Severe Storm in Melbourne Vicious Lightning Heat Wave Continues Unabated
MELBOURNE, Monday:- The record March heatwave showed no signs of breaking to-day. A violent thunderstorm, accompanied…
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Floods & storms, 1934
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Progress of Cyclone Continuing Westward
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The following storm warning was issued by the Weather Bureau this morning. "The tropical cyclone held to its westward…
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MOSSMAN, Tuesday--When the cyclone struck Mossman on Monday morning the balcony and roof of the main building of the…
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The North Coast of Queensland was struck by a cyclone yesterday, which then moved north-west towards mef…
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INNISFAIL, Tuesday:--A furious gust of wind travelled over Innisfail last night as the cyclonic disturbance off the coast…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--Though nearly 16,000,000 tons of if [?]ain fell in London yesterday and the rivers in some parts of England are flooded, experts say…
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News from Mossman states that the Thursday Island lugger, Mildred, foundered during the cyclone which struck the coast…
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CAIRNS, Wednesday.-- News from Mossman states that the Thursday Island lugger, Mildred, foundered during the cyclone which struck the coast between Schnapper Island and Cape Tribulation. The boat was…
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LONDON, Wednesday:—A fierce Atlantic gale so battered several ships participating in fleet manoeuvres off Gibraltar that they were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of Two Pearling Luggers Brings Death Roll In Queensland Cyclone to Fifty Worst Visitation in History of North BRISBANE
The cyclone at Cairns on Monday was probably the most disastrous in the history of North Queensland so far as the fishing fleet was concerned. The death-roll jumped to 50 to-day, when the Cairns police received a report from Port Douglas stating that disaster had overtaken two pearling luggers at Bat Reef, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Government Murwillumbah Council Flood Protection South Murwillumbah Proposal
Murwillumbah Municipal Council, at its meeting on Wednesday night, referred to the Works and Electricity Committees for further…
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CAIRNS, Friday.--"I kept a close look-out all the way down from Cooktown for possible survivors from the Mossman or the luggers which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Toll Death Roll Now 79 Eight Boats Lost Brisbane
The latest estimate of the death roll as a result of the cyclone is 79. The list of boats lost and the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dead Now Estimated at 79 Cyclone's Toll Terrific Winds and Torrential Rain Far North Devastated
CAIRNS, Friday.--The latest estimate of the death roll as a result of the cyclone is 79. The list of boats lost and the number of persons aboard drowned, or assumed to he drowned, is:--…
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TOWNSVILLE, Friday:--The flooded Tully and Herbert Rivers receded rapidly to-day and the Railway Department is hopeful the bridges will be…
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The total deaths as a result of the North Queensland cyclone may be reduced to 64, following a report that the lugger Lotus, with 15 aboard, is safe…
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LONDON, Friday:—The 90 ships engaged in the naval manoeuvres have returned to Gibraltar, where the docks are full of craft requiring repairs. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reduced by 20 Lives Cyclone's Toll Crews of Luggers Intact ?
CAIRNS, Saturday:—The total of 79 missing or drowned in the cyclone is reduced by 20 by the receipt of a message from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ten Mile Swim Through Raging Sea Epic of Cyclone Tragic Wreck of Lugger Only Three Out of 17 Reached Land
CAIRNS, Monday:--Interviewed to-day, the three survivors of the lugger Rotaphis, which was wrecked in the cyclone last week, told the story of their escape from the raging seas. The three comprised Hero and Herapi, two New Guinea boys, and…
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VANCOUVER, Sunday:--Uncle Sam continues to import gold on a big scale. For the first 16 days of March the figures exceeded 179,000,000 dollars…
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