connection with the cutting of a length of line from a surf reel on December 25 last night's meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Surf…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train Disappears in Queens'ld Flood: Two People Missing
AYR (Queensland): Seven people were trapped in a flood when a goods train broke down on a bridge across the Burdekin River. Two are missing When swept off the roof of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Swamps Goods Train Two Lost; Cattle Save Five Men
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Trapped in a flood when a goods train broke down on a bridge across the Burdekin River, two people are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost Flood Victims Untraced, Unknown
TOWNSVILLE, Friday.— Police have been unable, to locate or identify two men still missing from the train which was trapped and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Flood of Arms"
NEW YORK: General George C. Marshall, United States Army Chief of Staff, reviewing the war, said lately: "Probably nothing has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburbs Missed Heavy Rain
Many of the suburbs missed the heavy rain Which fell in the Newcastle city area at midnight on Saturday and early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Drowns in Queensland Flood
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A military truck, containing six soldiers, went over the side of a traffic bridge into the flooded Mulgrave River, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jeeps Cross Flooded River
Jeeps negotiate a road which was flooded by the tidal overflow from the Tavera River in Boughainville…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →