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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 17
Some transport experts believe that the need to make the main Government railway line from Newcastle to Maitland and nearby and the eastern end of the South Maitland Railways private line flood-free is now of national importance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is a possibility of heavy coastal rain within the next 24 hours. Mr. R. W. Parker of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two Army "ducks," manned by soldiers and police, worked for five hours to-day to rescue five families…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There can be no argument concerning the imperative necessity of freeing the Northern railway system from interruption in flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Many residents had to climb on rooftops to escape flood water which hit Geelong to-day. Volunteers and Army "ducks"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PERTH, Wednesday.— The 17 members of the 967-ton British hopper barge J. P. Webb, bound from Glasgow to Melbourne, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Heavy damage, including £100,000 in Geelong, has been caused by recent floods in Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood mitigation at the head of the Hunter River was the only real solution to the silt problem in Newcastle Harbour, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EUABALONG: Graziers have moved 10,000 sheep to high ground, but were hopeful today that the Lachlan River had reached its peak. Police report that the river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →So much had been published in opposition to a flood-free rail link to the North that it was time the memory of the people was refreshed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The flood position cased in Victoria to-day, but the Weather Bureau has warned of further flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mayfield schoolgirl's letter to a Malayan youth seeking a penfriend, has met with such a spirited response that her home is now being deluged with an ever increasing avalanche of letters from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apart from the possibility of a light isolated thunderstorm, conditions for the next 24 hours are expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ald. Quinlan said last night that he objected to aldermen not being notified that they had been invited to the demonstration by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Thousands of tons of water flooded the Bulolo as she lay beached in Kerosene Bay this afternoon and put out a fire which more than 100…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bolwarra Embankment Committee has decided to limit present works to an expenditure of about £800…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More brief thunderstorms this evening may again interrupt the otherwise delightful weather Newcastle has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Cyril Griffiths's forecast for Newcastle and the Coalfields for to-day is.—Mainly fine and warm, but with a chance of some isolated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weather conditions today were cloudy and cool and Mr. R. W. Parker forecasts the possibility of a brief thunderstorm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The new Hexham Bridge would increase floods upstream no more than six inches Mr. R. A. Young, of the Water Conservation and…
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