Severe Frosts Forecast After Gales In South
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The south-westerly wind which yesterday blew at gale force in southern parts of the State subsided to-day, but some…
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Floods & storms, 1947
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 19
Terrorists Storm British Army Post
JERUSALEM, Aug. 1. A.A.P.—Four Jewish terrorists, armed with phosphorous bombs, tried to storm the Hampshire Regiment's Headquarters to-day. One attacker was riddled with bullets as he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coasters Shelter From 60 M.P.H. Bass Strait Gale
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Sixty-mile an hour winds to-day— Caused heavy seas in Bass Strait:…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Strong gales which have swept Victoria for the past four days are expected to moderate and be confined to coastal…
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NANKING, Thursday.—Floodwaters breaking through the Grand Canal and Weishanhu dykes have inundated 20 counties of North Kiangsu Province. Stretching for 140 miles from Suchow almost to the Yellow Sea…
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NANKING, August 7. A.A.P.—Floodwaters, breaking through the Grand Canal and Weishanhu dykes, inundated 20 counties of the North…
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MELBOURNE: The bodies of four of the 10 men who perished yesterday when the 10,000-ton refrigeration ship, Mahia, burst into flames following a series of explosions, are still lying in 30 feet of water in the flooded after-holds…
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THREE hundred and twenty-seven cases of tinned food, weighing 9½ tons, had been sent to Britain as the result of the combined Red…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale Whips S.A. Timber Fire; £30,000 Damage
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—More than £30,000 damage was caused by a fire which began this afternoon at the Cellulose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm In Commons Over Emergency Powers Bill
LONDON, Tuesday: A Bill to "pillage the rich and enslave the poor," was how Mr. Churchill last night described the new emergency powers sought by the Government to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drifting Scientists' Story of Raft Wrecked in Storm
NEW YORK, Wednesday: A blow-by-blow radio description of the storm that wrecked their huge raft in the Marquesas Islands has been radioed from Raratonga by the group of Norwegian scientists who drifted across the Pacific. The scientists scrambled ashore…
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COLOMBO, Aug. 17. A.A.P.—At least 23 persons have lost their lives in floods resulting from heavy rain storms…
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COLOMBO (Ceylon), Monday: Between 15,000 and 20,000 persons have been evacuated from the flood areas in Colombo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Of Criticism Raised By Soccer Action On Juniors
The action of Newcastle Soccer officials in withdrawing the five Charlestown players-front the district representative Under 18 years eleven for the State Junior championship, has caused a storm of criticism in all junior centres…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Showground Floodlights
Jack Barrow, electrician, checks over the new floodlight lamps to be installed soon on the four towers, at the Newcastle Showground. They will be ready for the 150th anniversary celebrations, when 25 will be mounted on each tower. Each will be focussed on a separate part of the ground. The lamps will total 100,000 wants. For the show last February, lamps were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Shivered—gales, Rain, Hail, Snow
Bitter winds, accompanied at place by rain, hail or snow, with heavy seas on the coast, blew over much of the State at the week-end…
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Newcastle Showground's new floodlighting system, which will be used for the first time for the Industrial Fair, was expected to be installed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Open Fireworks With "Storm"
It was proposed to begin the major fireworks display on the opening night of the 150th Anniversary celebrations by firing a parachute flare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Submerge Burma Villages
RANGOON, Aug. 27. A.A.P.—Heavy floods in the Central Burma plains have submerged nearly 100 villages, and severely damaged paddy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.S.L. Is Getting Flood Of Request For Aid From Men "On The Track"
Newcastle district officials of the Returned Soldiers' League were receiving a flood of requests for assistance from men "on the track," many of whom were impostors, delegates said at a meeting of the League's District…
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