50 m.p.h. Gale Passes Peak In Newcastle
The south-easterly gale in Newcastle reached its peak at 11 o'clock last night. It was then blowing at 50 miles an hour…
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Floods & storms, 1948
311 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 16
Fly Bedding To Flood Victims
THE MINISTER for Labour and Industry and Social Services (Mr. Finnan) said in Sydney last night that he was…
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Floodwaters have cut off all rail, road and air communications with the Lismore district. Hundreds of people whose homes were flooded last night were accommodated in East Lismore and North…
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Nearly 6000 Lismore people have been evacuated from their homes in lowlying parts because of the worst floods that have struck the town since 1945. Trees, fencing posts and pieces of homes washed away by the…
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Late yesterday at least two thirds of Lismore was submerged by floodwaters, but at 10 o'clock last night the Richmond River had fallen more than two feet…
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R.A.A.F. panes will leave Mascot early this morning to drop 1000 blankets in specially prepared packs at Lismore and other flooded…
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DARWIN, Wednesday.—Darwin's accommodation is taxed to limit with the influx of several hundred buyers from all over…
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SYDNEY—Vegetables were dearer in the markets today and another jump in prices is expected tomorrow as full…
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SYDNEY.—Olympic hop, step and jump athlete, Les McKeand, due to leave for England by plane on Saturday, is…
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The North Coast floods have seriously affected tropical fruit and tomato supplies to the Newcastle markets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Watching The Gale At Stockton Beach
EROSION AT STOCKTON.—Big seas this w eek have paused further serious erosion on Stockton Beach. Surf Club members watch waves sweep against the land in front of the pavilion. Since this picture was taken yesterday afternoon pegs holding ropes attached to the flagpole have been washed away. (Other pictures on Page 7.)…
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Strong south-east gales, which have been lashing Newcastle for three days, abated last night. Nobbys reported this morning that a light south-west breeze was blowing this morning and that the heavy seas were moderating…
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LONDON, June 17. A.A.P.—Nineteen people, parachuted to safety from an American Army Flying-Fortress in a sandstorm near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move for Flood Mitigation On North Coast
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A flood mitigation committee would investigate the possibility of alleviating flood damage in the Richmond and…
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Floodwaters were swiftly receding on many parts of the North Coast last night, but several towns, notably Woodburn and Broadwater, in the mid-Richmond district,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A warning of probable heavy flooding of Central Coast rivers was given to-night by Weather…
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Top: Flooding near the main business section of Lismore. Right: A general view of the city, showing the extent of the…
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Floods may develop over the Hunter, Hastings and Manning River areas, according to the Weather Bureau. The bureau predicts gales, and…
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A Newcastle Aero Club instructor, Mr. R. Howley, borrowed a truck to tow his Tiger Moth training plane out of reach of the…
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KYOGLE, Thursday.—The Kyogle member of the Olympic Games team, Les. McKean, had to be ferried over…
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