Trove Tuesday - Stormy Weather

The storms that appear from time to time can cause problems to our otherwise peaceful existence on the Lake. We are not the only generation to be inconvenienced by storms and floods.

 (If these images aren't clear enough to read please use the links that follow each clipping).

1881

1881 'PELICAN FLAT, LAKE MACQUARIE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 27 December, p. 5. , viewed 23 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136050613

1886

1886 'FIRE AT LAKE MACQUARIE.', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), 21 October, p. 5. , viewed 23 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239319875

1923

1923 'HOUSE BLOWN DOWN', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 16 January, p. 5. , viewed 23 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163202912

1937

1937 'DRIVEN ASHORE', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 2 January, p. 6. , viewed 23 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135182734

1949

1949 'Death, Sickness In Lake Floods', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 20 June, p. 2. , viewed 23 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134464289

1953

1953 'STORM DAMAGE IN NORTH', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 5 October, p. 1. , viewed 23 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140303349

2021 - 21st March

Trove Tuesday - Storms

 As I sit at my desk collating this post I can hear the wind roaring and see the clouds gathering and whipping up waves on our Lake.

Carey Bay - 19 January 2021

Storms and the damage they cause are regular events in our area. Several articles in Trove record instances of storm damage in earlier years.

1953 'STORM DAMAGE IN NORTH', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 5 October, p. 1. , viewed 19 Jan 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140303349

Another paragraph in this long article describes further damage in the Lake Macquarie area.

Two years earlier in 1951 a child drowned during storms.

1951 'LAKE AREA AGAIN DELUGED AFTER WIDESPREAD RAIN DAMAGE ', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 17 January, p. 3. , viewed 19 Jan 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article157878967

1949 'Holiday Campers Pack Up After Worst Storm In 20 Years', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 11 January, p. 1. , viewed 19 Jan 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158240552

1944 'STORM DAMAGE AT CARDIFF', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 December, p. 1. , viewed 19 Jan 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134247041