Hove-to in Gale MELBOURNE
Off the South Australian coast, the Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Merriwa struck great seas on Thursday last, and a fireman. J. Frost, was…
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Tremendous Seas Comorin in a Gale MELBOURNE
As a result of tremendous seas off Cape Naturaliste (W.A.), the P. and O. R.M.S. Comorin, from London, was four hours late in reaching Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Through Storm Cobham in Burma Monsoon Beaten
In a cable message dealing with his progress in Burma, on the way to Australia, Mr. Alan Cobham tolls of a trying experience in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helpless on Beach Man's Plight Motor Boat in Storm Two Endangered Rockhampton
Tossed about by waves and expecting every minute that their frail craft would go to pieces, and finally cast ashore after a most…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Crops Flooded Gardeners Suffer BATHURST
IN consequence of heavy storms in the Rockley and Abercromble districts the Vale Creek has been flooded, and large areas of country have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods. in New Zealand. Man Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)
There has been rain generally throughout the Dominion, but reports indicate that the southere portion of the North Island experienced the heaviest fall. The rivers have…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pestilence Follows Floods Korean Misery Tokio
It is officially announced that 17 people are dead, 18 missing, and 70 badly injured in the floods at Kaisen, Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods, Too Wellington (N.z.)
The floods at Manawatu and Taranaki are more extensive than previously reported. In many districts the road traffic has completely stopped, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Courses Flooded in W. A. Le Flaneur Wins Park Handicap
As the W. A. T. C. rececourse has been invaded by flood water seriously, it is likely that the meeting arranged in honour of the visit of the Governer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods. in New Zealand. a Boy Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)
It is feared extensive damage has been done throughout the flooded districts of Manawatu, Rangitikei, and North Taranaki. The outlook is now more hopeful, though the weather still…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Flood Havoc Settlers Marooned Two Drowned Wellington (N.z.)
A man and a boy have been drowned, towns isolated, settlers marooned, and railways disorganised by the most disastrous floods…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Tugs Separated by Cyclone
Messrs. J. and A. Brown's three new tugs-- St. Aristell, St. Hilary, and St. Mabya-- which were purchased abroad, and are now in Australian waters, were separated by a cyclone off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liner Tossed in Terrific Gale Mystery of Signal
In tremendous seas off Caps Naturalists, west Australia, the P. and C. liner Comorin, which arrived at Sydney to-day, received…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →From Page 9 Long-haired Legion Flood of Photqs Power of the "News"
WHEN the Crystal Palace Theatre decided to conduct a search for a suitable unshingled girl to appear in a prologue to a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Landslides Damage in Korea Aftermath of Floods Tokio
Great landslides following heavy rains produced a tidal wave in the Bay of Chusei, Korea. Three villages were destroyed, 36…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stranded Cooma Flood Tide Blamed Inquiry by Court Melbourne
Phenomenal flood-tide conditions were alleged to have caused the stranding of tho steamer Cooma on North Reef (Q.) on July 7, was given…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →100 Drowned Elements' Toll Gale and Flood Steamers Founder New Orleans
One hundred persons were drowned when the steamers Peaceful and Marcoris, bound from San Domingo to the Windward Islands, foundered during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclonic Storm Widespread Destruction Many Homes Wrecked
Torrential rain and a fierce gale wrought havoc over the western district of Victoria on Thursday night. A boy was killed, 36 people were injured, 30 homes were completely wrecked, and about 40 others were damaged. The boy who was killed was…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Big Death Roll. Storm Sweeps Bahamas NASSAU
More than 150 are [?] to have been drowned and damage observatively estimated at £1,00[?] was [?] when a hurr [?] over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Japan. Tokio, July 20
An official report on the floods in the Niigata prefecture, the result of continuous rains, states that the Shinano River burst Its banks, inundating the country around Nagaokn, and…
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