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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 22
Above: Clinging to a post for support as the flood swirled down High-street, Maitland, these three children found excitement. The picture was taken after the river broke its banks opposite the Post-office yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, August 17. A.A.P.—Ten persons are known to be dead and 35 others are missing feared drowned, in the worst floods ever to strike the Exmoor districts of Devon and Somerset…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A 12-month-old boy was drowned in floodwater in Warren yesterday. The baby, who fell from his pram into water near his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland police yesterday stopped sight-seeing motorists on the Campbell's Hill end of the Long Bridge. Hundreds of motorists parked their cars and walked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—The President of the Long Distance Road Transport Association (Mr. W. V. Rowe) said recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Every small boy loves a treasure hunt, and Tony Martin had a wonderful time delving among the debris in Albert-st. South as the floodwaters receded at Maitland. This scene yesterday was typical of many areas as some residents returned to their flood-damaged homes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.): The deathroll in North Devon's flood tragedy is now feared to be 38. Twelve bodies have been recovered and 26 are missing in the 40-mile wide flood area centred on the village of Lynmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four hundred Maitland flood victims are being so well cared for at Greta Migrant Centre that they are in no hurry to return to their flooded homes. I discovered this when I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The R.S.L. Flood Relief Fund was still functioning, the Secretary of Newcastle R.S.L. sub-branch (Mr. J. A. Roberts)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With the approval of the Mayor of Maitland (Ald. Harvey), proceeds from a dance to be held at Legion House,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two small mines on the Northern coalfields affected by flooding still not resumed yesterday. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mayor of Maitland (Ald. Harvey) yesterday ordered immediate repairs to the damaged bank of the Hunter River at Oakhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Aug. 18. A.A.P. — Thirteen bodies have been recovered from the North Devon flood disaster area. Police issued the names of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stockton Progress Association will support a move by the Fern Bay Progress Association to have more money…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): Two young Victorian women, Joyce Hiscock (22) and Gwen Oxley (23) are missing from the flood devastated Lynmouth area of North Devon. They are believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Aug. 19. A.A.P.—Damage caused by the weekend flooding around the North Devon holiday village of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland people who returned to their homes were busy yesterday restoring order. Mrs. M. Tinson, of Oakhampton, barefooted, spent much of the day cleaning her flooded kitchen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—The names of two Australian girls, Joyce Hiscock and Gwen Oxley, remain on a list of 21 missing, believed dead, after the deluge which overwhelmed the North Devon villages of Lynmouth and Barbrook last week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All mail trains to the north ran today over the flooded section of the railway line between Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: The Premier (Mr. Cahill) said today that the State Government proposed…
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