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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
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The "black-out" from Zara Street power station is on again. Residents in the locality say they have the choice of suffocating with doors and windows closed, or being showered with soot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local knowledge of the vagaries of floods on the Hunter River and views of district men concerning best methods to mitigate losses caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE: Surging floodwaters of Fitzroy River are expected to submerge wharves at Rockhampton late this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More than 24 hours of valuable soaking rain has now broken the drought in the Upper Hunter Val ley, which farmers and station agents described today as the dryest spell since 1888. In the wake of the rain, inland rivers are beginning to bank up and flood warnings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fierce gale is lashing the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria, forcing ships to shelter and battering those caught away from ports. After battling for an hour with huge waves…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods now threaten in many rivers of Northern and North-western New South Wales. Washaways have occurred on many Western roads, and telephones lines are down. Many sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—The South Coast area, which was severely hit when the Logan and Albert Rivers broke their banks less than three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BUNDABERG, Thursday.—A 19-year-old youth rescued from a treetop by police and lifesavers had been marooned by floodwaters for 13 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"You can jump across the channel of the Hunter River now between Maitland and Morpeth. We were amazed at the reduction in its width," said Mr. B. O. K. Green, Chief Engineer for Harbors and Rivers in the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DUBBO.—Floods may prevent five Moree swimmers, including a former State champion, from contesting the N.S.W. country…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Residents of the Far North Coast and North-west are preparing for floods. Many rivers, already near danger level, were swollen by further heavy rain to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: More heavy rain fell in north-eastern New South Wales during the night, increasing flood danger. Thousands of acres of country which were bare a week ago are how covered with water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LITTLE AMERICA, February 16. A.A.P.—Two "birthplaces" of storms have been found by Rear-Admiral Byrd's Antarctic expedition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Sunday: A south-westerly gate disrupted H.M.S. Vanguard's programme for the last day of the Royal voyage to South Africa. The decks heaved too much and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—With little rain reported throughout the State to-day, the danger of flooding in areas where heavy falls were received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LISMORE, Sunday.—After receiving a call to an urgent case at Main Arm, a distance of 13 miles, a Mullumbimby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Mogil has been cut off by floods for more than a week and pack horses are being used to get rood through to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The floodlighting of New-castle Showground was made possible by the loan by the Royal Agricultural Society bf 100 light projectors, each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Feb. 21.—Mr. Attlee's announcement of June, 1948, as the deadline for the relinquishment of British power in India and the replacement of Lord Wavell by Admiral Lord Mountbatten as Viceroy has had a mixed reception…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy rain has fallen at Barrington Tops since 2 p.m. yesterday and the Williams River was reported this morning to be running a very big bank. For the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. to-day 288 points of rain were registered…
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