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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 10
Morpeth residents waiting at the Morpeth bridge ramp, on the arrival of one of the flood boats which were used to take food, mails, and general suppliers to residents. The boat came from Hinton. Depth of the water seen in the picture is three to four feet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PASSING of the flood danger in the Lower Hunter is indicated by the State Weather Bureau's forecast of "chiefly fine, with few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Thursday.—Federal Ministers to-day pledged themselves to give whatever relief was within the power of their departments to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOOD.— This marooned householder at Murwillumbah, on the flooded Tweed River, is receiving a loaf of bread on an oar…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SYDNEY.— The bodies of Mrs. Mavis Hermann and three of her children have been recovered from underneath water hyacinth after flood water subsided at Tatham, near Casino. The body of a fourth child has riot been found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Several hundred tons of coal have, been lost this week by the floodings of some small mines in the Wallsend [?]rea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Top Left: Water entirely surrounded this group of houses on the outskirts of Lismore. In at least one instance,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After reaching a height of 28ft. 6in. at Belmore Bridge, West Maitland, the Hunter River dropped 2ft. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Friday.—Members of the R.A.A.F. and W.A.A.A.F. at Evans Head handed in their blankets to help…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CASINO, Saturday.— Poignant scenes were witnessed in Casino cemetery yesterday afternoon when the bodies of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, June I7. A.A.P.—William Joyce's cell at Bow-street police station is floodlit at night, as a security measure, and the big doors…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PERTH, Monday.—General rain, which began in the southern half of Western Australia on June 9, continued over the week-end. For the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LISMORE, Tuesday.—Petty jealousies amongst district councils stooped the adoption of flood-prevention schemes which would have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is expected that recommendations by the New South Wales Flood Relief Committee, which have been framed and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PERTH: Swept from a horse by flood waters at Guilford today a woman was washed on to the top of a free. Mrs. Elsie Purcell. 25, had attempted to cross on her horse from Guilford to Caversham over the Meadow Street Bridge. The decking of the bridge was 6ft. under water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although floods in the Hunter River district interrupted dairy production, the improvement that would result in pastures would be of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The State Weather Bureau forecast for Newcastle, Hunter and Manning districts is—Cold and cloudy to overcast, with moderate to strong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PERTH, Thursday.—Although the flood waters were still high in some rivers south of Perth to-day, the position was rapidly improving and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A vegetable grower at Hinton lost 200 tons of cabbages in the recent floods, said the District Agricultural Instructor for the Hunter Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An officer will be sent to the Raymond Terrace district to inspect losses to farmers caused by the June floods said the President of the…
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