Havic in Fiji. Floods and Shipwrecks 17 Bodies Recovered--12 Others Believed Lost. Suva
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 5
The auxiliary cutter, Tue Cakau, struck Wakaya reef and disappeared in a squall. It is feared that J. Hennings, owner, and 11 others, who were aboard. were drowned…
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Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 2
The floods in the Thames Valley continued to recede rapidly to-day. A fall of over a foot in the river during the last 24 hours has been recorded at…
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Daily Examiner · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 11
Mr. Inigo Jones' prediction was a tendency to storminess owing to the passage of a spot group across the sun's south-eastern limb. But though this spot had…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Darkness While Fighting Storm Giant Plane Hits Mountain Long Distance Machine's Crash. London
Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 5
It is now known that the giant monoplane which Squadron-Leader Jones Williams and Flight-Lieutenant Jenkins were flying non-stop from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Storm Sweeps England and Ireland. London
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 5
The English Channel was swept by a sudden heavy gale, forcing many vessels to seek port. The storm raged with terrific violence throughout Southern Ireland last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclonic Storm Christmas Eve Blow Electric Light Fails Telephonic Interruptions
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 8
On Tuesday afternoon (Christmas Eve) a cyclonic disturbance of unusual severity passed over the Grafton district and was far-reaching in its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ketch Safe Carried Out To Sea Storm and Current Hundred Miles Off Course. Lismore
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 5
Blown 100 miles off her course by a terrific storm and feared to have been wrecked, the ketch Corwa, on the Lismore Brisbane service, returned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain Good Falls in the Riverina. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1929 · page 2
Heavy rain has fallen in the Riverina. An inch was recorded in some places. Three inches were recorded at Harden, while at Temora the fall was so heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Damage Houses Unroofed Miles of Telegraph Lines Down Further Effects of Christmas Eve Storm
Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1929 · page 2
The effects of the cyclonic disturbance experienced in some parts of the Clarence River district on Christmas Eve were even more serious than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moderate to Heavy Rain Most Parts Of State Benefit. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1929 · page 5
Moderate to heavy rain was recorded generally during the week-end in the north-east quarter. Light to moderate rain was fairly general on the South Coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales Fury Renewed In England House Falls on Family Havoc in France. London
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1929 · page 5
Renewed gales along the coast, extending inland, have been responsible for considerable damage, tearing off roofs and uprooting large trees…
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