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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 19
NEW YORK, June 29.—The Missouri flood waters, which have now reached levels not touched for more than 100 years, have swept a wide path of death and destruction through Nebraska, causing crop…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]UCKLAND, Monday.—Tragedy, [?] spread damage and mass evacuation [?]mes have followed disastrous floods, [?] worst for years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK. Sunday.—Civilians, troops and naval reservists and even women are battling to save homes and farmlands alone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Only nine of the party of 18 All Blacks due to leave for Auckland this morning were taken by the plane. Eight of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Monday. —A wild southerly storm, which has swept the lower half of North Island since early on Friday, culminated in the heaviest floods since 1897, which resulted in loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, June 30. A.A.P.—The debris-strewn waters of the Mississippi spread over sections of St. Louis and other river towns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ST. LOUIS (Missouri), Monday, — Chouteau Island levee, near Granite City, broke at 9.30 a.m. today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK. July 1. A. A. P.—Engineers state that all the main levees in the St. Louis area, as far south as the town of Grand Tower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Tuesday: 8500 people are homeless in the St. Louis (Missouri) area as a result of the Mississippi floods. New levee breaks along a 90-mile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After being missing for several days the launch Windsor, hound from Jerseyville to Newcastle with Arthur Robinson, 52, of Kempsey,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, July 2. A.A.P.—New breaks in the levees along a 90-mile stretch of the Mississippi yesterday compelled the evacuation of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missouri River floods smashed through this railway dyke near Glasgow (Missouri). Unsuccessful attempts were made to reinforce it with piles. The piledriving barge is on the left-hand break of the dyke…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Shipping along the south-eastern coast of Victoria and in Bass Strait has been lashed by heavy seas in the past 48…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, July 6. A.A.P.—The floods in the vast Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys took a heavy toll in human suffering,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE PRESIDENT of Newcastle Tattersall's Club (Mr Lal Bowden) handing over a cheque for £210 this morning to the Mayor (Ald. Quinlan). The money was raised by the club in aid of the British Flood Victims' Relief Appeal. Also in the picture is the secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A presentation of £210 was to-day made to the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. H. D. Quinlan) by the President of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHANGHAI, July 7. A.A.P.—Chinese Press reports say that the Chinkiang River has inundated the outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, July 8—A survey of official estimates shows that flood, damage in the Middle West "Bread Basket" has reached the staggering total of £265,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Greater Newcastle Salvage Committee decided yesterday to allocate £350 to the Flood( Assistance Appeal for Britain, and £25 to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supporting the Patrick Plains Council in seeking a copy of the report on water conservation and son erosion, the Lower Hunter Shire…
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