Steamer Recalled Storm Raging in Sydney Only Breeze at Newcastle. Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 4
The steamer Kindur, of the Newcastle and Hunter S.S. Company fleet, left for Sydney last night and passed through the heads at 11.12 p.m. Ten minutes…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 4
Income tax returns from this district show a considerable falling off of revenue for the 12 months' ending June 30, particular in dairying. The losses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in New Zealand. Auckland
Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 6
Heavy ranis in the Waikato and Waihi districts and in the Thames Valley caused serious floods. The inundation at Te Aroha was one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Abating. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 4
The cyclone off the New South Wales coast is gradually moderating. Shipping has been considerably delayed. The motor ship Vinemoor arrived to-day from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone at Sea Warning to Shipping. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 4
Another warning to shipping was issued by the Weather Bureau to-day. Mr. Marcs states that a severe cyclone is now centred about 200 miles east of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams Floods in New Zealand. Auckland
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 7
The flood waters are six feet high at Pae[?]oa. Many houses have been submerged. Many Maoris left their habitations in a state of panic. The town is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck by Gale Sierra's Rough Trip. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 4
The steamer Sierra, which arrived from San Francisco yesterday many hours late, met tempestuous weather off the coast during which a heavy sea smashed through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Yangtse Thousands of Chinese Drowned Shanghai
Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 5
An abnormal rise of water in the Yangtze gorges flooded vast areas of the right and left river banks. Thousands of Chinese were drowned, and their bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Storm Heavy Damage in Florida. Vancouver
Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 5
A message from Jacksonville reports that a terrific tropical storm, sweeping through South and Central Florida, caused estimated property damage of £1,000,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms and Floods Enormous Damage in U.S. Four Persons Killed. Vancouver
Daily Examiner · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 5
A message from Atlanta . (Georgia) states that four persons were killed in tropical storms which struck- North and South Carolina to-day after working their way from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warning of Floods
Daily Examiner · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 2
Speaking generally the broadcasting stations do not attempt to compete with the newspaper as suppliers of news. The summarised items, which are broadcast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Waters Rushing Down to Plains Great Ice Barrier Bursts Disaster Feared in India. Calcutta
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 5
Many villages in Kashmir and the northern parts of the Punjab are in grave danger as a result of the collapse of a mammoth ice barrier which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mailbags Soaked Parcels Office Flooded. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 6
Great inconvenience was caused at the parcels post office, Central Station, to-night; when a water main burst and flooded three floors. Many bags of mails are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Dead Terrible Storm in Haiti Enormous Damage. Vancouver
Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1928 · page 5
A message from Port-au-Prince (Haiti) states that it is estimated that 200 are dead and 10,000 homeless, while many villages have been wiped out and incalculable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flour Scarcity During the '76 Flood
Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1928 · page 4
Sir, -- In the report of an interview with Mr. Salmond he is said to have stated that during the '76 flood there was no flour available in Grafton except in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Overdue Believed Wrecked in Storm. Panama City
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 5
Reparts that the steamer William Mc-Kenney was lost with fourteen men in a storm on the California coast gained credence on Sunday when the motor ship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overdue Steamer Battered by Storm Fourteen Men Washed Overboard. Panama
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 5
The steamer W. S. McKenney, which was thought lost in a storm off the coast of California, arrived here, badly battered and reported the loss of 14 men who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blacker Than Night Ship in Volcanic Storm Fine Dust and Sulphur Fumes. Suva
Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 5
A remarkable story was told by the master of the steamer Emlynion, Captain Maber, when the vessel arrived at Suva last night from Singapore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pioneer Passes The Late Mrs. Ford Flood Experiences Agricultural Show Associations How District Exhibit Came Into Being
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 6
The death of Mrs. Martha Ford, widow of the late William Ford, which occurred at Grafton on Tuesday last, the 21st inst., severs another of the links with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southern Cross Flight Again Postponed Cyclone Over Tasman Sea. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 5
The flight of the Southern Cross to New Zealand was again postponed to-day. It was intended to start about six o'clock to-night, but an unfavorable…
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