Randwick Track Not Affected By Storm Rain
SYDNEY.—An inch and a half of rain fell at Randwick in last night's storm, but the going tomorrow…
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Floods & storms, 1953
304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 16
Storm Over Visits To Racketeer In Gaol
NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.): Visits by important persons to a labor racketeer doing time in Sing Sing have started a political storm which is rocking New York and New Jersey. The racketeer is Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storm at Broken Hill
BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—The city to-day had its worst dust storm since 1907. Whipped up by gale force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Move On Flooding
Newcastle City Council Health Committee decided last night to ask the council's representatives on the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooding At Maryville
The onus of getting some action to prevent flooding of the low-lying areas of Maryville may be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Flood Fear In Victoria
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Reports late to-night indicated that floods in the Morwell area are rapidly becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SHIPWRECKED off Newcastle Chapter Nine "Cawarra Gale's" Heavy Toll
Yesterday's chapter described the worst shipping disaster on the…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The flood danger was easing in most parts of Gippsland to-day, but hundreds of people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Kill 20 In S. Italy
ROME, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Twenty people are feared dead after torrential rains which lashed the south of…
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ROME, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Police yesterday evacuated many reluctant villagers by force from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italy Faces New Flood Danger
ROME, Tues. (A.A.P.): Heavy rain, which brought disastrous floods to southern Italy and killed about 100 persons last week, hit the north yesterday and threatened new…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →46 Points In Storm
Mr. R. Griffiths, of Bar Beach, registered 46 points of rain for the 24 hours ended 10 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Lashed By Storms
LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.)—Storms, gale force winds and rain lashed Britain last night…
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LONDON, Nov. 1. A.A.P.—Officials at Rovigo (Northern Italy) said that all immediate flood dangers in the Po…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ultimatum on Floodboats
Floodboats provided by the Lower Hunter Shire Council must in future be maintained, repaired and housed by residents of the areas in which they are placed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Delays Tennis Titles
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Heavy rain last night prevented play to-day in the Queensland tennis championships at…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Trail Of Damage As Storms Hit West
An electrical storm damaged more than 100 buildings at Cowra yesterday afternoon. The storm was one of a series that left a trail of…
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PISA (Italy).—The River Arno, whose annual floods have plagued Pisa's countryside for centuries, will…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fierce Storms Hit Victoria
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Winds up to 60 miles an hour uprooted trees, damaged roofing on some suburban houses, buffeted shipping and caused extenive havoc among…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →22 Die in U.s. Storm, Floods
NEW YORK, Nov. 8. A.A.P.—At least people are dead and 10,000 homeless in one of the worst autumn storms experienced in the eastern United States. Gales and 40ft. waves…
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