Barque Damaged in a Storm. Ione Returns to Newcastle. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 17
The three-masted barque Ione, which left here for Mauritius on Tuesday morning, returned this morning in tow of the tug Leveret, with a list to port, and several of her…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Through the South Seas. Return of the John Williams. Experience in a Terrific Gale
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 9
After covering 1200 miles on a cruise through the South Sea Islands, the London Missionary Society's yacht John Williams returned to Sydney Harbor yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fighting a Flood with Dynamite. Government Defied to Save a Town
Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1909 · page 10
Defying the Federal Government, the citizens of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on Dec. 7, deflected the course of the Arkansas River by dynamiting a ridge of rock, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →More Provisions. Calm After the Storm
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 8
Another load of provisions was taken into the Proprietary mine this morning at about 11.30 o'clock. The waggons were well guarded by police. In Sulphide-street about 1000 men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Into the Lion's Den." Signs of A. Gathering Storm
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 7
BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--Tom Mann's arrest was actually effected by Superintendent Mitchell; The police were drawn up in a line across Sulphide-street, where the boundary of the lease…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prelude to the Storm. Provisions for the Mine. Demonstration Against Troopers
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 7
About 2 o'clock this afternoon the concentration of over 100 police at the Sulphide-street entrance to the mine, under Superintendents Johnston and Mitchell and Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Mail Steamer in Cyclone
Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5
The F.M.S. Yarra arrived at Sydney this morning front Noumea, and anchored in the stream. The steamer encountered a cyclone, which continued for a period of 48 hours. Soon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Off Cape Moreton. Shipping Delayed
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 9
BRISBANE, Monday.--A weather report from Cape Moreton, received by the Marine Department yesterday afternoon, stated that a southeast gale was still blowing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mail Boat in a Cyclone On the Way from Noumea Awnings Blown Away
The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 7
A violent cyclone was encountered by the French mall steamer Yarra, which arrived at Sydney to-day from Noumea, Soon after she left the New Caledonian' port she ran…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Australian in Gales
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 8
The island steamer South Australian arrived at Sydney last evening from the Fiji Group, and berthed at Dalgety's wharf, Miller's Point, to tranship her cargo of 500 tons of copra…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fiji Boat Hove-to in a Gale for 10 Hours. Native Murder at Suva
The Australian Star · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 7
The A.U.S.N. Co.'s Fiji steamer Suva got a severe "dusting" in a big gate on her way to Sydney, She arrived this morning, when Captain M'Lettan reported that after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great Flood at Hyderabad, in India. An Appeal
The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 9
Hyderabad, the capital of a native State in India, was devastated by a great flood last September. The River Musi, which flows near the city of Hyderabad, dividing it from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclone in Queensland. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 8
A special weather report issued to-nignt states that during the last 24 hours a true cyclonic disturbance has developed in the north, and is moving south-eastwards. Its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Weather Fine Throughout New South Wales Cyclonic Storm in Queensland
The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 6
The weather throughout N.S.W. still continues to he fine, and during the past 24 hours only a few light showers were recorded on the south coast and in the central…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opera Diamonds. America's Musical Deluge
The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 7
Two performances of Grand Opera at Philadelphia attended by more than 6000 persons, and three in Greater New York, attended by, 9000 persons, marked on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Storm at Reefton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 14
Reefton, on the West Coast of the South Island, was visited by a storm unequalled for years. The damage is calculated to be enormous. All road communications are cut off…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Climber Blown Of Monte Rosa. Terrible Adventure in an Alpine Storm
The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 29
Professor C. Bitanto, an Italian scientist and climber, had a terrible experience in a snowstorm while climbing Monte Rosa, 15,217ft. high…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Heavy Weather at Cairns. Shipping Interfered With. Barron River in Flood. Cairns
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 13
The barometer has again fallen since the morning; the wind has shifted from the southeast to the north, and is blowing strongly. It is raining heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm at Bathurst. Railway Line Made Impassable. Bathurst
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 7
A thunderstorm took place this evening. Heavy rain set in at 10.30. At Georges and Perth the storm was particularly heavy, washing a quantity of sand and debris on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Near Bathurst. Railway Covered with Debris. Creeks Running Bankers
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 7
BATHURST, Sunday.--Heavy rains fell in the Bathurst district to-night. At Perthville, half-a-dozen miles out, a flood occurred, and the debris was washed across the railway near the…
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