Newcastle Swept By Cyclonic Storm
A cyclonic storm, accompanied by wind squalls and lightning, broke over Newcastle last night. A cloudburst at Cooranbong flooded creeks in the area…
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Floods & storms, 1947
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 19
Newcastle Gets Drenching From Heaviest Storm For 20 Months
Newcastle was drenched last night and this morning by the heaviest storm since April 17, 1946. Nobbys registered 260 points of rain up to 9 a.m., the April registration last year being 312 points…
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Torrential rain in the Gloucester district during the last 24 hours have brought both the Avon and the Gloucester rivers down in flood. Both rivers have burst their banks and are still rising rapidly. Heavy…
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Mr. Cyril Griffiths's forecast for Newcastle, the Coalfields and Upper Hunter to-day is: Unsettled; further heavy rain, with temporary breaks;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want Channel To Stop Floods
Construction of a stormwater channel to prevent flooding of Housing Commission homes adjoining Merewether golf course will be sought by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freak Storm Causes Much Damage In Quarter Of Hour
MACKAY: A 15-minute freak storm, in which several hundreds of pounds of damage was done and during which over two inches of rain fell, hit the small town of Mirani late yesterday. The storm was one of the many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Near Corrimal, North Wollongong
WOLLONGONG, Friday.—Lowlying land around North Wollongong and Corrimal was flooded to-night Several houses were surrounded by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Heavy Rain Forecast By Local Expert
The weather tomorrow should be unsettled according to the forecast by Mr. R. W. Parker, of Merewether. He says there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pokolbin Heavy Rain Storm
More than two inches of rain fell in less than an hour during a heavy storm at Pokolbin on Sunday. Creeks reached their highest level…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crops Washed Out by Heavy Rain But Flood Danger Now Slight
SYDNEY: More heavy rain fell this morning over the flooded lowlands of the Hawkesbury River, where hundreds of acres of crops have already been washed out Though the danger of floods is…
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AFTER heavy rain on the western side of Neath Hill yesterday a small creck flooded and overflowed into the Caledon open-cut mine…
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SYDNEY: After a two-day search, police and nearly 100 miners early today located the body of Roy Evans (19) who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss High As Stormwater Floods Northern Open-Cuts
With three open-cut mines still out of operation following the heavy rain, three big underground pits idle and another only tartly manned, coal production loss on the northern coalfields to-day reached 5630 tone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →3 Western Mines Closed, Sequel To Heavy Rain
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Although falls have ceased, three western collieries have been closed as a result of heavy rain in the last few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fine, But Storms May Develop
The Weather Bureau forecast for the Hastings, Hunter and Manning is: Fine or isolated showers at first, with freshening north-easterly to northerly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Victim's Body Recovered
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—After combing the banks of the Capertee River for 48 hours, search parties this morning found the body of Roy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Watercourse Causes Flooding
Heaton-Birmingham Gardens Progress Association decided to ask Greater Newcastle Council to attend to flooding caused by the condition of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Cuts Still Flooded
Caldare and Caledon open cut mines, in the North, were still idle yesterday through flooding. In the West, Invincible was idle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Much Damage From Tamworth Storms
TAMWORTH, Friday. — Damage estimated at £6000 was caused by heavy storms throughout Tamworth district last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Be Showers, Thunderstorms
The State Weather Bureau forecast for Hastings, Hunter and Manning is Cloudy, with occasional showers, scattered afternoon thunderstorms, with…
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