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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
428 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 22
Potato growers in the Maitland district said today that although yesterday afternoon's storm had further delayed harvesting it had been most opportune after the heat-wave conditions of the past few days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Dec. 1. A.A.P. —Roads in 23 countries of Britain still lay under flood-water to-day as sunshine and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BONN, Mon. (AAP).—An 85ft. factory chimney toppled over under the force of 80 m.p.h. gales yesterday killing three people. Several others were in-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Dec. 5. A.A.P. — Shipping was on the move again around Britain to-day as gales died out after sweeping the country yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A misapprehension regarding the Department of Conservation's contribution towards the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Ever since a C.S.I.R.O. rain team moved into Cloncurry a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—The Minister for Social Welfare (Mr. Landa) today announced that he has made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: The Minister for Conservation (Mr. Enticknap) commenting today on the annual report of the Hunter Valley Trust, said he knew of no way to transplant towns subject to periodic flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Dec. 9. A.A.P.—Britons were warned this morning to expect another day of wild weather over most of the country. The warning came from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Flood control schemes in N.S.W. would cost between £100 million and £200 million, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DUBLIN, Fri. (A.A.P.): The worst floods in memory poured through Dublin yesterday when three rivers burst their banks. A state of emergency was declared in several suburbs at the height of wild gales sweeping Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Dec. 10. A.A.P.—Sixty four Breton fishermen were listed as dead or missing to-day, following a week of fierce gales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The State Government cannot be allowed to accept a defeatist attitude concerning the problem of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.—For the third time in less than a month, thunderstorms, gales and torrential rain lashed Melbourne this week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE: A 13-year-old schoolboy and a man, aged 24, were drowned in Victorian floods at the weekend. Floodwaters from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Dec. 13. A.A.P. —The Thames near Windsor was a mile and a half wide last night with the river 4ft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Dec. 15. A.A.P. —The 8000 residents of Athlone, in West Central Ireland, were in a state of siege to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — A fierce tropical storm flooded streets and disrupted traffic in Sydney to-night. Lightning struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The last consignment of goods provided from the U.K. Government's gift of £100,000 for the relief of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →LONDON, Dec. 22. A.A.P. — Four ships called for help in savage storms and raging gales over the North Sea last night…
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