Yesterday's Gale
An energetic and extensive southern disturbance operated over the Tasman sea yesterday, and affected the coast of New South Wales. The…
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Narrow Escapes. in Southerly Gale. Exciting Rescues. Women's Daring Swim
Several narrow escapes from drowning occurred yesterday afternoon on Sydney Harbour, and outside off North Head, owing to vessels becoming…
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The fierce southerly which sprang up yesterday afternoon caused a number of capsizes on the harbor, and many lives were! in danger. Near the Beads two boats turned over, and their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Gale Over Harbor Endangers Twenty-one Lives Storm Springs Up with Startling Suddenness -- Fine Rescue by Tug Bustler--six Saved--—naval Launch Capsizes with Fifteen Men Aboard -- Manly Boat Rescues Them--yachting Party in Danger Wind Blows at 50 Miles an Hour
WITH extraordinary sudde[?] the wind whipped round to the south yesterday afternoon, and speeded up to a 30-mile gale. Small cralt were soon in difficulties, and in several instances serious consequence were narrowly averted…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Though Mr. President Powers on Friday ordered the waterside workers and seamen to call the overtime strike off before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When Flood Came Gold Dredge Wrecked WELLINGTON
Four years ago a Sydney syndicate, composed chiefly of French woolbuyers, placed a dredge on the Macquarie River at Burrendong for…
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A cyclonic disturbance was operating yesterday over the central and south Tasman Sea, causing strong southern wind and gales. The disturbance is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rat Poison Not Wanted Eaton Blue Blows a Gale, But Becomes a Zephyr A Good Thing Beaten by Injudicious Handling
WITH all the bad luck of the race against her. Eaton Blue was beaten only a head in the first division of Wednesday's Ascot Maiden, and she is one well worth following in similar company…
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Another Ford man and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, from Canada. "Pue been here before and surveyed your territory."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Tories to Have Money Flood Support From National Union -- Whimperers on the Job--Melbourne Organisers
BRISBANE, Monday.--It is reported in business circles that the National Union--the mysterious underground southern organisation that finances…
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The Gwydir River at Yarraman, three miles from Moree, during the flood last week. The gauge showed 18ft. 6in…
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Carore Creek, a tributary of the Gwydir, during the floods in the Moree district last week. A bridge which should be visible in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maheno in Gale Storm in New Zealand AUCKLAND
Boisterous weather prevails here, and stormy seas are in evidence along the coast. The steamer, Maheno, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Winter. Heavy Gales. Rapid Climatic Changes. New York, Nov. 18
A sudden "cold wave," accompanied by 70-mile gales has followed a long period of drought. Already eight deaths from exposure —six of them in New York—have been…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Hot and Furious Storm at Water Board Demand for Sewerage
There was a squall to-day on the usually placid surface over which the Water Board steers its way at its weekly meeting…
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A depression is approaching from the west, and should cause increased cloud and sultriness in this State during the next day or two, culminating…
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The Eastern and nearer southern suburbs of Sydney received the biggest share of a downpour, associated with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thorough Test for Gilligan's Men on the Track. Heavy Rain Little Fast Work
So heavy was the rain at 5 o'clock this morning that it left two or three inches of rain on parts of the training ground at Randwick…
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The cloudy to overcast and unsettled conditions, which developed over the north-eastern part of the State yesterday, resalted in some…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Traffic on the North Coast railway between Mackey and Pro[?] has been seriously disorganised owing to [?]…
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