Fifty-nine Drowned Fishermen in Storm SANTANDER
Fifty - nine fishermen were drowned at the entrance to the harbour. The fishing boat was manned by 49…
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Fifty-nine Drowned Fishing Boats Capsize in Storm SANTANDER
Fifty-nine fishermen were drowned at the entrance to the harbour. A fishing boat, manned by 49 fishermen, was trying to enter the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Council Hill-street Beautification Flood-Lighting Park
A former plan for central planting In Hill-street, pigeon-holed for several months, was again brought forward at the Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aliens Storm Customs Shed Women, Children Knocked Over, Bruised MELBOURNE
More than 200 alien migrants threatened to storm the Customs shed at station pier, Port Melbourne, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maoris Marooned Flood Inundates Farms AUCKLAND
The Wairoa River is in heavy flood [?] lands are inundated. Maoris in the neighbouring settlement were marooned, but were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pitcairn Island Swept Heavy Storm Does Much Damage SYDNEY
A message received at Auckland - announces that a heavy storm occurred on Pitcairn Island on May 15, when 12 inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Landslides, Floods In N.E. Tasmania Blocked Rivers Swell LAUNCESTON
A message reports serious landslides and floods at St. Mary's, a mining town on the north-east coast of Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guba Flight Special Message Encountered Tropical Storm SYDNEY
By radio from J. Percival, official newspaper representative aboard the flying boat Guba[?]. It is expected that the Guba…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Football Calm After Storm Rugby League Meeting New Selection Committee Appointed
Following last week's stormy session last night's meeting of the committee of the Glen Innes Rugby League was by comparison…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Powder Puff Storm
Spokane. U.S.A.—Dorothy Canfield Fisher recently termed cosmetics "one of the worst and most vulger forms of triviality."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fierce Storm Over New Guinea Twelve Natives Drowned Wellington (N.z.)
Advice has been received that a storm which swept over New Guinta goldfields caused two cloudbursts, which drowned 12 natives and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Guinea Gold Fields Flooded
A disastrous rainstorm swept over the New Guinea goldfields. Two cloudbursts caused flooding. Twelve natives were drowned and pasta of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rough Weather at Sea Liner Experiences Worst Storm SYDNEY
The liner Oronsay reached Fremantle yesterday after the worst storm she has experienced in Australian waters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday's News Australian Defence — Steamer Aground — Immigration — Fierce Storm — Cabinet Changes — Increased Taxation—Tariff Abuses
Evidence of a "gentleman's agreement" by which the price of bricks in the north was increased from 55/ to 65 a thousand, was given at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday's News Cost of Battleship—Defence Expenditure —Wool and Wheat —Dutch Migrants—Tientsin —Davis Cup—Floods in Victoria— State Deficit
The Prime Minister. Mr. Menzies said that Australia could not get a capital ship for probably another four tears The cost of a battleship with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swept Into Flooded Creek; Drowned Another Man Escapes From Submerged Car MELBOURNE
James Gilchrist (73) was swept into a flooded creek and drowned at Trafalgar on Saturday. While J. Hoare was travelling from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rosebery Races Postponed; Heavy Rain SSYDNEY
Rosebery race meeting fixed for today was postponed until to-morrowowing to Heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ships Shelter From Gale Mountainous Seas Wind Blows At 73 m.p.h. SYDNEY
Heavy seas are running along the coast of New South Wales and many vessels are sheltering. A gale raged throughout the night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Floods in Kentucky, U.S.A. Much Loss of Life MOREHEAD (Kentucky)
With 54 bodies recom[?] and over 100 persons missing from yesterday's floods, heavy rains to-day brought additional destruction in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kentucky Floods 54 Bodies Recovered; More Than 100 Missing MOREHEAD (Kentucky)
With 54 bodies recovered and more than 100 missing from yesterday's floods, heavy rains to-day brought additional destruction in Eastern…
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