Improvement In Weather As Cyclone Moves
An improvement in weather conditions in the next 24 hours is forecast by Mr. R. W. Parker, who said today that the cyclone is gradually moving out to sea…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 50
Harbour Test In Storm For "Ducks"
Yesterday's wind whipped up harbour water inside Newcastle breakwater. Among those who felt its full impact were members…
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Towns in Western N.S.W. which feared floods reported today that rivers and creeks were subsiding and danger had…
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Heavy rain on the coast had caused flood conditions, on the Pacific Highway between Newcastle and Brisbane, and made it…
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Mr. Cyril Griffiths's forecast for Newcastle and the Coalfields to-day is: Fine and warmer with north-westerly to north-easterly winds…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. A.A.P.—Army engineers used a 12,000 volt power line in rescuing 35 people in danger of drowning…
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SYDNEY.—Residents of Wilcannia and Menindee on the Darling River, western N.S.W., expect the novel situation of…
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AUCKLAND, Tues.—Two men are feared to have drowned when a yacht capsized during a storm, in Auckland…
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NEW YORK, Nov. 20. A.A.P. —Floodwaters from over 20 rivers and streams in California's central valley drove over 8000 people from…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A doping inquiry at Inverell has been adjourned indefinitely because three men cited to attend are flood,…
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LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Europe's first fierce winter gales this year surged in from the Atlantic yesterday leaving one ship sinking and another in distress…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Residents of towns along the Lachlan, Darling, Macquarie and Castlereagh Rivers are preparing for another…
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RENO (Nevada), Nov. 21. A.A.P.—The swollen Truckee River flooded this city's multi-million dollar downtown gambling area early to-day, but the gamblers kept right on playing…
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LONDON, Nov. 22. A.A.P.—Thirteen people have died—six of them at sea—in wind and rain storms which have lashed France for 18 hours. Two men were lost when a…
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NEW YORK, Nov. 22. A.A.P.—A resolution calling on South Africa to suspend her race segregation was adopted by the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday after…
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SACRAMENTO (California), Nov. 22. A.A.P.—Flood waters from north and central California chased another 10,000 residents…
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Parts of East Maitland are threatened with flooding to-day. Water from the Hunter River began to encroach on Phoenix Park yesterday afternoon,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Floods on the Macquaire and Castlereagh rivers threaten greater destruction than in the April floods. At Dubbo the Macquarie has…
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A second interim grant of £3000 making a total of £5000 has been provided for the restoration of flood damage in the Lower Hunter Shire. The council will he advised when the final grant…
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Newcastle Beaches Liaison Committee has asked the City Council to give an estimate of the cost of floodlighting Nobbys Beach, the chairman (Ald. R. Norris) disclosed today…
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