BOOKS of the Day War by Field and Flood Secret Service Fiction Afloat
The Sun · Sunday 24 March 1918 · page 19
At breakfast in the gunroom, so Bartimeus tells us in "The Long Trick," which is filled with the typical stories of the navy he has taught us to expect,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Cyclonic Storms Delay Steamers
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 9
Cyclonic storms raging among the islands have delayed island steamers. Two put into Brisbane after a bad buffeting to replenish supplies of coal. The French mail steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Showers on North Coast. Thunderstorms Likely
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 9
Further light to moderate rain has fallen on the north coast, the heaviest fall being 50 points at Tweed Heads. Tenterfield and Tabulam also received 3 points each…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pest Follows Cyclone. Parasite Eats Parasite
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 6
BRISBANE, Monday.--Practically ail cane in the Cairns district has been flattened out by the cyclone, though little appears to have been uprooted. Dr. Illingworth and Mr. E. Jarvis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone and Fire New Zealand Coast Swept Disastrously. Huge District Swept by Fire
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 4
A cyclone visited New Zealand during last week, and caused very great damage to shipping and to property. Auckland suffered severely, and the water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Semi-final Gallops. Gale at Randwick. Panacre's Fine Effort. Some Fast Times Recorded
Evening News · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 7
[?] was [?] at [?] this morning [?] most of the [?] for the [?] A.J.C. A[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Innisfail Cyclone
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 45
A report from Innisfail, Queensland, regarding the damage done by the cylone states that only eight houses have been left standing. According to one estimate, there were about 400…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Queensland Cyclone
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 9
In another column an advertisement appears appealing for financial support on behalf of sufferers in the Cairns and innisfalt districts of Northern Queensland through the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queer Fixes. Riding Out a Gale on a Sawlog
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 10
Most of my life I have spent on the sea either as fisherman or sailor. I have been in many queer places, and spent many trying hour but the four hours I spent on a sawlog in a gale on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Recent Cyclone on the Queensland Coast. Two Vessels Damaged. A Sensational Time
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 2
A steamer which arrived in Brisbane a few days ago ran into the full force of the recent cyclone while off the coast. For four days the wind blew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elections Delayed By Floods
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 46
Owing to the floods in the Gregory and Flinders Electorates, Queensland, the poll at several places had to be postponed until March 30 or April 6…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →WHEAT-GROWING Yields of Imported Varieties Resistant to Rust, and Storm Proof
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 7
Sir Joseph Carruthers has supplied further interesting particulars of the trials of Marquis, Huron and Sensation wheats, and of Banner oats, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All Well at Showtown Despite Floods Last Night Plans for the Week
The Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1918 · page 7
Showtown is a wonderful place. Last night it was flooded. Water banked up in the street gutters and flooded the footpaths. To-day. beyond the lines of wash left high…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southerly Change. Light to Heavy Rain
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 10
The cool southerly change has now extended over the State almost generally, and has brought with it light to heavy rain on the central and southern coast, and some light to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cyclone in Western Australia. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 12
A cyclone struck Midland Junction and Black Boy Camp on Saturday morning, and caused considerable damage. The storm unroofed the Presbyterian and the Methodist churches, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Silence Before Storm Germans Claim Successes London, Wednesday Night
The Sun · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 7
The Press Bureau states that the situation is unchanged. (Admiralty, per Wireless Press) A German official message says: --…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cobram's Fear of Flood
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 5
BERRIGAN, Wednesday.—A largely attended public moating at Cobram urged the Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) to expedite the reconstruction of the high road between Cobram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Redfern's Storm Water
The Sun · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 6
The Redfern Council last night received letters from several of the local residents claiming compensation for damage done to certain property by the overflowing of storm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last Night's Storm at Marrickville
The Sun · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 6
The larger picture shows the damage done bythe storm last night to a produce store at the corner of Sydenham-road and Despointes-street, Marrickville, Above is seen a two-storeyed house in Despointcs-street, with the roof blown off, and part of the chimney gone, A woman and a baby were in bed in the room at the time, but neither was hurt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mesopotamia Campaign. Rain and Violent Gales. LONDON. Thursday Night
Evening News · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 5
The War Office has Issued the following report upon British operations in Meso[?]:— Since March [?] there have [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →