Perilous Voyage. Steamer Blaxland in a Cyclone. Swept by Heavy Seas
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 7
BRISBANE, Monday.--The small steamer Blaxland, owned by Allen Taylor and Co.. arrived in Brisbane this afternoon, eight days overdue from Port Stephens, after a most…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 11
KYOGLE, Monday.--Heavy nuns set in on Saturday week last, and up to 9 am. on Friday 444 points were recorded. Every day drenching showers have fallen at regular intervals Same of the country roads are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storms at Sea. the Macedonia and Makura. Some Exciting Experiences
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 11
The P. and O. R.M.S. Macedonia, which, in company with the Canadian mall steamer Makura, encountered the full force of the recent cyclonic storm In the Tasman Sea, returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Struck a Reef. Three Days in a Cyclone. Big Steamer's Serious Plight
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 9
The big tramp steamer Silverbirch found her self in a terrible plight Just outside the Great Barrier Reef on the voyage from -Manila- to Sydney. She had taken the outer route and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On and Off a Reef. Steamer's Narrow Escape. Silverbirch in a Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 10
The steamer Silverbirch, which arrived yesterday from Manila in ballast, went on a reef outside Torres Straits while on [?]he way down…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Alma Doepel in Port. Bad Time in the Storm. Bellingen
Evening News · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 6
The missing schooner Alma Do[?]pel arrived here yesterday under a jury rudder. Captain [?] gives a graphic account of his experiences. He left Sydney on April 1, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How the Makura Fared. Steerage Quarters Flooded
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 April 1913 · page 11
The experience of the Vancouver mail steamer Makura, assailed as she was by fire as well as by storm, was certainly an unenviable one. The vessel, indeed, was fortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Crippled Schooner. Alma Doepel in a Cyclone
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 11
BELLINGEN, Thursday.--The coasting schooner Alma Doepel had a perilous experience during, the cyclonic gale off the coast. She left Sydney fortnight ago last Monday, and after a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Oscar Asche Returns. a Great Spectacular Season. "The Child of Storm."
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 10
Mr. Oscar Asche, Miss Lily Brayton, and their English dramatic company, due by the Brisbane express in the forenoon, did not reach Sydney until after 7 last night, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pacific Storm Centre. Great Britain Moving. Two Battleships Commissioned. Australian Ships As "Privateers." Melbourne
The Sun · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4
Word has been unofficially received in Melbourne of Admiralty action that will modify, although it cannot dissolve, the fear expressed in these columns and elsewhere that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales in New-zealand
Globe · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 3
Heavy southerly gales were experimented in most parts of New Zealand during last week. The weather was almost unseasonably, and cold Central shipping suffered considerably, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trawler's Long Trip. Testing Fishing Grounds. Imbricaria in a Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 19
Still bearing signs of many thumnings by heavy seas the trawler Imbricaria airived in port yesterday from Durban and Mauritius, via Albany…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →At the Mercy of the Storm. How the Disaster Occurred
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 13
PARIS, Friday.--The occupants of the balloon were seen to he in difficulties at Fontenay- Sous-Bois. They had apparently allowed too much gas to escape…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mob Storms Gaol Woman and Lover Escape. Jealous Husband Killed. New York
The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1913 · page 1
With the intention of lynching Edward Beeler and Mrs. Jesse Stroud, two prisoners, a mob stormed the gaol at Vivian, Louisiana. The sheriff, however, anticipated the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thrilling Flight. Aeronaut in Gale Traverses Five Countries. Carried 1,780Lb. London, Friday Night
Sunday Times · Sunday 20 April 1913 · page 9
Gustave Hamel estimates that in his recent non-stop flight of four hours and five minutes front Dover to Cologne he covered 340 miles. He tells a thrilling tale of his experiences…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the Grip of the Storm. Perilous Voyage of the Steamer Kyogle. Passenger's Narrative
Sunday Times · Sunday 20 April 1913 · page 3
The little steamer Kyogle, on her trip north from Sydney, which she began on Saturday night, April 5, had a perilous passage, as may be gathered from the following extracts taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain on the Coast. Cloudy to Overcast Inland. Lower Temperatures
The Sun · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 9
The unsettled conditions which obtained in the eastern half of the State at the end of last week resulted in further light to heavy rains along the whole of the coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storms and Damage in the North
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 13
DORRIGO, Tuesday.--Recent heavy weather caused a serious landslip on the Derrigo Mountain cutting, near the 13-mile peg. The roadway was blocked for heavy traffic. Tons of earth and stone toppled from the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Murwillumbah Show Ground Inundated During the Regent Floods
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 18
ALL along the Tweed and Richmond rivers excessively heavy rains have fallen recently, and as a result most of the low-lying land in the vicinity has been under water for nearly a fortnight. The floods commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Floods in America. Mississippi Overflows. London, Tuesday, 8.25 p.m
The Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 8
The banks of the River Mississippi at Mayersville have given way, and 1130 square miles of country is flooded. Many rich cotton plantations are under…
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