The Drifting Airship R33's Involuntary Cruise Over Sea 21 Men on Board Coming Home-Fighting a Heavy Gale
The Sun · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1
R33, breaking from her moorings at Pulham in a gale, was carried across the Channel and over the European mainland. The airship was sighted at places in Holland and Germany, but latest reports are that she is making was against the gale, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gigantic Airship R33 Braves Severe Gale and Is Now Returning Drifted Helplessly Through Squall Now Signals "We Are O.k." Master-feat of Air Navigation Saves 20 Lives R.33 Now Returning to England What Anxious Watchers Saw London
Evening News · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1
ALL England was thrilled by the newt that the R33, gigantic airship, was drifting helplessly towards the East, 10,000 feet up, with 20 men aboard. She broke away from her moorings in a fierce gale, and drove broad…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain. On North Coast. Fine Weather Generally
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 18
The weather over New South Wales yesterday was fine almost generally, except for parts of the coastal district, where showery conditions were experienced. The rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Airship in a Storm. Drift Over North Sea. Thrilling Voyage in Heavy Gale. Safe Return to Moorings
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 17
Swept from her moorings at Pulham on Thursday morning the airship R38 kept in wireless communication with the shore. The young officer in command decided to ride out the gale rather than land in Europe. At 11 o'clock on Thursday night he was 20 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Veteran Journalist Mr. Gale's 95Th Birthday
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 11
Mr. John Gale, for many years, proprietor and editor of the Queanbeyan "Age," celebrated his 95th birthday yesterday. The veteran journalist is still…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Through the Gale to Safety Airship's Great Fight R33 Returns to England
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 1
The British airship R33, which broke away from her mooring mast at Pulham and drifted over to Holland in a gale, has returned to Pulham, after a perilous experience…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm in N.Z. Record Rainfall Wellington (N.z.)
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 11
The storm continues in the South Island, the rainfall registered being a record for Canterbury. People have been driven from their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →British Pluck Conquers the Elements of the Air Epic Story of the Air and Glorious British Grit Flight-Lieutenant Booth Fought Gales of North Sea for Nine Hours While Wind Howled in Wicked Gusts Prompt Action Saved the AirShip From Wreckage
Sunday Times · Sunday 19 April 1925 · page 7
"Who's got any cigarettes?" This was the first question that members of the crew of the RSS, asked ax they climbed out of their scats after having gone through the trying ordeal of having been blown over the North Sea- Their pluck was just another of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unwanted Aliens Australia Needs the "Quota" System Flooding the Labor Market
Truth · Sunday 19 April 1925 · page 8
THE record of crimes committed by alien Alpine and Mediterranean migrants grows apace. One daily paper accompanying the morning tea and toast this week bore the scare-heads: "Italian Bombed," "Greek Stabs a Man,"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Confetti Snow Storm
Evening News · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 5
Mr. and Mrs. Ward, after the wedding at St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, to-day. Mrs. Ward was Miss. Paggy Willoughby, and the wedding aroused inte[?] in theatrical circles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Back Home. the R33. Long Voyage in Gale. Gallant Exploit. London, April 17
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 11
The airship R33, which was blown from her moorings at Pulham on Thursday morning, was housed safely this afternoon. She had only five hours' fuel left…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Unsettled in South Heavy Rain Likely
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 11
An energetic disturbance appeared in southern districts yesterday, causing cloudy and unsettled conditions. The disturbance affects a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cyclone a Warning
Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 7
THE State Metrologist, Mr. D. J. Mares has issued the following warning to shipping:— Southerly winds increasing to gave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Orchardists Suffer Storms in Victoria MELBOURNE
The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 9
Winds and rain last night throughout the State did widespread damage. In the southern and south-eastern B Portions orchardists suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Moldavia Delayed by Storm. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 16
Unusually severe weather conditions in Port Phillip Bay this afternoon had the effect of making it too dangerous to attempt the berthing of the Moldavia, which arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shipping Delayed Gales Around Coast
The Sun · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 9
Rough weather around the Australian coast is still embarrassing shipping. The R.M.S. Moldavia, due here…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cyclone May Miss Sydney
Evening News · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 10
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Continued on Trove, page 10 →John Gale. a Canberra Veteran
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 8
Hale and hearty, with mind bright and ready to do his day's work, tapping out "copy" on a typewriter, dispensing justice from the Bench, or digging in his vegetable garden, one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wintry Blasts Storm Off Coast
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 5
Bleak weather developed over the State yesterday under the influence of squally westerly winds, and the reports from different centres indicated the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storm. Victorian Coast. Shipping Buffeted. MELBOURNE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 9
Shipping on the Victorian coast is being severely battered by heavy gales. During last night the wind blew with alarming velocity. Very heavy seas were running,…
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