Hit by Hurricane Drought--then Deluge Auckland
Wrecked gardens and orchards, and yachts and launches in the harbor driven ashore and smashed to matchwood, were among the results of a…
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Collins Again Wins Frisco MaGale's Plucky Effort
Last night Harry Collins added yet another to his long list of victime. At Sydney Stadium, he accounted for Frisco McGale in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fierce Fight Collins Batters McGALE Stopped in Ten
Twenty seconds before the end of the tenth round of the match between Harry Collins (10.9½) and "Frisco" McGale (10.8) at the Stadium last…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Frisco McGale Only a Zephyr a Black Out! Torrid Tornado Terminates in Tenth Collins Too Strong for Negro
IN the tenth round of one of the most sensational fights seen at the Stadium for years, Harry Collins, 10.9¼, finished Frisco McGale, 10.8, to a turn. WITH only twenty seconds to go, and McGale rocking like a ship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storms. Western Australia. Gales and Floods. Perth
Serious atmospheric disturbances have caused considerable interruption to telegraphic communication between Perth and several northern stations during the past few…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boxing. Collins Beats McGALE
The contest at the Stadium on Saturday night, between H. Collins (10[?]) and McGale (10-8), the coloured boxer from U.S.A., was stopped by the refer[?] in the 10th round, and Collins was declared…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Devastated by Floods Storms in W.A. Lineman Missing Perth
TERRIFIC STORMS in the North. West have caused considerable interruption to telegraphic communication with Perth,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collins Tames the Panama Puma McGALE Game But Battered Wallis Intervenes
Frisco McGale (10.8) lived up to his nom-de-ring of "The Panama Puma" in his contest with Harry Collins (10.91) at the Stadium on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Breaks Johnson Leads Attack on Tom Walsh Vic. Finances
The storm that was expected broke at to-day's stop-work meeting of the Sydney Seamen's Union. It lasted five hours. Mr. Jacob Johnson led the attack on Messrs. Walsh (general president) and Raeburn (general secretary), accusing them of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bulloo Floods
Mr. John R. Tindale has written as follows from Thargomindah:- In a recent issue of the "S.M. Herald" notice a paragraph appearing relative to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →N.Z. Flood Water Up to Windows 'Worst for 40 Years' Wellington (N.z.)
Takaka, in the Nelson Province, has experienced what is described as the heaviest flood for 40 years. Most of the town is under water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roofs Off Storm at Kempsey Gale, Hail Kempsey
After several hours of almost unbearable heat, a terrific storm passed over the Kempsey district late…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storms Coming Mainly Fine To-day
To-day should be mainly fine, but look out for squallel The State's weather man, Mr. Mares, prophesies a thunder shower in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sleepless Watch Four Days and Nights Japanese Steamer in Gale
Officers and men of the Japanese steamer Burma Maru, which arrived in port from Yokohama last night, experienced a trying time around…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harry Collins' Aggressiveness Tames Panama Puma in Ten Rounds "He Who Hits Last Hits Hardest!" Collins Cops It Early From McGale But Flattens 'Frisco at the Tenth
THE remarkable evolution of Harry Collins was almost convincingly completed on Saturday evening last. WE in Sydney first saw him a fast-stepping, never-tiring, left-hand, jabbing artist lacking the one-punch killing ability so beloved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Flood. in New Zealand. Serious Loss of Stock. Wellington (N.z.)
Takaka (Nelson) experienced a heavy flood, which is described as the worst for 40 years. The river overflowed the protection works, submerging a wide area. In some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heroes' Graves Undamaged by Floods France Remembers London, Monday Night
Major Phillips, Australian member of the War Graves Commission, told the special representative of "The Sun" that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Sinking" Steamer's Distress Call for Aid Fierce Atlantic Gale; Two Lives Lost
The most violent gale in the North Atlantic this winter has played havoc with shipping. Calling by wireless for aid, the steamer Laristan reported on Monday night that she was sinking; but she was still afloat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Storm. Damage at Kempsey Hail, Wind, and Rain. KEMPSEY
A terrific thunder and hail storm raged Tor 20 minutes yesterday afternoon. The morning had been exceptionally humid, and the oppressiveness was almost unbearable. Then the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Broome Is Struck by Violent Cyclone Wreckage Everywhere People Alarmed Jap's Grim Night Perth
A MESSAGE which came to hand from Port Hedland last night gave particulars of the first great hurricane at Broome in 14 years…
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