90-Mile-an-Hour Gale GIBRALTAR
In a fierce 90 mile-an-hour gale, the vessel dragged its anchors and is now at rest amid sand and rocks in which it is embedded to a depth of seven…
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P. AND O. Liner Aground Priceless Treasures Aboard No Danger Apprehended Mishap Daring Gale Gibraltar
Carrying ten million sterling worth of Chinese art treasures, which were recently exhibited in London, the P.& Q. liner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warned Brisbane of 1893 Flood Death of Mr. H. P. Somerset Once Managed Ramornie and Gordon Brook
The name of Mr. H. P. Somerset, who died at [?] on Saturday, at the age of 84 years, is perpetuated fittingly in the [?] Dam, now…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Candle Floodlights New York Museum
The New York Museum of Science and Industry in the Rochefeller Centre was formally opened recently by the fighting of a simple candle in London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weddings. Nevin--flood
At Nuptial Mass celebrated by Rev. Father Walsh at St. Patrick's, Warialda, on Monday, April 13th the wedding took place of Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frantic Efforts To Block The Mountain Pass Abyssinia's Last Stand Hundreds of Workmen Toil Feverishly to Flood Roadway to Addis Ababa Empress' Impassioned Appeal to World Press Addis Ababa
The bursting of Italian aerial bombs now merges with detonations of dynamite with which the Abyssinians are hurling the road and its abutments in tons of shattered shale down the hillside of the mountain pass leading from Shulameda Plain over Tarmartsur Barrier Range to the plateau on which Addis Ababa stands, 124 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DRIVING m Flooded Roads Some Sound Advice
To those unacquainted with driving through flooded areas, the following advice, which is issued by the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, should…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gales in Queensland BRISBANE
Violent gales in North Queensland have caused considerable damage in the last few days. Several buildings were unroofed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Storm in New Zealand
A violent southerly storm, with winds to gale force and rain and snow swept New Zealand. The barometer at Christchurch on Friday night was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Storm Considerable Damage WELLINGTON, N.Z.
The storms which struck the greater part of New Zealand on Saturday and yesterday were responsible for considerable damage to buildings, fences and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Sweeps New Zealand Heavy Damage to Buildings Wellington (N.Z.)
The storm which struck the greater part of New Zealand on Saturday and yesterday was responsible for considerable damage to buildings, fences…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Liner in Storm Lightning Puts Wireless out of Action SYDNEY
It was reported tost night that the air liner Rapide Dragon Memme, when two miles out from Melbourne yesterday on its way to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wedding NEVIN—FLOOD
St. Patrick's Church, Warialda, was prettily decorated by the Sisters of St. Joseph for the marriage of Dulcie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Norfolk Island Great Damage by Cyclone SYDNEY
A heavy cyclone at the weekend caused a great deal of damage to properly, plantations, and roads at Norfolk Island, and farmers' losses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rough Seas—coronation Fixed—norfolk Island Cyclone Coronation Date Fixed 27th May, 1937 LONDON
According to the "Daily Mail," the Coronation of King Edward will take place on Thursday, May 27, 1937…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scene of Desolation Norfolk Island After Cyclone Appeal to Federal Government For Aid Sydney
A heavy cyclone at the weekend caused a great deal of damage to property, plantations and roads at Norfolk Island, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Out Storms in Victoria Melbourne
Severe storms, with hail, caused great damage last night in Northern Victoria. Many residents of Rochester were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crops Ruined Fierce Hail Storm BRISBANE
Hail, driven by a strong south-westerly wind, which pelted down on farms in the Ormiston and Wellington Point districts on Saturday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fine Droving Feat Big Mob of Cattle Across Flooded Builoo
To drive and swim a mob of 700 cattle across three-quarters of a mile of submerged country and the channel of a river is no mean droving feat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Weather Rain and Gale in Sydney SYDNEY
Torrential rain in the city and suburbs last night was followed later by a gale which reached the velocity of over 50 miles per hour…
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