Flood in the Murray. Two Miles Wide. Melbourne
A telegram from Cobram states that the Murray River has been rising rapidly for days past, and has now overflowed its banks everywhere. Timely warning was received at…
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Gale's Comet
An interesting tiling about this photo, is that it snows something quite different to what one sees through a telescope or Hold glasses. Looked at by telescope, the comet has two tails of about the same length, yet in the photo, one is short and tho other is long. Astronomers conclude that the tails are composed of different matter, and one of them has greater actinic…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Overlander. Arrives in Sydney. Held Up by the Floods
Francis Birties, the cycling and motoring overlander, aecompanled by his brother Clive, who has been employed as a motor mechanic in Melbourne for the last three…
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KURRI KURRI, Tuesday.--The fire at the Polaw-Main colliery was got under and extinguished to-day. The affected section has been flooded and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murray Floods. More Damage
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The recent rise in the Murray has done considerable barm to reclaimed inn lands at Tailem Bend. H.W. Morphea and Co. were the greatest sufferers. They recently…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cyclone in Japan. Damage Amounts to £4,000,000 LONDON, Friday, 12.35 a.m
The typhoon that swept over Japan has caused damage estimated at £4,000,000. At Osaka 20,000 houses were smashed, and the breakwaters of the harbor were washed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood in the Murray. Two Milles Wide
A telegram from Cobram, Victoria. on Monday last, stated that the Murray River had been rising rapidly for days past, had overflowed its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales in the Bight
Exceptionally heavy gales have been raging in the Great Australian Hight. The steamer Mopara took nine days to voyage from Adelaide to Fremantle. Mail steamers were also two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone in West Australia
PERTH, Saturday.—Violent weather conditions prevailed in Perth and the neighborhood during last night. There were terrific [?] and wind squalls, the wind occasionally…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Invalid Canon's Fate. Falls Into River and Is Swept Away by the Flood
The Rev. Charles Vincent Gorton, hon. Canon of Manchester Cathedral, a semi-paralytic, was drowned in the Wye, at Hereford (Eng.) He lived at Castle Hill, and could only walk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Areas Covered by Record Floods. Thrilling Stories of Rescue. Four Drowned
Torrents of rain, accompanied by equ[?]ctial gales, caused practically every river in Victoria last week to overflow [?] banks and devastate the country in the vicinity. In some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms in Japan. Leaves Its Track of Misery. Tokio
Hundreds of lives have been lost throughout Japan in the widespread devastation caused by the floods. A terrific storm has been raging throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Aeronaut Blown Away. Marooned in Flooded River
A woman parachutist bad a thrilling adventure at Buckland, near Cardiff, Wales, last month. One of the items of a fete which Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Views Gale Comet
LONDON, Monday.--The comet discovered' by Mr. Gale, of New South Wales, is now visible from London. LONDON, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Comet 1912A (Gale). to the Editor
Sir,--The ephemeris prepared from my orbit elements of this comet, published in your issue of tho 23rd inst., follows its movement in the heavens very closely. indicating that these…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Swept Seas. Violent Gales and Rains. Heavy Shipping Losses. Great Damage on French Coast. London, Monday, 9.10 p.m
Violent gales, accompanied by a deluge of rain, raged last night and to-day in the Atlantic and in the Channel. So fierce was the storm that the Cunarder…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Comet 1912A (Gale). to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The ephemeris prepared from my orbit elements of this comet, published in your issue of the 23rd instant, follow its movement in the heavens very closely, indicating…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Fury of the Storm. French Coast Suffers. the Unlucky Navy Again
PARIS, Monday evening.—A storm of steel [?] has ravaged the coast of France. the v[?] was most severs at St. Ns[?]re, an important seaport at the mouth of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destructive Storm. on French Coast. Paris, Sept. 30
A fierce storm has been raging on the coast, particularly in the vicinity of St. Nazaire, where the quays and shipbuilding yards were ravaged…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Violent Storm on French Coast. Much Damage to Shipping
PARIS, Monday Evening.--A disastrous storm has swept along the coast, and particularly at Saint Nazaire, a seaport at the mouth of the Loire, where the quays and shipbuilding yards…
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