"Deluge of Devorces." Sir A. Conan Doyle on the First Fruits of Reform
Sir A Conan Doyle, speaking at Bayswater on divorce reform, said there were 200,000 men and women in the country separated. Compulsory…
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Floods & storms, 1914
354 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 18
Thunderstorms
Yesterday we were favored with two thunderstorms, the first occurring at 7 a.m. and continuing on and off till about 9 a.m. The last and heaviest…
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Heavy rain set in here this morning, accompanied by thunder and lightning. It continued throughout the morning and by dinner time nearly an inch had been registered. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a Gale. Disabled Steamer. Newcastle
The captain of the steamer Prophet, which picked up the big steamer Largo Law drifting helplessly with a broken propellor off the Victorian coast a few…
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Word was received to-night that a storm of cyclonic dimensions struck Gilgandra yesterday. So severe was its nature that, it is reported, three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trucks Blown Over. A Gale at Gular
At Gular railway station on Monday night, three stock trucks were blown off the line. Trees were blown down and roofling damage…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Terrific Storm at Gulgong
Gulgong was visited with a terrific downpour of rain on Thursday last, and reports from that quarter tell of damages to roads and fencing…
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In a terrific storm at Tumberumba falling trees wrecked a drover's camp at Rosewood, lulling John King outright. The residence of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Rabbit Trappers Meeting at Orange. "A Storm Cloud."
At a meeting of the rabbit trappers at Orange, Mr. Dick Macdonald, secretary of the union, said a storm cloud would burst over the industry on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clergyman's Narrow Escape. in a Flooded Stream. Sydney
The Rev. W. Peart, Methodist minister at Wadonga,drove a buggy pair into a flooded stream at a dangerous spot. While the horses were drinking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Causes Big Death Roll
Further particulars of the terrible storm on Lake Superior show that a large number of small craft have been lost. The total death roll is 30…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Leader. and Stock and Station News. Friday, May 1, 1914. Local and General. "Cyclone Fitz."
Mr. Farrar, M.L.C., referred to Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, at the show luusneon yesteiuay, as "Cycione Filz. The salty caused much laugater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Storm Schooner Lost on Lakes. Big Death Roll
KINGSTON (Ontario), Wednesday. The coal schooner Jamieson, with a crew of seven is believed to have been lost in the lakes storm. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another American Cyclone. Arkansas
A cyclone killed four persons and wiped out farm houses near Texarkana. Details are yet unknown, as all wires are down…
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Six vessels were missing after a, great storm on Lake Superior. Twenty members of the crew of the Beni Noble (1481 tons) were…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Dominion Floods Several Lives Lost. Wellington (N.z.)
Two men were drowned in a flooded river at Gisborne, and two children were lost in a swollen creek in another. disrict…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Floods in Domini[?] Wellington. N.Z.
Two men have been drowned in flooded rivers at Gisborne. Two children have perished in a creek at Auckland. Three men are missing in an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)
Very heavy floods have occurred at Gishorne, causing great destruction, Up to the present two lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storm in the Federal Camp
The report of the scrimmage which took place in the Federal House on Thursday morning makes queer reading after the Prime Minister's recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Dominion. Wellington (N.z.)
The heavy rains have ceased at Gisborne and Wairoa, but the floods did much damage to the roads and the railway bridges. The loss at the…
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