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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 16
NEW YORK, Monday: The transport Argentina, carrying the first batch of 451 British brides and 175 children of American servicemen, has arrived after a nine-day nightmare voyage. SHE was the first "bride ship" in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Wednesday: The Government is facing its greatest storm as a result of the new food ration cuts. It has promised a full debate in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Restoration of flood lighting for Waratah Sports Oral, estimated to cost £95/18/3, will be carried out as soon as possible. This was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Feb. 7.—A family storm has arisen over the announcement that Sarawak will soon become a Crown Colony. The Rajah of Muda,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE effect of sun spots upon the earth's weather and terrestial growth is emphasised by the annual growth rings on trees…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN 1939, Mr. Cyril Griffiths, of Bar Beach, the Newcastle "Weather Man," was very glad to see…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON. Friday. — Widespread floods are occurring in England. In North Staffordshire they are the worst for 25 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Feb. 10. A.A.P.—The whole of the London, Maitland and Scottish railway service to Scotland and Lancashire was blocked as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE: Flooding and damage extending 190 miles from Babinda to Ayr, in North Queensland, occurred over the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday: A book urging polygamy and free love as counter [?]sures to the declining birthrate is causing a storm of indignation throughout Britain. The book is "Baby Famine," in which the author, Geoffrey Pardoe,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Danger of flooding still exists on the Richmond River (North Coast). Rain was still falling at Lismore to-day, and there may be more heave falls early this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON. Sunday. — Tributaries of the Rhine have burst their banks. causing the worst Rhineland floods for 35 years. In Prussia, one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, February 11. A.A.P.—About 3000 are homeless as a result of the worst floods for 35 years, which are sweeping over the Rhineland. Water is rushing down the Rhine valleys at a speed of 10 knots. The rivers Marne,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, February 12. A.A.P.—The The worst floods that have hit Germany many in a century are causing catastrophic damage, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Efforts are being made to-day to get food supplies from Townsville to Ayr, Ayr, a township on the northern line to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday. — When the Emscher River, Rhine tributary, burst its banks yesterday, 3000 inhabitants of Horst and Herne were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →LONDON, February 15. A.A.P.—Delegates clapped and cheered in the United Nations Assembly when a Big Five resolution was unanimously adopted urging all Governments and people to take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not a railway lines to be seen, but the trains got through. This was near Nottingham Station, England. Flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DARWIN. — Road, rail and aerial communication with Darwin was cut for some days by a cyclone over Central Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The east-west express train from Perth is still marooned at Tarcoola with 160 passengers. The train from Adelaide…
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