High Tide, Gale Cause Damage
In Newcastle last night a 6ft. 5in. tide, driven by a south-easterly wind which in gusts reached 60 miles an hour: Tore the steamer William…
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Floods & storms, 1949
685 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 35
The Newcastle Scene the Strike came in on a gale. Well, here's hoping!
MAITLAND'S grim outlook today underlies the importance of prompt repairs to broken levees and other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Fears in Maitland No Danger Yet, But Preparing
As rain fell heavily in the Maitland district last night an officer at Maitland police station was almost continually engaged answering anxious telephone inquiries about the possibility of another flood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For Women . . . Red Cross Flood Aid Still Goes On
Maitland Red Cross branch wars still distributing new clothing and helping victims of the flood, the President (Mrs. V. Dilley) said last night. The branch had surveyed as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£3500 More For Maitland Flood Victims
A cheque for £3500 from the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Appeal was handed to the Mayor of Maitland (Ald. Fahey) by the Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grave New Flood Threat For Maitland; Rivers Up
Maitland is threatened with its second flood in little more than a month. There has been general rainfall over the Hunter watershed, streams that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toys Sought For Flood Victims
Charlestown Company of Girl Guides is making an appeal for toys for children of flood victims. Many hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Back To Normal After Gale
Conditions in Newcastle were back almost to normal today, after 48 hours of havoc-causing weather. In the 48 hours 333 points…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Moves To Sea: Fine Days Forecast
SYDNEY.—Fine weather was predicted by the Weather Bureau today. The south-east cyclonic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four People Hurt On Storm-Battered Ship
SYDNEY: Four passengers received slight injuries when the Port Hobart was tossed and buffeted in heavy seas on Monday night. The Port Hobart entered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →People Move Before New Flood Threat
Top left: Mrs. L. Dennis, of Charles-street, Maitland, is helped by Pat Waters and Shirley Relf when she left her home yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Mitigation Should Begin Now
The threat of another flood at Maitland—the second within five weeks—should spur the State Government to prompt action to…
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Maitland is expected to reach its flood crisis between 9 a.m. and noon to-day. A huge volume of water from Denman, where the Hunter River broke its banks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Prepares Radio Hook-up For Flood
An EMERGENCY wireless hook-up between Maitland. Newcastle. Muswellbrook and Sydney, has been established by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Typhoon Hits Shanghai, City Flooded
SHANGHAI, July 26. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Over 200,000 are homeless as the result of a typhoon which lashed the city for nearly 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Breach At Oakhampton—Flood Danger Point
Water begins to flow through the breach in the Hunter River bank at Oakhampton. Top: The breach in the bank. Lower left:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Legion's Flood Relief Fund
Newcastle-Hunter Council of the Legion of Ex-Servicemen had received almost £100 for flood relief from sub-branches throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodgates Are Closed
THESE MAITLAND COUNCIL WORKMEN, after most strenuous efforts, succeeded in closing floodgates today at Horseshoe Bend already covered by water and thus probably saved South Maitland from a second severe flood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland's Fear Of Floods Founded On History
Part of Maitland's tear of two floods in succeeding months was founded on history. In 1857 three successive floods occurred in Maitland in June, July and August. Three floods occurred in 1870, one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Threat Believed To Have Passed
Although the Hunter River was still rising slowly at Maitland early this afternoon, all danger of a second flood was considered to have passed. The closing of the damaged floodgates and the sandbagging…
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