With 40 Aboard, Submarine Disappears in Storm S3 Missing Sister of Lost S4 60 Vessels Search Washington
The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1
The S3, one of the U. S. Navy's finest new super -submarines, a sister ship of the ill-fated S4, which was rammed and sunk off Cape Cod last month, is believed to be lost with its crew of 40…
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The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 20
FOR LIMBLESS MEN.-- The new baths nearing completion for the Limbless Soldiers. Part of the money for these was made available through the Ugly Men's competition, conducted recently by "The Sun." THIS NEW BREAKDOWN LORRY can…
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The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1
An Oldsmobile car, which was washed down from Glencoe Road crossing and over Williams Creek last week, has been salvaged. Contrary to…
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The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 14
Last Wednesday afternoon a cyclone swept through the suburbs of Waratah and Mayfield, in the Newcastle (N.S.W.) district. It lasted about a quarter of an…
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Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 13
THE British steamer, Ocean Transport, was wrecked on the coast of Ocean Island according to private messages…
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The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 10
Further heavy storms have occurred in the Burnett district. At Tinana, a farmer was [?]by lightning and stunned while milking…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cyclonic Storm. Area Devastated. House Unroofed. CASINO
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 15
A cyclonic storm swept over the Camira Creek district, devastating everything in its path. The storm cut a strip about half a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Six Dead Railway Tunnel Tragedy All-night Rescue Work Entombed Men's Mates Toil on Through Deluge Adelaide
The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 10
Working in heavy downpours of rain, with thunder crashing and lightning flashes piercing the gloom, more than 150 railway laborers toiled unceasingly throughout the night, endeavoring to clear the debris on The Hills railway, where, late yesterday afternoon,…
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The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 1
The missing submarine S3, a sister-ship of the ill-fater S4, was believed to have been lost when it became detached from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Killed Collapse of Tunnel Adelaide Horror Victims Buried Alive Storm Hampered Rescuers Adelaide
Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 13
SIX men lost their lives when a tunnel on the Adelaide Hills railway duplication work collapsed, entombing nine men. The first body, that of Wilkinson, wu recovered within…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 4
Towards the last quarter of the just ended year the stocks of thirty-four oil companies listed on the New York Stock. Exchange began to slide downward, and by December they were worth £200,000,000 less than they were at the same period of 1926…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France's Laughing Chevalier Takes Sydney by Storm Borotra the Delight of Sydney Brugnon and Boussus Pleasing Pair Brookes Plays with Borotra in Doubles Miss Akhurst Regains Australian Chamakhurst Regains Australian Championship : Crawford Is Still Australia's Star Junior
Referee · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 18
All Sydney tennis enthusiasts would hare been at Rushcutters Bay on Saturday had it not been for the threat of heavy rain, which fell later- and stopped play. As it was, a well filled gallery was delighted by the splendid play, and the still finer personalities of the visiting…
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The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 20
Damage estimated at £3000 was done by a cyclone yesterday at Tarella station, 14 miles this side of White Cliffs. Only meagre information so…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 5
The sun beat down mercilessly on Sydney yesterday, and Sydney squirmed and longed for the relief that did not come…
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The Land · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 7
About 300 sheep, portion of 1,100, travelling to Dalby from Moree, became hopelessly bogged and were drowned at Dalwood, during a heavy…
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The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 4
Cyclonic storms have occurred in parts of New South Wales during the week. An exceptionally heavy hailstorm occurred in the Kent Park…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 14
During, the 24 hours ended 3 a.m. yesterday, rain of a general nature fell over practically the whole of the State, with the exception of the central and north coast, and the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 14
Reports from outlying districts state that there have been heavy falls of rain between Osborne and Urangeline. Several telegraph poles were uprooted on the Bullenbong line…
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The Sun · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 12
A cyclonic storm swept the western town of Surat last evening, seriously damaging 25 houses and partly demolishing two hotels. The storm…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Violent Storm. Force of the Wind. Delays Goods, Train. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 14
The secretary of the Commissioner for Railways has received a telegram containing a report by the stationmaster at Balfe's Creek that a goods train, which left Charters Towers…
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