In Gale Mrs. Miller As Pilot Hazardous Flight Launceston's Welcome Launceston
In the teeth of a gale, and in spite of advice from the Weather Bureau and the Tasmanian Aero Club, that the flight was impossible…
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Work of Years Swept Away by Floods Dauntless Settlers Start Life Over Again Storm Waters Receding the Spirit of the Outback Rockhampton
THE flood waters are receding throughout the district. At Rockhampton the Fitzroy River reached 27ft. 3in.— four feet below the record flood of 1918. All the settlers on the other side of the river from Dululu to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Stories. Residents Marooned in Trees. Heavy Losses of Livestock. Rockhampton
Describing his experiences during the recent flood, Mr. G. Rainey, who had been [?]ton-picking on the farm of Mr. D. Thomas, on the Don River, stated that the river rose…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pestilence of Snakes Wake of Floods Q'land Settlers' New Terror Brisbane
NOW that there has been a suspendence of the Hour[?] in the Woman district, settlers' misery is added to by the appearance of a new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Faced Settlers First Flood Waters, Then Starvation Fence Saved Child
ROCKHAMPTON, Sunday. -- Hair-breadth escapes, first from drowning and then from starvation, are reported from the Ranges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After Deluge Taking Stock Dawson Valley Hit. Rockhampton
NOW that transit is possible in the Dawson Valley, some idea can be obtained of the appalling losses caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Cyclone is Coming But a Baby One
Yet another Broadway success will became a motion picture, when George Mr. [?]. "The Baby Cyclone." goes into production at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Oil Storm Breaks Will Churchill Yield? London
IT is persistently rumored that Mr. Churchill will yield to the anger of agriculturists and the pressure from Conservatives, and exclude kerosene from his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.Z. Gale Damage Over £10,000 Ships in Trouble Many Business Places Wrecked Auckland
Widespread havoc has been caused by gale damage on the Auckland waterfront. It is estimated at £10,000. Tremendous seas raked the small craft at anchor, taking heavy toll. Several steamers dragged their anchors, but Herculean,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →12 DEAD U.S.A. Disaster Flood and Blast Damage Is £3,000,000 ATLANTA
LATEST estimates of the toll of the floods in the Southern States show 12 dead and 8000 temporarily homeless, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Floods Victim's Husband Killed. In Colliery Disaster. ROCKHAMPTON
Mrs. H. Abbott, widow of the victim of the Blackwater colliery disaster, was engaged cotton picking in Dawson Valley during the floods, and did not learn of her husband's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Drowned. Flooded Snowy River. Melbourne
Heavy rains and the rising of tho Snowy River caused another flood at Orbost during the week-end. Little damage resulted, however, and the wator is receding…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Toll of the Flood 2000 Cattle Gone. Cotton Not Total Loss Rockhampton
The flood-waters are falling slowly in and near the city, but are falling rapidly at Yaamba, which is a good sign. All the train services have been resumed, and reassuring reports of the cotton crops in the Callide Valley district are to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Take Trousers & Cash Brisbane
A GREEK colton-piker, attempting to ford the Don River, near Dululu, to into difficulties, and has to shed his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marooned and Destitute Plight of Settlers Queensland Flood's Aftermath Brisbane
THE flood waters in the Central District are receding generally, but the Dawson River at Camboon yesterday was 42 feet 3 inches,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Floods Follow Gales Many Homes Vacated Auckland
Torrential rains followed yesterday's gale causing floods. Many houses on the Hauraki Plains were inundated. Occupants were forced to make…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storm and Flood. 8000 People Homeless. Montreal, April 30
News comes from Atlanta that, according to latest estimates of southern flood disasters, 12 people are dead and 8000 temporarily homeless. The damage is estimated at between…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wackett Determined to Go on "Only a Gale Will Stop Me"
"Unless it is blowing a gale, I will continue my flight from Richmond to-morrow morning," said _Wing-Commander Wackett last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Storm. in New Zealand. People Carried Along by Wind. AUCKLAND
The easterly gale which prevailed throughout yesterday subsided at an early hour this morning, and a survey of the damage on the water-front reveals that it was less than…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Gale Plays Havoc in New Zealand Yachts and Launches Lost; Hoods Blown From Cars Shipping Belayed
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--A cyclonic storm caused enormous damage in the city and throughout country districts…
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