Lismore Jubilee Floods Cause Postponement
The golden jubilee which was to have taken place at Lismore (N.S.W.) has been postponed from the original date. March 4-10, owing to flood…
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Floods & storms, 1929
473 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 24
In the Theatres "Baby Cyclone" Lap Dogs and Society Theatre Royal
Tangled loves, a black eye and a Pekinese pup are the main ingredients in Lew Cody's and Alleen pringle's latest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer farce,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gale and Fire Japanese Disaster Tokio
Troops have been called out to assist firemen at a conflagration at Ishioka, a town north-east of Tokio. A violent gale raged throughout the night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disaster Feared United States Floods Rivers Break Banks Chicago
Prophesies of widespread Mississippi floods are manifest in the West, where people fear that the great flood of 1927 may be repeated this spring…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Big Flood! Evidence Found? Digging at Ur London
"He would seem to be an optimist indeed who hoped to produce material evidence of the flood recorded in the Book of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Byrd's Men Defy Antarctic Storms in Long Trek South Praise for Colts London Reviews the Test Time Limit Question May Be' a Different Tale in 1930 LONDON
English critics in their comment on the Fifth Test are singularly united. They give every credit to Australia for her victory, with special praise for the younger members of the team, and agree that there may be a different tale to tell in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Throsby Creek Stormwater Drainage Flooding at Maryville
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works heard further evidence in Newcastle on Saturday in connection with the Throsby Creek Stormwater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Floods Thousands Marooned in the United States (Australian Press Association.) Troy (Alabama)
Facing possible death from the rising waters of the river, 4000 people constituting the entire population of Elba, were marooned on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doubts About Noah Theories on the Flood LONDON
Dr. H. R. Hall, keeper of Egyptian ami Assyrian antiquiti[?] at tho British Museum, docs not agree with the Biblical story of the Deluge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plunged Into Darkness Terrific Storm. Rockhampton
A terrific storm swept, the city early this morning. The wind at times blew with the force of a hurricane. The chimney stack at the Rockhampton Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Florida Floods Enormous Damage Waters Now Sinking (Australian Press Association.) New York
Twenty thousand persons have been rendered homeless in Alabama and Florida as the result of the floods, which have taken a toll of 15 lives, and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Keep Speed Down Negotiating Flooded Roads Don't Slip Clutch
Most Northern motorists should by now have graduated in the art of negotiating flood roads, but a wrinkle or two may help…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lang Alarmed Predicts Basic Wage Reduction Divided Court Piddington's Statement Causes Storm SYDNEY
"In view of the alarming position which has arisen in connection with the Industrial Commission, I think it is a matter of urgent necessity that Parliament should take some immediate action to avert the grave injustice which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Floods Waters Receding Battle Against Disease (Australian Press Association. New York
A message from Birmingham (Alabama) states that the victims of the flood now total 17. while the official estimate places the dead at 100 in that State alone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SAFE! Byrd Finds Marooned Men Terrific Storm 'Plane Blown Away and Wrecked Bay of Whales
Safe and well, despite an unforgettable experience with fierce gales, Professor Larry Gould, Bernt Balchen, and Harold June, whose continued silence had caused Byrd to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Byrd Marooned 128 Miles from Antarctic Base: Storm Prisoners Byrd Isolated in Antarctic "Serious Matter" Rescue Party Awaits Fine Weather Bay of Whales
Having been instrumental in rescuing Bernt Balchen and Harold June, Commander Byrd, with Professor Larry Gould and Hanson, the radio operator, is himself isolated under the peaks of the Rockefeller Mountains, which he discovered on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Should Bear Cost" State and Throsby Creek Flood Causes
Further reasons why the Government should bear the cost of remedying detects caused by Its having blocked up the northern outlet of Throsby…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Floods Several Deaths Great Scheme Proposed to Control Mississippi. New York
Tornadoes, rainstorms, and floods are whipping South Louisiana to Virginia this week end. They have claimed at least 35 lives, and five persons are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Polar Explorers' Terrible Ordeal in 150 m.p.h. Gale Ripping Story Notes from Gould's Diary Isolated in Antarctic Fight to Save 'Plane in Terrific. Gale Bay of Whales
The diary of Professor Larry Gould, geologist and Biographer, with Commander Byrd's expedition, written in a tent in the Rockefeller Mountains during the days which ended in the wreck of their 'plane and the isolation of Gould, Bernt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Crisis Causes Storm in House Hear the Miners Baddeley's Appeal to Assembly "Bams Reflections" House Wouldn't Listen to Men's Case SYDNEY
After many bitter exchanges the Legislative Assembly 'this morning rejected by 41 votes to 38 a motion by Mr. Baddeley, urging the granting of a petition that the miners' leaders should be allowed to address members from the Bar…
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