Gale Causes Plane Crash: All Escape
LONDON, Sept. 22. A.A.P.—All 14 passengers and crew escaped uninjured when a British-European Airways'…
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Floods & storms, 1953
304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 16
Flood Warning Equipment
SYDNEY.—The purchase of Hunter Valley flood warning equipment worth £4700 is provided for in the…
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To install four lights to illuminate the four sides of the memorial in Civic Park would cost £460, the…
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PARIS, Sept. 24. A.A.P.— Many Breton fishing ships are overdue and feared lost in storms that swept the Atlantic…
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Firemen and City Council employees worked for several hours this morning to clear floodwater from a Hunter-st. drain which extended 300 yards down the street and lapped shop fronts near Wheeler Place. Secretary of the Hunter…
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PARIS, Sept. 25. A.A.P.— Known casualties to France's fishing fleet in the equinoctial gales off the French Atlantic…
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The water threatened shops and caused a traffic snarl. Police quickly re-routed traffic into King-street…
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Water from a flooded drain near Wheeler Place, Newcastle, went within inches of entering shops yesterday morning. At one stage the water…
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MELBOURNE: Some city streets were covered with water after 188 points of rain had fallen in the…
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Big hailstones yesterday smashed more than 100 windows at The Entrance Widespread damage in the North and on the Central Coast was caused by hailstorms…
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LONDON (O.S.R.): To many of the Middle West citizens of America London is the gateway to the mysterious East. For that we have the word of 56-year-old Miss Irene…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Move to Stop City Flooding
Newcastle Council Works Committee last night recommended approval of expenditure of £80 to prevent a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Paper Shufflers" Flood The U.S.
NEW YORK: For every farmer in the U.S. there is now a "paper shuffler", says management' consultant Emmett J. Leahy. In a survey of industrial…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A heavy rain storm brought limited relief to some areas in…
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PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.): Fifty Breton fishermen died at sea in last month's storms…
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The Public Works Department will be asked by Maitland City Council to proceed with the investigation of the…
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CANBERRA: Farmers in the Tumut Valley feared that further delay in the construction of the…
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Electrical storms, with heavy rain in places, swept New South Wales…
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The Weather Bureau's forecast for the Hastings, Hunter and Manning to-day is— Some rain and scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Storms Yield 86 Points: More Needed
Storms swept the Hunter Valley last night with registrations ranging up to 86 points but further falls are needed to relieve the dry conditions which have existed for several months. Denman had 86 points…
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