Monster Fire Ball in Night Storm
A remarkable spectacle was seen in the Sky during a heavy rainstorm late one night recently in Hereford (Eng.). Suddenly the heavy clouds seemed to part,…
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Gales, Floods Sydney Swims to Work: Rescues on North Coast Police Save Lives Pontoon Sunk; People Wait on Housetops
Slashed and torn all night by a 50-mile-an-hour gale, and scourged by driving gusts of rain, Sydney to-day faced the most cheerless Easter Saturday it has seen for years. Residents had to swim to work. The whole State got the same savage battering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From Page 1. [?] Storm Fury Only in Early Stages Worst to Come Shipping Warned More Floods Feared
THE State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, says there is a strong probability of the present conditions lasting for at least 24…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Garden After the Storm First-aid Work
The rains of the last day or two have so soaked the ground that nothing much in the way of gardening will be possible until a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Storm. Moroccan Coast. Many Vessels Lost. LONDON. April 14
News comes from Madrid that violent gales are reported from Me[?]a. Morocco. Numbers of vessels grounded and sank, rescue being impossible…
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Tossing about in the choppy waters of Rose Bay, having been smacked by every pelting gust of rain since Thursday afternoon, Wing-Commander…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Storm Cable Traffic Held Up Beam Helps London
For a time to-day England was cut off from Australia by storm damage. A terrific storm at Gibraltar held up the Eastern traffic. Then there was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Vessels Sink Great Loss of Life Gale on Spanish Coast Madrid
Violent gales are reported at Melilla, where a number of vessels sank. The Greek steamer Nicolas Pateras,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Stops Manly and Coast Boats Thousands Are Held Up a "Forty-miler" Hunter Stays in Port
WITH tempestuous seas lashing the Head Sydney is closed to all coastal shipping. At 9 o'clock last night the Manly boats were stopped,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Morocco May See Serious Revolt Storm Sequel Rescue at Sea in Tiny Motor Boat Madrid
A REVOLT in Spanish Morocco is feared as an aftermath of the Mediterranean storm, which has swept the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kuomintang Split an 'Easter Conference' Moscow Calls Chiang Traitor' "Expel Borodin," Demand Moderates Hankow Again the Storm Centre Shanghai
ALTHOUGH Hankow is expected to be the centre of dramatic happenings very shortly, interest to-day centred in the doings of the Kuomintang conference at Nanking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm King Ruins Sydney's Easter Newcastle Tragedy Killed in Landslide Worst Hurricane in Ten Years Washaways on Northern Railway Tremendous Seas at the Heads
NEW SOUTH WALES is experiencing one of its worst Easters on record, and already one tragedy has been reported. A telegram from Newcastle states that a man was killed at…
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Southern suburbs were deluged by the heavy rain which fell throughout last night, and all low-lying areas were flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lakes Flooded a Night of Terror
It was a wild night at Narrabeen. Throughout the night and early to-day the storm caused excitement among Narraheen residents living in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Sewer Bursts at Marrickville Acres Flooded Loud Explosion Damage Is £20,000
AS the result of the bursting of one section of the main western sewer at Arncliffe to-day many acres of land have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rains. Flood Falls Likely. Manly Ferries Cease Running
The tropical disturbance which has already been responsible for heavy falls in Now South Wales is expected to intensify during the next 24 hours. Floods are feared in northern…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle. Serious Floods. Newcastle
The suburbs of Hamilton and Maryville are faced with the prospect of serious floods. The tide in the Hunter River is rising, and heavy rain waters are coming down from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →All Rescued Escape From Flooded Mi[?] Tul[?]a (Oklahoma)
All of the 23 miners entombed in the coalmine at Henryetta, Oklahoma, were rescued last night. The roof of the mine collapsed,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallsend Off Racecourse Flooded Wallsend
The Wallsend Jockey Club's race meeting, set down for to-day. has been postponed. The course, which is situated in a hollow, surrounded by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods ! Mr. Mares's Warning
Mr. Mares issued the following flood warning this afternoon:-- "Torrential rain of three to [?] inches which has fallen over the…
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