Indian Air Mail Liner Lost in Terrific Gale Seven Believed Dead Body of Air Mail Pilot Found Dropped Into Sea Rescue Effort Frustrated By High Seas LONDON
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 October 1929 · page 1
Mystery still surrounds the fate of the Imperial Airways liner, City of Rome, which, homeward bound from India, came down in the Mediterranean near Spezia (Italy) last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lost Her Way Dust Storm at Sea SYDNEY
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 6
A dust storm, which covered part of the State yesterday caused the steamer Le Perouse to lose her way. She was coming to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All Drowned Indian Air Liner Destroyers Search In Vain Forced Down in Gale (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, October 27
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 5
Reports regarding the fate of the Imperial Airways Indian air liner, which was forced down in the Mediterranean in a violent gale, are somewhat conflicting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tarro Shire West Maitland Sewerage Flood Damage
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1929 · page 2
Tarro Shire Council met at the Shire Office, East Maitland, yesterday. Present— The President, Cr. J. T. Butler, and Crs. W. N. foster, P. McLean, B. N. Frith, J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Disaster Vessel Sinks in Gale Fifteen Lives Lost Survivors Driven Mad (Australian Press Association.) KENOSHA (Wisc.), October 29
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 7
Between 10 and 15 members of the crew were lost when the lake steamer Wisconsin sank in a storm on Lake Michigan today. More than 60 were saved. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Mitigation Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 8
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.P., said to-day that he had again placed before Mr. Buttenshaw, the Minister for Works, the question of flood mitigation. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wall-street Crowds Cheer as Stock Market Rallies Rush for Bargains Small Speculators Flood Market Fortunes Made and Lost Lull to Rest Exhausted Employees New York
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 1
Cheers rose this morning from the crowd in Wall-street, and the offices there as the rally on the Stock Exchange proceeded steadily. Thousands of orders came from all over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NOW 115 Great Lakes Casualties Storm Toll 18 Drown in Ship Collision CHICAGO
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1
Storms and blizzards, which have swept the Great Lakes with gale force for several days, resulted in a casualty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbanefield Flood Drainage
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 11
After returning from Melville Bridge the Minister was introduced to several deputations by Mr. O'Hearn; at the West Maitland Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →General Rain Coastal Gales Likely Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1929 · page 8
Rain was recorded this morning, fairly generally on the coast and the Southern Tablelands, and at scattered places on the Central and Northern Tablelands…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Storms Pacific Relations Talk CHINESE v. Japs Kobe
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 November 1929 · page 1
The Pacific Relations Conference is pursuing a quiet course. There, has been an absence of highspots, except when the Chinese delegate made a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SAFE Eielson Turns Up Storm Check Saved by Eskimos
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 November 1929 · page 1
NOME (Alaska), Tuesday. After having been forced do[?]n in a snow storm 1 miles from Capo Scrdge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →If Labor Wins Checking Cessnock Floods No Free Labor
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 6
An offer of "free labor" from North Cessnock Progress Association was turned down by Cessnock Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cloncurry Suffers £15,000 Damage Caused by Cyclone BRISBANE
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 November 1929 · page 7
Damage estimated at £15,000 was done by a cyclone at Cloncurry on Friday night when 1½ inches of rain fell, and many buildings suffered. Much damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →R100 Airship Severe Test in Gale London, November 11
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 7
Britain's second giant airship, the R100, has been completed and will be taken over by the Air Ministry in a few weeks. The R101 is at present her mooring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thrilling Rescue Italian Steamer Ashore In Gale Efficient Coastguards (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, November 12
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 7
A thrilling rescue by means of a rocket lifeline, was accomplished early this morning by the Newhaven (Sussex) coast guards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Antarctic Storm The Discovery Buffeted Driven for 100 MILES (All Rights Reserved.) CANBERRA
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 7
The following wireless messge has been received from Sir Douglas Mawson, leader of the Federal Government's Antarctic expedition:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Discoveries at Ur More Antiquities Relics of "The Flood"
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 10
There has been on view at the British Museum the annual exhibition of antiques discoered in the past season by Mr. C. L. Woolley at the Ur of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrific Storm
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 10
A terrific storm at Reedy Creek on Saturday afternoon completely spoilt what promised to be a successful sports meeting. The public had attended in large…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gale's Fury Alarm at Grafton Hall Wrecked Grafton
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 7
With its fury confined to a narrow strip of country, a terrific windstorm swept through the Alumny Creek district, four miles…
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