Magnetic Storm Blacks-out Trans-Pacific Airliners
SYDNEY: An almost complete radio blackout today has seriously disrupted trans-Pacific air services. The blackout caused by a huge magnetic storm has…
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Floods & storms, 1954
428 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
Storms Ruin Many Crops
Storms which have haltered the N.S.W. coast for the past two days have flattened hundreds of acres of vegetables and fruit. The storms have ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Govt's. £100,000 For Flood Relief
LONDON: The U.K. Government has allocated £100,000 for medical and other relief supplies in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storms, Wind Mar Trial
Entrants in the week-end motor-cycle reliability trail had to face heavy rainstorms, fierce wind, slippery roads and foot-high watercourses on their 350-mile journey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods Sweep Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras), Sept. 29. A.A.P.—Swollen by torrential rain, flooded rivers surged through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council View On Flood Warning
The Town Clerk of Maitland City Council (Mr. S. J. Dunkley) said yesterday that the council had decided in…
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ATHENS, Thurs. (OSR) —Russia crashed a trade fair in Greece by sending 600 tons of goods —…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →U.S. Gives Flood Aid To Honduras
NEW YORK, Wed. (AAP,): Disaster is threatened by floods in Honduras, and the United States is rushing helicopters, planes and ships there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plan On Flood Works Sought
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Flood mitigation works in N.S.W. could not be started properly till a coordinated plan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N. Coast Rains Flood Farms
Heavy rain on the North Coast has flooded low-lying farmlands in the Richmond and Clarence River areas. Floods cut the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain in Queensland
BRISBANE, Monday.—Torrential rain fell on the North Queensland coast at the weekend…
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The sun is no more seen, The purple clouds have hidden o'er its face. And now glares out the…
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KEMPSEY: Macleay County Council decided at a meeting this week to accept in principle a special…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge To Defeat Floods Opened
A £76,000 bridge and raised approaches that will prevent Raymond Terrace becoming floodbound were officially opened yesterday. The bridge, at Windeyer's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thunderstorm Ends Brief Hot Spell
A thunderstorm brought relief from the spell of hot weather in Newcastle yesterday. The storm, accompanied by torrential rain, broke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Mexico Floods
NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.) — Heaviest rain for years has swept parts of New Mexico and six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms Likely Tonight
The present spell of fine, mild weather may be interrupted by brief thunderstorms tonight, Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods In Chicogo Cause Heavy Losses
CHICAGO, Mon, (A.A.P.): More than 700 peon'e have fled flooded homes in Chicago, which has had its worst deluge in 69 years. A week-end downpour of more than six inches caus-…
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CHICAGO, Oct. 12. A.A.P.—Cleaning-up operation were accelerated in Chicago to-day after the city's worst rainstorm of the century…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Oval Floodlights
A new financing proposal has been adopted by Newcastle Council to provide flood-lighting for…
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