Adrift in a Gale. Loss of the Eliza Davies. Survivors in Sydney. Fine Rescue Work
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 9
Three survivors of the ketch Eliza Davies, which foundered off Wilson's Promontory on Saturday while being towed to safety, arrived in Sydney yesterday morning by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods in China. Around Tientsin. Shanghai, August 3
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 9
A Reuter message from Tientsin says the Hsiho Dyke was burst this morning near Yangli Iu Ching, the water flooding the depression southward between the Grand Canal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dyke Bursts Spreads Flood Waters Relief for Tientsin Shanghai, August 4
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 7
It is reported from Tientsin that the bursting of the Hsiho dyke, near Yang-Lin-Chwang, yesterday, has flooded the depression southward between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Launch in Gale a Party's Escape Tossed Over Rocks
Evening News · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 5
A party from Clovelly in the launch Wallaby had an experience in Saturday's westerly blow which they will not soon forget…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Storm Queensland Crisis Secret Caucus Meeting BRISBANE
Evening News · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 8
Those in the inner circles of the Labor movement make no secret of the fact that a crisis is coming. Just when the storm will break…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tropical Storm Rain Likely in the West
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 6
The only rain reported yesterday was one point at Crookhaven Heads. Fine weather has prevailed over New South Wales generally, and another cold,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Distress Signals Steamer Adrift Caught in Gale Wellington (N.z.)
Evening News · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 1
The steamer Ripple, of 413 tons, in charge of Captain Norling, is adrift in Cook Strait. She left here last night for Napler…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Missing Heavy Southerly Gale Distress Signals Seen Wellington (N.z.)
The Sun · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 9
Anxiety is being felt for the safety of the steamer Ripple, a vessel of 413 tons, which left Wellington yesterday afternoon for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Destroyer Goes Ashore in Gale
The Labor Daily · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 4
TOKIO, August 6.--A message from Ketre says that the destroyer No. 4 grounded at the entrance to Beppu Harbor early this morning, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adrift in Gale. on New Zealand Coast. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 9
The small steamer Ripple, which left Wellington yesterday afternoon for Nupier, was this morning reported to be drifting in the vicinity of Cape Palliser. A southerly gale…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Violent Gale Steamer Missing stranding feared Damage in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 7
A violent gale, which swept many districts, did much damage. The steamer Ripple is adrift, and a search vessel has failed to locate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Still No Sign of Missing Steamer Fight with a Gale Wellington (N.z.)
Evening News · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 10
No word has has received regarding the missing steamer R[?]ple The Mararoa had an exceedingly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Penny Wise and Pound Foolish Keeping the Milluna "Out of Port" --Saved Sunday Wages--But Led to an Expensive Stranding in the Storm
The Labor Daily · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 6
It will be interesting to note whether the steamship companies whose boats call at Port Kembla will be penny wise and pound foolish after the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Typhoon Disasters Floods in Formosa Nagasaki, August 7
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 7
A [?]has swept South Japan, Including Kyushu and Formosa. Railway traflic is everywhere interrupted, together with the telephone and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm-water. Newcastle Scheme
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 August 1924 · page 16
The Public Works Committee yesterday decided to recommend the construction of a storm-water channel at Cottage Creek, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Storm's Sweep Damage in America Thrill for Audience New York
The Sun · Sunday 10 August 1924 · page 1
The worst storm for 20 years has swept Iowa and Nebraska. The damage done to property amounts to £1,000,000. Hundreds of live stock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strawberry Time England's Only English Fruit Flood of Imports London, June 26
The Sun · Sunday 10 August 1924 · page 3
ENGLAND is well supplied with fruit --by other countries. She imports apples from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale on the Coast Shipping Sheltering
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 7
A southerly gale developed along the coast yesterday, and rough seas were reported at Gabo and Jervis Bay. At Sydney Heads the sea was also…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain Expected to Fall to Day Shipping is Warned of Gales on the Coast--119 Points Fell Yesterday Improvement To-morrow
The Labor Daily · Monday 11 August 1924 · page 1
The weather became unsettled over the whole of the State during the week-end. Heavy rain fell at scattered places, and on Dm coast was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Danger. Heavy Rain in Victoria MELBOURNE
The Sun · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 9
Rain is falling over a wide area, and the wheat country Is benefiting. Already there is a danger of floods. Word has been received in Bendigo…
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