Cyclone Sends Shipping Running to Shelter Brisbane
A message from Mackay states that owing to the boisterous conditions, the passenger steamer Kaloomba has been instructed by whleyes to…
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366 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 19
Mackay Has 5-Day Cyclone Brisbane
For five days without abatement cyclonic, storm has raged off Mackay, forcing many coastal and overseas veksels to steam for shelter. Most of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Mackay. Breakwater Damaged. Sixteen Inches of Rain. BRISBANE
Considerable damage was done at Mackay by a cyclone. Mountainous seas tore a gap 70ft. in length in the earthwork of the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone Drives Away Much Needed Rain Sydney
Admitting that it had caused him some anxiety, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) explained to-day that the Queensland cyclone had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Rages Again Harbor Works Damaged at Mackay Brisbane
Rising again with greater fury than ever, the cyclone which blew over Mackay and other parts of the Queensland coast for several days, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our London Letter Science and Sport; Flooded Farms; the Tumbler That Smashed Itself; Measuring Pressure in Plant Roots
Olympic Games records have been kept for over 2,700 years, yet of the present track and field records not one is more than six years old…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone in North Gale Sweeps Mackay
Heavy seas resulting from a cyclone in the north. Have caused serious damage to the breakwater which is in. course of construction at Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Televised Gales
Possessors of television sets will not only hear the weather forecast but will actually see it, if experiemts now being carried out by the Meteorological…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Severe Dust Storm
An unpleasant, dusty day yesterday was followed at night, about 10 o’clock, by a particularly severe dust storm which lasted some time . People who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Pounds Queensland Coast Brisbane
A cyclone which has lasted for a week continues to pound the Queensland land coast, and several inter-state liners have been forced to seek shelter from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Causes Heavy Damage Air Services Cancelled
A cyclone which has been blowing over Mackay and other parts of the Queensland coast for several days, caused further damage when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Essex London, March 27
The Essex Rivers Catchment Board has approved of a scheme involving a capital expenditure of £1,000,000 to provide adequate sea defences for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Deaths of 21 People, Drowned in Flood an Inquiry Opened Wellington (N.z.)
An inquiry was commenced to-day into the death of 20 men and one woman, who were drowned when the Kopuwhara construction camp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bill That May Cause a Storm Council Asks for £200 From Celebrations Committee Mayor Explains Position
A bill from the Albury Municipal Council for £200 is likely to cause a storm, when the central executive of the 150th Birthday Celebrations meets to-morrow evening to receive the balance sheet and report of the gala week held recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →23 Killed in Collision Between Two Trains South African Disaster Rescue Work Hampered by Fierce Storm CAPETOWN, April 6
Twenty-three persons were killed and many were injured during the night in a head-on collision between a passenger and a goods train at South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →21 Flood Deaths Were Due to Misadventure Auckland
The Coroner to-day found that the deaths of 21 persons who lost their lives when flood waters overwhelmed a works camp at Kofuawhara in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Paradox in Weather Is Supplied by Lismore District Threatened by Floods; N.S.W. Parched Elsewhere. LISMORE
Whilst the rest of N.S.W. is perched, the Richmond river district is threatened with serious floods as the result of torrential…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in Parts Deluge at Lismore. But Water Shortage at Several Towns. SYDNEY
During the week-end rain extended along the north west slopes to Roggahri, Warlaldo, Moree and in the far west to Coonamble. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"N.z. Flooded with Obscene Literature" Auckland
According to Father .Owen Dudlev, a member of the Roman Catholic Church in London, who is visiting' the Dominion, it is [?] possible to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deluge in N.Z. Big Floods in Parts Trains Were Help Up
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Saturday. New Zealand has experienced the wettest Easter for years. Numerous camping parties have teen…
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