Stranded in the Storm. Steamer on Cronulla Beach
During the height of the storm early on Tuesday morning the steamer Belbowrie was driven ashore on Cronulla Beach, but no lives were lost. With…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods & storms, 1923
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Altering Sheep [?] A Grazier Flood
At the Coonamble (N.S.W.) police court last week a grazier named Charles Stanley Evans was charged with wilfully altering the [?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rural New South Wales Settlement and Production Wool Season Review of 1922-23 Flood Tide Year Ideal Selling Period
The wool selling season, which closes to-morrow, will rank as a year bt great achievements, a period of solid, progress and of exceptional results to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ryde. Heavy Rain
Rain of a heavy nature fell at Ryde on Monday night last. The low-lying lands were flooded. The strong winds did a considerable amount of damage at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Storm
No damage is reported as a result of the severe storm on Tuesday last. This can be taken as a tribute to the builders of houses in this district. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CYCLONE & Snow Week's Weather Good Rains & Frosts
A severe cyclonic storm, extending over two days, was the feature of this week's weather. Heavy rain accompanied the storm, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Violent Gale. Damage at Kempsey. Kempsey
In consequence of a report that the southerly gale which blew on Wednesday night bad done considerable damage at Crescent Head, which is the nearest seaside resort…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Steamer Lost Feared 45 Drowned Missing Sumatra Bodies Washed Ashore Near Kempsey Toll of Cyclone
From information received by the Acting-Premier yesterday afternoon, it seems, certain that the small steamer Sumatra, the largest vessel owned by the Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, foundered during the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ibis Herald Floods Lithgow
The unique sight was recently witnessed at Oberon and district enormous flocks of ibis flying crossed and feeding in the cracks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Island Steamer Sumatra Lost on the North Coast With all Hands Bodies and Wreckage Washed Ashore Man Seen Clinging to Plank in Surf Was Steamer Smashed to Pieces in Tuesday's Raging Gale? Officially Overhauled and Declared Seaworthy
The sea has given up two battered bodies proving conclusively that the island steamer Sumatra has been lost on the North Coast. The two bodies washed ashore at Crescent Head Beach have been definitely identified as that of E. Bell and Sydney Fewtrell, master and chief, officer respectively of the vessel, which left Sydney at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Garden New Names Flood the Gorgeous Rose Market
The few really distinct and worthwhile roses, which are sent out each year, have a good chance of being overlooked through there being so many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Rain Gales Predicted
Heralded by northerly winds, and a consequent rather substantial increase in temperature, as compared with that at the same hour on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Story of the Storm Boambee's Escape
"It was a case of life and and, as it was better to face death with help near, I decided to turn back and make for Newcastle. I…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sumatra Disaster All Hope Abandoned Tragic Sidelights Fury of the Storm
All hope of the safety of the steamer Sumatra and her crew has been abandoned. The belief is that the vessel was overwhelmed by the mountainous seas which accompanied the cyclonic gale off the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Safety at Sea Is Standard Too Low ? Wat Experts Say "Any Ship in Any Storm"
Ever since ships began to sail the seas men have been striving to make them sate. And now after 2000 years, a month…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last Week's Gale
This remarkable picture shows a Tasmanian trader in the heavy weather of last week. It was into such a sea that the well-loaded little Sumatra sailed with all the braveness and confidence of the world, and it was into such a sea that she disappeared. What chance had she?…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Gale and the Whisky
White evidence of identification of a bottle of whisky was being gives in the Central Court to—day. and the bottle was being held an to the light…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Gales Port Auckland Damaged Wellington (N.z.)
The Port Auckland, which left Lyttelton on June 20 for London, reports by wireless that she encountered heavy easterly sales, which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gale at Goulburn Snow and Wind Telegraph Wires Down Goulburn
Last night was one of the worst in Goulburn's history, as far as weather is concerned. A fierce westerly gale, accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Where Is It? The Lost Storm Mr. Mares Weeps a Dream Interview
A little, nervous-looking man scuttled into "The Sun" office to-day, and asked to see a reporter. "What?" bellowed the inquiry clerk…
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