Caught in the Gale. a Night of Peril
The members of a fishing party, which left Woy Woy on Sunday, are able to unfold a tale of the peril through which they passed in the recent gale that is truly remarkable, The…
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A Wave Study at Storm Bay, Kiama
The weather which we have lately experienced has afforded many opportunities for pictures of breaking waves. The main requirement for work of this nature is a camera well protected, and, above all, a before lens shutter to keep spray from the lens. For this case the exposure was 75th sec at F6.8 on backed Special Rapid plates…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Sensational Incident of the Storm at Newcastle
THE American four-masted schooner Alpena encountered the full force of the storm which raged at Newcastle a few days ago. As the anchors were dragging, the lifeboat, towed out by the Ajax, rescued first the wife…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Teamster Seriously Injured. Accident During a Storm
Last Friday on the road Mount Hope to Euabalong Charles Tipping, son of a carrier was endeavouring to fix a tarpaulin over it loaded waggon during a heavy duststorm,…
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SINGLETON, Thursday. A severe duststorm at Singleton on Sunday evening did a good deal of damage. Trees were bowed to the ground, and broken limbs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Waratah Gale. How the Barque Castor Fared
Captain Campbell, of the barque Castor, in from Capetown, via Adelaide, during the night, reports a curious experience when making his way up the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1500 Killed by Flood. Damage Estimated at Over £4,000,000. Thousands See People Swept Away. New York, August 29
Great loss of lifo and widespread damage to property has been caused in Northern Mexico by floods owing to the sudden rising of the Santa Catarina River…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Devastating Floods in Java
Reports are to hand giving details of enormous damage resulting in East Java owing to the crater of a volcane giving way when it was fall of water. Torrents rushed with great violence down…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Scorcher in the City. Temperature Reaches 94 Degrees. Record at Parramatta. Heavy Thunderstorm in the Evening
Scorching north and north-west winds sent the temperature up to 94 degrees in the city yesterday. At Parramatta it was higher, the record being 97.4deg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone at Oberon. Oberon
A violent cyclonic storm occurred here last night. In its course many sheds and out-buildings were unroofed or blown down, and a brick chimney of a dwelling was levelied…
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BOURKE, Monday.--Out of a mob of 5000 sheep camped a few miles out of town on Friday night, 240 were killed during a heavy thunder storm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aviation. Flying Fortnight at Juvisy. Train Service Breaks Down. 20,000 People Storm the Station
LONDON, Monday.--A "Flying Fortnight" is proceeding at Juvisy, 14 miles from Paris. Lieut. Latham, M. Pauhan, and other aviators have made flights…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunderstorms in the Country. High Temperatures--103deg. at Bourke
Further light to scattered rain, with thunderstorms, has fallen generally over the State, except in the far west, and on the northern coast, tablelands, and slopes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods and Football
Many of the reports received from the flooded Murray and north-eastern districts of Victoria during the late football season concluded with a pious hope that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mr. John Flood. Proposed Memorial
A couple of weeks ago a letter appeared in the "Freeman" highly appreciative of the character and patriotic sacrifices and services of Mr. John Flood, who recently died at…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Chinese Records of the Flood and Famine
Engowra asks if there is any reliable information available on the subject of the Chinese records of the flood and the Seven Years' Famine of Egypt mentioned in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Outbreak Spreads. No. 3 Hold Flooded. Fire Brigade to the Rescue
MELBOURNE, Saturday Morning.--The assumption that the fire on board the steamer Surrey was quelled before that steamer entered the Heads yesterday proved to be premature…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →General Rains. with Southerly Gales. Cool Change in the City
General rains, spreading over the State within the next day or two, some good Calls in the aggregate likely; wind varying to southerly, and becoming strong to gales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Indian Cyclone. Havoc in Eastern Bengal London, Tuesday, 3.20 p.m
Eastern Bengal has been visited by a cyclone, which wrecked Goalanda and other stations. Many river steamers and a great number…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone in India. Towns Wrecked and Vessels Sunk
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A cyclone wrecked Goalanda and other Eastern Bengal towns, and sank many river steamers and a great number of native craft…
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