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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 16
LONDON, Thurs.: Catastrophe, which has dogged British life for the better part of a year, delivered its cruellest blow at the weekend when an icy hurricane, striking with the high tides, brought death or injury and havoc to tens of thousands of Britons…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—Rescue workers and troops repairing the dykes and sea walls in flood-stricken Holland and Britain to-day redoubled their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Dutch migrants in Australia had contributed finance, bedding and warm clothing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Gale warnings in the North Sea last night spurred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Netherlands Vice-Consul for Newcastle (Mr. H. E. Andresen) has received a telegram from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Feb. 5. A.A.P.— Britain's North Sea fishing fleet came off comparatively lightly during the gales which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →These trailers and cars from a trailer camp at Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, lie half submerged and piled along a wall as a result of disastrous floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A special gift of £100,000 has been made by the Commonwealth Government to help British and Dutch flood victims…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Purdue) said last night that he had decided to launch an appeal to assist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The council of Maitland Chamber of Commerce decided last night to make flood mitigation its first priority…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Snowstorms and blizzards in many parts of Europe today brought a new danger to thousands of homeless after the flood horror in which at least 1590 people are known dead in Britain, Holland and Belgium from North Sea floods and many more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Fri. (O.S.R.).—Several couples at flooded Canvey Island in the Thames Estuary feared that the weddings they had planned would have to be postponed because the banns were not read on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A move is being made to bring to Newcastle, as settlers, Dutch families who arc victims of the present disastrous floods in Holland. Following a suggestion by Mr. J. D. van Buuren,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Feb. 6. A.A.P.—First signs of relief from further flood devastation appeared in Britain and Holland this morning when both countries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.): Twelve thousand servicemen and civilians worked in Arctic conditions yesterday in a desperate bid to beat time and tide. They ignored snow, sleet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first person to respond to an appeal launched by the Dutch community in Newcastle for the flood victims of Holland was a German, who contributed a shirt. Pinned to the shirt was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Feb. 9. A.A.P.—The Dutch flood deathroll rose by 20 to-day to 1395 persons. Strong winds and high…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Monday.—Residents of Eurandangie, in North-west Queensland, will leave their flood-bound town by boat to-morrow in search of dry land…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It was the blitz story over again in the great flood disaster— courage and fortitude matching grief. In one night the total of dead and missing was as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dutch Consul-General for Australasia (Dr. H. J. Levelt) will visit Newcastle this week to help organise aid for the flood stricken areas of the Netherlands…
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