Car Disappears In Floodwater
Two New Lambton men wrapped in blankets thawed out in front of a fire at Maitland Police Station last night after they had got a ducking when their car…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1952
437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 22
Floods Curtail Vegetables
Flooding in the Hunter Valley had caused a shortage of some vegetables, but had not yet seriously affected meat or milk supplies, trade spokesmen said yesterday…
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Properties at East Lambton were flooded last week because sumps were blocked and drainage could not cope with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Still Under Water After Flood Mishap
Only the top of the hood of a new sedan motor car which slipped into deep floodwaters while being driven near the Regent-st. overhead bridge at Maitland last night was visible as the flood continued to recede slowly this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Urgent Flood Warning to North
Late last night the State Weather Bureau sent urgent messages of warning to emergency flood committees in Maitland, Kempsey and Tarce…
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COWRA: Mrs. Ruby May Norton told her daughter that the death of Allan Williams, 25, which prevented their marriage, "might have all happened for the best," a policeman alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Flood Peril for Maitland; River Rising
With the Hunter River at Maitland 22 feet 1 inch high this afternoon and rising at the rate of a foot an hour, and a sea of floodwaters rising rapidly toward homes in South Maitland, police and council officials warned of extensive flooding…
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The Weather Bureau in Sydney today issued a flood warning for the Hunter Valley. The Bureau said that an average of one to two inches of rain had fallen generally over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trades Hall Seeks Talks On Floods
Newcastle Trades Hall Council has asked for an immediate discussion in the Federal Parliament of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Emergency Coal Lift As Floods Cut Line Again
With the railway line between Maitland and the Cessnock coalfields again cut by floodwaters, coal production from mines in the area once more is being brought out to Newcastle by an emergency lift over the single-line Richmond Vale system…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney, Suburbs Deluged; Rain Floods Homes, Shops
SYDNEY: Torrential rain deluged Sydney this morning flooding streets, disrupting traffic and seeping into hundreds of homes and shops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Hawkesbury Flood
SYDNEY: The Hawkesbury River rose five feet in two hours this afternoon and at 3 p.m. was 18 inches over North Richmond bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Beach "Snowfield" After Southerly Gales
"SHOW SCENE" at Newcastle Beach today: Foam whipped from the high seas by strong winds made this picture at Newcastle Beach this morning. Some of the "snow" was blown into city streets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Storm Warning
SYDNEY: The Weather Bureau today issued a renewal of its storm warning to shipping. It reported that a small cyclone was still…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Raymond Terrace Fears New Flood
Business people in the lower parts of Raymond Terrace spent yesterday lifting goods on to counters or transferring them to storage houses above flood reach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hundreds Move in Maitland Warned Record Flood Possible
The Mayor of Maitland (Ald. Harvey) warned residents shortly after 11 o'clock last night that a record flood level might be reached to-day. Hundreds of families on the southern side of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drive To Get Materials For Flood Victims
The Health Inspector (Mr. T. C. Atkinson) told Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday that the Chief Officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDITORIAL Floods Are A National Responsibility
HARDLY has stock been taken of the havoc wrought by last week's flood than the Lower Hunter is threatened with a new and even graver one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fishermen's Talks "Flooded Out"
SYDNEY: The United Fishermen's League annual conference, which was due to begin today has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods Over Railway
Passengers, freight and luggage were today transhipped from High-st. railway…
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