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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 17
A short letter from the Newcastle branch of the British Social Club to an important English newspaper stating that prospective migrants to Australia would be supplied with information has resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: A committee to examine flood problems in the Macleay River valley has been set up by Conservation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contractors have completed an extensive flood-lighting system at Lee Wharf. It has taken more than two years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. M. RYAN ("N.M.H.," 25/5/'51) made some important suggestions to overcome silting in Newcastle Harbour. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers between Maitland and Morpeth believed replenishment of the soil by fertilisers was more economic than by floods, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has asked the Premier (Mr. McGirr) to give urgent priority to flood-prevention works in the Hunter Valley. In a letter to the Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further heavy coastal showers within the next 24 hours are forecast by Mr. R. W. Parker with the most unsettled periods in the morning and at night. Early this morning there was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—The Secretary for Railways (Mr. W. A. Anderson) said today that construction of a railway line from Allendale…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →So seriously did it view recent "glaring utterances" by the Chairman of the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust (Mr. Brewster) that it felt the Premier should be asked to give urgent priority to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An engineer was injured and radio station 2HR was off the air for 75 minutes today when gale force winds unroofed a garage and brought down the electricity main at the transmitting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge seas at present pounding the coast would mean that all ships due to sail from Newcastle would remain until the cyclone abated, a Maritime Services Board spokesman said today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A kindergarten school at South Cardiff was moved from its foundations, electric light wires, awnings and fences in many parts of the district were blown down, some windows shattered and the Stockton vehicular ferry was delayed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Well, are we in for another flood?" was how many Maitland people greeted each other today when the weather showed no sign of clearing. The question was asked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The storm yesterday halted shipping in Newcastle. A south-east wind of 55 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: A new storm warning of a cyclone, north of Lord Howe Island, was issued today by the Weather Bureau. The cyclone is now stationary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: Broken Hill is completely cut off from road traffic following several days of rain in the west. Many other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE: Residents of parts of Rochester, Northern Victoria, used rowing boats in the main streets of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Cyrill Griffith's forecast for Newcastle and the Coalfields for to-day is: More rain, heavy in places; fine within 24 to 36 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy rain fell yesterday and last night in the Hunter Valley. Flooding danger could develop in Maitland if heavy falls continue farther upstream…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fortunately for Maitland, the deluge experienced in Newcastle did not extend far inland, otherwise the district may…
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