Maloja in a Gale Fremantle
On the voyage from Adelaide to this port, the steamer Maloja was buffeted by a beam sea, off Cape Leeuwin, and lost £300 worth of crockery and…
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1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 54
In Flooded and Sealed Mine Are Bodies of Two Brave Men Wonthaggi Disaster Leads to Two Stricken Families--the Missing Men Tried at Own Suggestion to Attack Fire From Rear Third Man Is in Hospital
No hope exists of rescuing the men entombed in the Wonthaggi Coal Mine. They lost their lives in an attempt to quench the fire. The mine has been flooded and sealed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burning Mine Flooding Commences No Hope for Men Victorian Tragedy Melbourne
The sealing of the tunnel at Wonthaggi coal mine was completed today. The Wonthaggi reservoir was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tennis Tornado Brookes Storms Through Opposition Sensational Wins New York, August 11
Norman Brookes is the only remaining Australian contestant in the Newport, Rhode Island, tournament, as the result of to-day's play, F…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Fire Another Man Gassed Flooding Operations Melbourne
While sealing M'Bride's tunnel in which fire is raging at the Wonthaggi coal mine. Abraham Blackburn was so severely, gassed that he had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Weddings Gale--dove
At St. James's Church on Tuesday evening Jean Johnston Dove, niece of Mrs. Macfie Poole, of King's Lynn, Kirribilli, was married to Henry John Gale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Disaster. Attempts at Rescue. Flooding the Tunnel. Melbourne
George Beech, electrical foreman of the Wonthaggi State coalmine, and John Beswick, an overman, who were removed from the burning M'Bride tunnel on Sunday suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods in China. Appalling Damage. Shanghai, Aug. 13
Devastating floods have involved appalling loss of life and damage in widespread areas of China. Many towns, tens of thousands of villages and enormous tracts of country are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →China Deluged: Famine for Homeless Millions Thousands of Villages Swept by Floods--authorities Unable to Measure Real Loss 50,000 Dead in One Stroke
SHANGHAI, Wednesday.--Devastating floods. involving an appalling loss of life and damage in widely-spread areas, have hurst in China in many towns and thousands of villages. Enormous tracts of the country have been submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →50,000 Believed Dead--Millions Homeless Floods in China Tens of Thousands of Villages Inundated Imminence of Famine Shanghai, August 13
It is believed that 50,000 have been drowned and several millions rendered homeless as the result of devastating floods in Eastern China. Many towns, tens of thousands of villages, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bleak Gale 55-mile Gale Snow and Rain
Bleak, squaily westerly winds; reaching gale force, raged over the city ad suburbs yesterday, and were almost general throughout the State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Who Swapped Punches with Bradley Harry Collins Delights 5000 Brisbane Fans How He Spreadeagled the Gympie Cyclone in 14th Round
BRISBANE, Thursday.—More than 5000 boxing enthusiasts paid over £1500 at the Stadium last night to see Harry Collins, of Newcastle, retain the welterweight championship of Australia in a match against Brisbane's idol, Archie Bradley…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →News From the Four Quarters Floods in China Appalling Devastation Homeless Millions
It is believed that 50,000 persons have been drowned and several millions rendered homeless as the result of recent devastating doods in Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China's Flood Roll 13,115 Deaths Devastated Areas Shanghai, Thursday Evening
REUTER'S Peking representative says the International Famine Relief Committee has received and verified the reports of the…
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A View of Tientein (China), where devastating floods are reported with great less of life…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"China's Sorrow." a Sinister River. Floods and Famine
Mr. W. H. Chen, a barrister by profession, and legal adviser to the Chinese Government, who is at present in Sydney on a special mission with the object of fostering trade…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Millions Homeless. Floods in China. Widespread Ruin. New York, Aug. 13
The State Department at Washington has published an announcement received from the International Famine Commission in China, declaring that 10,000,000 people are homeless,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SUMMARY Floods in China --
Washington confirms the news of disastrous floods in China. It is estimated that 10,000,000 dollars will be required to relievo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disaster in China Floods Overwhelm Thousands Ten Million Homeless
Confirmation of the news published in yesterday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph," of 50,000 believed to have been drowned and several millions rendered homeless by widespread floods in Eastern China has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage by Flood. China's Calamity. Shanghai, Aug. 14
Reuter's correspondent at Peking says: The International Famine Relief Committee has received verified reports that the number of known deaths from the flood amounts to…
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