Surrounded Gurkhas Had to Fight Way Through Floods and Japs
RANGOON, Tuesday: Marooned in a village on the Sittang River, Gurkhas have fought their way through floods to safety. THEY had become isolated in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1945
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 10
R.S.L. Gives £100 to Flood Relief Fund
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Returned Soldiers' League will donate £100 towards North Coast flood relief, it was decided at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drought and Floods Affect Fish Supply
Droughts and floods affect the yields of the fishermen, as well as those of the farmers, said Mr. Allen, Manager of they Newcastle Fish Markets. At present, they were suffering from floods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain in Brisbane
BRISBANE.—In 33 hours from 9 a.m. on Wednesday till 6 p.m. yesterday, Brisbane had three and a half inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Warned of More Floods Seven Inches in Day at Murwillumbah
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Weather Bureau has issued a flood warning to the North Coast. In 24 hours ended at 6 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danger Of Floods Passes
SYDNEY: The threat of more floods on the North Coast has passed. The rivers are falling steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain Causes Coal Loss
Heavy rain today caused hold-ups in mining operations at a number of northern collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coast Swept by 60 M.p.h. Gale Week-end Rain Is Intensified
Swept by heavy rain and a south-easterly wind, which reached 60 miles an hour this morning, Newcastle had one of its bleakest days this season. Temperatures were moderate, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Thunderstorm Sweeps Over London
LONDON, Sunday: The great thunderstorm which struck London on Saturday night was the most fearsome anyone remembers. It was still raging on Sunday in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Moves Out to Sea
SYDNEY: A cyclone which caused the recent weather upset has now moved away over the Tasman Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Rising at Maitland Some Floodings Expected
The Hunter River was rising steadily at West Maitland last night as a result of the heavy rain over the whole of the valley. The State Weather Bureau said last night that local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger in North Past
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Weather Bureau officials said the cyclone which caused the recent weather upset had moved, away over the Tasman Sea,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Crowd Storms "Fascist Newspaper
LONDON, Wednesday: Several thousand men stormed the building of the newspaper "La Stampa" at Turin (Italy) yesterday. They destroyed the library, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berlin Blasted—by Storm
BERLIN. Sunday.—A terrific storm ripped through Berlin late yesterday afternoon. A gale tore trees out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goering Has Heart Attack In Storm
LONDON, Friday.—Goering suffered a heart attack during an electric storm on Thursday at his place of confinement in Luxemburg…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →50 m.p.h. Gale in Sydney
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 40 m.p.h. wind struck Sydney suddenly at midday, rising to 50 m.p.h. at 1.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brief Storm in Suburbs
Although only light rain fell it the city last night some suburbs experieneed a brief but heavy stom shortly before seven o'clock. Ran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Isolate N.Z. Towns
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—Little mole than three weeks after a snow storm, Canterbury is now seriously flooded as the result of heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Water Still Over Louth Park Road, Farms
Louth Park road was still impassable owing to flood water, the Engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) told the Lower Hunter Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vegetable Growers Want Flood Relief
When it was reported to a meeting of the Hunter District Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association last night that nothing had been secured to give…
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