Alone in Plane Man Who Couldn't Fly Pilot Was Thrown Out Terrifying Experience in Storm Paris
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 5
An officer, who had never piloted an aeroplane in his life, had a terrifying experience at Le Bourget, when he was left alone in the machine,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visit of Works Director Local Matters Discussed the Funt, Flood Prevention, and Water Main
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 7
Last night, the Mayor of Grafton, Aid. D. W. Macpherson, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. B. McDougall had an interview with the Works…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Petrol Pipe Broken During Gale Transatlantic Fliers Next Hop to Greenland. Reykjavik
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 5
The steamer Erga, which raced to the rescue of the, Swedish aviator, Captain Ahrenberg, reports that the aeroplane is undamaged Supplies of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Devastating Floods Many Lives Lost in Assam. Calcutta
Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 5
Due to an abnormal break in the monsoon season devastating floods have occurred in Assam. Many villagers perished in Silchar and half of the houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EARTHQUAKE Fifteen Dead In N.Z. Hills Slide Into Valleys Rivers Blocked-floods Feared Murchison Township Wrecked. Wellington (N.z.)
Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 5
Fifteen persons are now reported to have been killed by earthquakes in New Zealand. Landslides overwhelmed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LANDSLIDES Follow Earthquake Floods Feared Murchison Will Have to Be Rebuilt. Auckland
Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 5
The latest news concerning the earthquake, states that the hacked up waters are rising ominously. Hundreds of Westport people left the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Wind Storm
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 4
A wind storm which blew at hurricane force at Tenterfield on Tuesday night was responsible for considerable damage in and about Tenterfield. The wind was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Gale Shipping Hampered. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5
The terrific gale which swept the coast during the week-end and continued to-day hampered shipping operations considerably. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Damage in New Zealand 400 Yards Wide Track. Auckland
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 5
Palmerston was struck the severest and most damaging cyclone in its history. Hardly a building in its path, which appears to have been about 400…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Trapped Sea Floods Mind. Tokto
Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 5
Forty-eight miners were trapped by inflowing sea water, in the Khushiu coal mine. A rescue squad was also cut off through the bursting of the, safety doors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Floods. Sydney
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 2
The Tasmanian Minister for Lands asked Parliament to appropriate £160,000 for the relief of primary producers, who suffered loss by recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasmanian Floods Provision for Widows and Orphans. Hobart
Daily Examiner · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 5
The Tasmanian Parliament reassembled yesterday. The Governor's speech stated that the Government intended to consider proposals for the widest distribution of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Assam £1,000,000 Damage Hundred Villages Submerged Calcutta
Daily Examiner · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 5
The Assam floods are still taking toll of life and relief parties in boats are trying desperately to reach marooned and starving villagers with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain 'Next Two or Three Days' N.W.S. and Queensland Coast. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 4
The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said, to-day that the outward movement of the high pressure system should produce unsettled weather during the next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Still Shaky Westport And Greymouth Murchison Deserted Rain Floods Rivers. Auckland
Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 5
A heavy earthquake shock was felt at Westport and Greymouth at 8.30 last night. The sole remaining inhabitants in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Flood Relief State Government Votes £161,300 HOBART
Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 5
In the Tasmanian Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Lands recommended the appropriation of £75,000 for relief of primary producers who suffered loss by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHIP'S S.O.S. Caught in Cyclone Ba[?]ling Down the Coast. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 6
Throughout last night the S[?]edish Australian line steamer Boxen 4258 tons, battled against the terrific cyclone off the South Queensland coast and so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Houses Blown Down Gale at Tweed Heads Damage to Pilot Station. Tweed Heads
Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 6
Boisterous weather which has prevailed, during the past few days, culminated in a moderate gale yesterday, which increased in fury as night came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rough Weather Cyclone Off Clarence Wind at 60 M.P.H. Heavy Falls of Raw Considerable Damage, to Crops and Roads
Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 6
Unusually turbulent weather prevailed over the North Coast [?]ng He week-end, as the result a cyclonic disturbance. From most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FLOOD-FIRE Richmond's Black Week-End Three Lives Lost Flood Waters in Lismore Shops Destroyed at Ballina. Lismore
Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 6
The week-end has been a disastrous one for the Richmond Riven district. All day Saturday a 70 'mile an hour gale, tore through the district driving…
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